Your First Sensor Data

The final step to your set-up is also the most important – getting data.

Let’s start with the CAP/T Sensor which comes with temperature and humidity sensors.

1. Add your Sensor
2. Link your Sensor
3. Map Sensor data

Note:

1. You can skip this step if you provisioned your device through ZTP.
2. This sensor configuration method is only applicable for CAP/T sensors at the moment. Other sensors or peripherals need to be configured directly on the device.

Add your CAP/T Sensor

• In the side menu, click “Sensors”, then “Add sensor”.
  
• Enter the last 6 digits MAC address of your CAP/T Sensor, which can be found on the Sensor’s battery lid. The first 6 digits has been automatically filled for your convenience
  
• Name the Sensor and add a description as needed.
• Click “Add sensor”.
  

Link your CAP/T Sensor to your F1 Starter Kit

One CAP/T Sensor can send data to more than one F1 Starter Kit, giving you the flexibility to use the same set of data in multiple ways for different projects.

This is done by linking the Sensor to the required Kit(s), as follows:

• Since we are attempting to update the sensor configuration remotely to the Starter Kit, ensure that your Starter Kit has a stable Internet connection. Otherwise, you can regenerate the configuration key and run it through your CtrlR Visual Studio Code plugin after completing the ‘Map your CAP/T Sensor data’ steps.
• Remove the transparent film from the CAP/T Sensor. Ensure that the sensor LED is blinking green.
  
• Initiate the device linkage through one of the two steps:
  • Through “Devices”
    • Find the target device on your device list, and go to the “Sensors” tab.
    • Click “Link sensor” and select the target Sensor.
      
    • Select a sensor to be linked.
      

1. • Through “Projects”
     • Go to the “Sensors” tab, and find the target Sensor. Click the ‘ ··· ‘ button.
     • Click “Link device”, then select the target Kit.
       
     • Select a device to be linked
       

Map your CAP/T Sensor data

Sensor data is stored in ‘Device Fields’ – consider them as individual buckets that store different types of sensor data. You can learn more about Device Fields here.

For now, let’s stick with the basics:

• After you select a device or sensor to be linked, the field mapping options will be displayed.
  By default, a new Device Field is created for each type of telemetry data received from CAP/T sensors. You will see four Device Fields automatically created for the CAP/T Sensor with 4 randomly-generated suffices to maintain the uniqueness of each field:
  • Temperature
  • Humidity
  • Battery Level
  • RSSI
    
• However, you can also disable the ‘Create new field’ option to map the data to an existing compatible Device Fields.
  
• Click “Link device” when you’re done.
• If your device is not currently connected to the internet, deploy the sensor configuration by regenerating the activation code and run it through your CtrlR Visual Studio Code plugin.
• View the incoming data by checking the latest value columns on your device’s ‘Fields’ tab.
  

You can continue your IoT journey by either configuring your dashboards or programming your F1 Starter Kit.