sigfox-iot-ubidots

sigfox-iot-ubidots is a sigfox-gcloud and sigfox-aws adapter for integrating Sigfox devices with Ubidots. With sigfox-gcloud-ubidots you may process and render sensor data from your Sigfox devices in real time, through the Ubidots and AWS IoT platforms. You may also configure Ubidots alerts to notify you via email and SMS based on the sensor data received.

sigfox-aws is an open-source software framework for building a Sigfox server with AWS IoT. Check out sigfox-aws

Installation for AWS

See instructions at:

https://github.com/UnaBiz/sigfox-iot-ubidots/blob/master/aws/index.js

Demo

1. To send messages from a Sigfox device into Ubidots, you may use this Arduino sketch:

   https://github.com/UnaBiz/unabiz-arduino/blob/master/examples/send-light-level/send-light-level.ino

   The sketch sends 3 field names and field values, packed into a Structured Message:

   ctr - message counter
   lig - light level, based on the Grove analog light sensor
   tmp - module temperature, based on the Sigfox module's embedded temperature sensor        
   

2. In Ubidots, create the Devices / Datasources for each Sigfox device to be integrated with Ubidots. Name the device / datasource using this format: (change 2C30EB to your Sigfox device ID)

   Sigfox Device 2C30EB
   

   

3. For each Ubidots device / datasource, create the Variables that will be used to transmit sensor values from the Sigfox device to Ubidots. For the above example, you may create 3 variables ctr, lig, tmp for the Ubidots device Sigfox Device 2C30EB.

   Run the above Arduino-Sigfox sketch and the sensor values will be automatically recorded by Ubidots under Sigfox Device 2C30EB.

   

4. Alternatively, you may test by sending a Sigfox message from your Sigfox device with the data field set to:

   920e82002731b01db0512201
   

   We may also use a URL testing tool like Postman to send a POST request to the sigfoxCallback URL

   Set the Content-Type header to application/json. If you're using Postman, click Body -> Raw -> JSON (application/json) Set the body to:

   {
     "device":"1A2345",
     "data":"920e82002731b01db0512201",
     "time":"1476980426",
     "duplicate":"false",
     "snr":"18.86",
     "station":"0000",
     "avgSnr":"15.54",
     "lat":"1",
     "lng":"104",
     "rssi":"-123.00",
     "seqNumber":"1492",
     "ack":"false",
     "longPolling":"false"
   }

   where device is your Sigfox device ID.

   Here's the request in Postman:

   

5. The response from the callback function should look like this:

   {
     "1A2345": {
       "noData": true
     }
   }

6. The test message sent above will be decoded and sent to Ubidots as

   ctr (counter): 13
   lig (light level): 760
   tmp (temperature): 29        
   

7. For instructions on creating the Ubidots devices and variables, check the UnaShield Tutorial for Ubidots:

   https://unabiz.github.io/unashield/ubidots

Sending latitude-longitude values to Ubidots

Some Sigfox devices transmit location data in the form of latitude-longitude values, such as GPS trackers. Ubidots is capable of rendering such data points into a map, but under these conditions:

1. The field names must be lat and lng
2. The fields must appear in the Context Field of the variable to be rendered.

Suppose your GPS tracker transmits latitude, longitude as well as temperature. Then Ubidots expects the lat and lng fields to be present in the context whenever the temperature value is transmitted to Ubidots.

The sendToUbidots Lambda Function can be configured to send any latitude-longitude fields as lat and lng. Set the environment variables for the sendToUbidots Lambda Function as follows:

LAT_FIELDS=deviceLat
LNG_FIELDS=deviceLng

This configures sendToUbidots to look for any data fields named deviceLat and deviceLng, and if found, duplicate the fields as lat and lng

Create variables named lat and lng for your Sigfox Device in Ubidots. If your GPS tracker sends the fields deviceLat and deviceLng, they will be rendered correctly in a Ubidots map, like below.

Multiple latitude-longitude field names may be specified like this:

LAT_FIELDS=deviceLat,geolocLat
LNG_FIELDS=deviceLng,geolocLng

In the example above, sendToUbidots searches for the fields deviceLat and deviceLng first. If the fields are not found, then it searches for geolocLat and geolocLng.

Sending Sigfox Geolocation data to Ubidots

Sigfox Geolocation is an optional service provided by your Sigfox Operator that locates your Sigfox device by using the Sigfox network signal data. The latitude-longitude data provided through this service may be rendered in Ubidots by setting the GEOLOC Callback as follows:

Log on to the Sigfox Backend
https://backend.sigfox.com/

Click "Device Type" at the top menu.
Click on your device type.

Click "Callbacks" in the left menu.
Click "New" at top right.

Enter the callback details as follows:

• Type:
  SERVICE, GEOLOC

• Channel:
  URL

• URL Pattern:
  Enter the sigfoxCallback URL from your sigfox-aws installation

• Use HTTP Method:
  POST

• Send SNI:
  Checked (Yes)

• Headers:
  (Blank)

• Content Type:
  application/json

• Set the Body as:

  {
    "time": {time},
    "action": "geoloc",
    "device" : "{device}",       
    "geolocLat": {lat},              
    "geolocLng": {lng},              
    "geolocLocationAccuracy": {radius},
    "seqNumber": {seqNumber},
    "duplicate": "{duplicate}",  
    "snr": "{snr}",              
    "station": "{station}",      
    "avgSnr": "{avgSnr}",     
    "rssi": "{rssi}"               
  }

  Note that the Sigfox Geolocation latitude and longitude fields will be transmitted as geolocLat and geolocLng with the above settings

Note that this is a different callback from the Data Callback that we use for normal Sigfox messages.

After saving the callback you should see the Sigfox Geolocation callback appear under the SERVICE Callbacks section, not DATA Callbacks.

Follow the instructions in the previous section to set the sendToUbidots Lambda Function environment variables:

NODE_ENV=production
AUTOINSTALL_DEPENDENCY=sigfox-iot-ubidots
UBIDOTS_API_KEY=Your Ubidots API key
LAT_FIELDS=deviceLat,geolocLat
LNG_FIELDS=deviceLng,geolocLng

Create variables named lat, lng, geolocLat and geolocLng for your Sigfox Device in Ubidots.

To verify that the Sigfox Geolocation data is transmitted correctly, click on the variable geolocLat for your Sigfox Device.

You'll see that the lat field in the Context column shows the same value as the geolocLat field in the left column. Which means that sendToUbidots has correctly copied the geolocLat field into lat.

Check the same for geolocLng and lng fields.

Now that the lat and lng fields are properly populated, we will see the Sigfox Geolocation points on the Ubidots map.