TRB143 Data to Server

The information in this page is updated in accordance with firmware version TRB1_R_00.07.15.

Summary

The Data to Server feature provides you with the possibility to set up data senders that collect data from various sources and periodically send it to remote servers.

Data Senders

A Data Sender is an instance that gathers and periodically sends collected data to a specified server. The Data Senders list is empty by default so, in order to begin configuration you must add a new collection first. To add a new collection, click the 'Add' button.

After this you should be redirected to the newly added data configuration page.

Data configuration

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Refer to the table below for descriptions on data configuration fields.

Note: these tables have coloring schemes to indicate which fields can be seen with different configuration.

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: input1	Name of data input.
Type	Base | Lua script |  ; default: Base	Data input type.
Format type	Json | Custom | Lua script; default: Json	Arranges the format of the sent JSON segment.
Values	list; default: All values included	Select values based on the data input type. If no values are selected, all values will be included.
Format string	string; default: none	Specifies custom format string.
Empty value	string; default: N/A	A string which will be placed if any value cannot be received.
Delimeter	string (Maximum length of value is 1 bytes); default: N/A	Specifies delimiters for multiple data segments.
Lua format example script	-(interactive button)	Download the Lua script.
Lua format script	-(interactive button)	Upload the Lua script.
Segment count	integer [1..64]; default: 1	Max segment count in one JSON string sent to server.
Send as object	off | on; default: off	When turned on, sends JSON segment as object and not as an array element. Object syntax --> {input1:{}...} JSON Array of Objects syntax --> {input1:[{},{}...]}
Lua data example script	-(interactive button)	Download Lua data example script.
Lua script	-(interactive button)	Upload Lua data script.

* This is additional software that can be installed from the System → Package Manager page.

Collection configuration

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Field	Value	Description
Enabled	off | on; default: on	Enables data to server collection instance.
Timer	Period | Scheduler | None; default: Period	Strategy for collecting/sending data to destination.
Period	integer; default: 60	Interval in seconds for collecting/sending data to destination.
Day time	string; default: none	Day time when action should be executed. Use '*' to indicate every hour or minute, (e.g., 12:15, *:15, 12:*, or *:*).
Interval type	Weekdays | Month days; default: Weekdays	Allows selecting between week and month days for instance intervals.
Weekdays	list; default: Every day is selected	Weekdays, when data should be sent/collected. If nothing is selected, every day of the week will be included.
Month day	list; default: Every day is selected	Month days, when data should be sent/collected. If nothing is selected, every day of the month will be included.
Month day: Force last day	off | on; default: off	Forces intervals to accept last day of month as valid option if selected day doesn't exist in ongoing month.
Retry	off | on; default: off	In case of a failed attempt, retry to send the same data to destination later.
Retry count	Default: 10	Retry to send the same data N times
Timeout	Default: 1	Timeout in second between retry attempts
Format type	JSON | custom | Lua script; default: JSON	Data collection objects formatting.
Format string	Default: Instance name	Specifies custom format string
Empty value	Default: N/A	A string which will be placed if any value cannot be received
Lua format example script	-(interactive button)	Download the Lua script.
Lua format script	-(interactive button)	Upload the Lua script.

Server configuration

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Note: on some devices it is necessary to install an additional package to see additional server types Advanced data to server modules.

Field	Value	Description
Type	HTTP | Azure IoT Hub (requires to install package from Package Manager) | Lua | SMTP | Socket | FTP ; default: HTTP	Interval in seconds for collecting/sending data to destination.
Server address	Default: empty	Hostname or IP address of the broker to connect to.
HTTP headers	Default: empty	Allows to add custom headers to the HTTP requests.
Enable secure connection	off | on; default: off	Enables the use of TLS certificates.
Certificate files from device	off | on; default: off	Specify where the certificates will be used from.
Certificate authority file	.ca file; default: none	Certificate authority is an entity that issues digital certificates. A digital certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate.
Client Certificate	.crt file; default: none	Certificate file is a type of digital certificate that is used by client systems to make authenticated requests to a remote server. If client certificate is not needed, leave both client certificate and client key fields empty.
Client Private Keyfile	.key file; default: none	File containing private key for this client. This file needs to be not encrypted.
Configuration type	Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration | Existing Azure Iot Hub configuration; default: Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration
Configuration type	Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration | Existing Azure Iot Hub configuration; default: Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: Connection type	Shared Access Signature (SAS) key | Device Provisioning Service (DPS); default: Shared Access Signature (SAS) key
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: Connection String	string; default: none	Connection string based on primary key used in API calls which allows device to communicate with IoT Hub.
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: ID Scope	string; default: none	Unique identifier that is assigned to an Azure IoT Hub during its creation and is used to uniquely identify the specific provisioning service the device will register through.
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: Registration ID	string; default: none	The registration ID is used to uniquely identify a device registration with the Device Provisioning Service. Registration ID is the X.509 certificate common name (CN) field of the individual device's certificate.
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: Global Device Endpoint	string; default: global.azure-devices-provisioning.net	Destination for messages sent by IoT devices to the Azure IoT Hub (will default to global.azure-devices-provisioning.net if not set).
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: Attestation mechanism	X.509 Certificates | Symmetric Key; default: X.509 Certificates	Method used to confirm a device's identity in Device Provisioning Service.
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: X.509 Certificates: X.509 Certificate	-(interactive) button; default: none	Upload the "leaf" certificate file.
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: X.509 Certificates: X.509 Private Key	-(interactive) button; default: none	Upload the "leaf" key file.
Unique Azure Iot Hub configuration: Symmetric Key: Symmetric Key	string; default: none	The the derived device key from the DPS Primary Key.
Lua data example script	-(interractive button)	Downloads an example of script.
Lua script	-(interractive button)	Path to the lua script.
Subject	string; default:none	Subject of an email.
Recipient's email address	A valid email address is accepted; default: none	Subject of an email.
Email account	list; default: none	Sender's email configuration. Configure email account here.
Server address	string; default: none	Socket's server address.
Server port	integer [1..65535]; default: none	Socket's server port.
UDP	off | on; default: off	Use UDP as the protocol.
Timeout	integer; default: 10	Specifies the receiving or sending data timeout.
The directory of the file	path; default: none	Remote FTP directory to upload file to.
Host	string; default: none	The domain name or IP address of the server.
Port	integer [1..65535]; default: 21	The TCP/IP port of the server.
Username	string; default: none	The username of the FTP server.
Password	string; default: none	The password of the FTP server.
Extra prefix to file name	string; default: none	Extra information to be added to file name.
Buffer size	integer; default: 1024	The size of the buffer to be used for uploading to FTP server.
Overflow	off | on; default: on	Upload file to FTP server if buffer overflowed.
Mode	Interval | Fixed; default: Interval	The schedule mode to be used for uploading to FTP server.
Interval: Interval	integer; default: 10	Upload files to server every x seconds.
Fixed: Minute	minutes; default: every minute	Uploading will be performed on this specific minute only.
Fixed: Hour	hours; default: every minute	Uploading will be performed on this specific hour only.
Fixed: Day	days; default: every day	Uploading will be performed on this day only.
Directory traversing method	Multi CWD | No CWD | Single CWD; default: Multi CWD	Directory traversing method for FTP (multicwd, nocwd, cwd).
Recipients	Single | Group; default: Single	You can choose to add a single number or use a phone group list.
Single: Recipient's phone number	phone number; default: none	To whom the message will be sent. The number must be specified in full format, country code included. e.g., +37000000000.
Group: Phone group	list; default: none	Recipient's phone number users group. Configure it here.