How to create and edit Dashboards

We wanted to give you a simple tool to visualize a building data that is why we created Dashboards.

The new Dashboards tab offer two experiences:

• Schematics: the same feature available before under the schematic tab. Your former schematics have been migrated there. You can still add new schematics as before
• Dashboards: A board to visualize values.

To add a new Dashboard, click on the Dashboard circle. The configuration panel for the new Dashboard is displayed.

Give the Dashboard a name.

Dashboards are made of different charts. In its current version, two types of charts are available:

• Single Value: to display the value of a data point in a tile
• Table: to show a data table (maximum 3x3) with different data points values

Select the “Single Value” chart type to start with and click “Select properties” to choose the data points that will be represented in the charts.

We improved the “Properties selector” to authorize multiple actions:

• You can filter properties by equipment
• You can search for specific properties by name (see “Tempe” in the search field above)
• You can select properties in the list. Perform an other search and select the new properties matching the results. They will all be added to the current list
• The total number of properties selected is always displayed on the top left corner of the table
• You can clear your selection or select all properties at the top of the table

Once you have selected the properties that you want to display in a single value chart, click “Save”. 

As we are adding charts for the first time here, we can add multiple single value chart at once. There will be as many single value charts created as there are data points selected. Example:

In the “Options” section you can add a link from the single value chart to other sections of the console to access in one click the latest values of a data point or its configuration.

Finally, click “Add” to create the Dashboard.

It will create four single value charts as I selected four data points

I clicked on “See more” on the second chart to illustrate the two links for the latest values or the configuration as I selected both options above.

You can click “Edit” on a single value chart to change the data point, to customize the label (by default the data point name) and to change the links.

You can add as many charts as you want. To add a table chart, click “Add a chart” on the Dashboard

Select “Table” as the new chart type. This chart allows you to display data points in a table format similar to Microsoft Excel for example.

Select the properties that you want to display. In this example, I selected four properties.

In its current version, the table chart, asks you to specify the number of rows and columns (2 or 3)

A 2 by 2 table will let you 1 cell to display the value of your data point(s).

A 2 by 3 table will let you 2 cells…

Depending on the number of columns and rows, you are asked to edit the headers or the labels of the columns and rows.

Here I want to display the temperature and the humidity for two rooms, so I select a 3x3 table.

Then, select the position of the different data points values in the newly defined table. For this select for each data point, the cell where it will be displayed. The cells are named in the same fashion as in Microsoft Excel with letters for the columns and numbers for the rows.

I could have selected a 2x3 table to display the temperature and the humidity of a room in the same cell.

In my example, the humidity for the room on the third floor will be in the cell C2 (C for third column, 2 for second row).

Click “Add” to add the table to the current dashboard.

You now have two single value charts and one table in your Dashboard. You can add as many as you like.

Like with single value charts, you can edit the table by clicking “Edit” in the top left cel

If you have any question, please contact us here

Requirements:

Step 1:

You'll have the possibility to Drag&Drop your Schematic or click on the Green Circle to add it from your personal folder.

Step 2:

Once you've add the Schematic, you should Add the properties you want to see on it,

To do this click on the "Edit" button

 

Step 3:

Select the equipment, then the properties.

Step 4:

Then place the data where you want on the schematics

 

You can create multiple schematics by clicking on the "+" button:

 

then  

Box licenses

Example: 

If your license contains 100 points, you could have 4 sensors using 25 points each one. You can still use your license because you have access to 100 points.

Purpose of the Modbus IP Gateway:

 

Step 1:

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Important information: SlaveID needs to be unique in order to avoid conflict

 

Step 3:

 

Step 4:

Here is the view of the gateway Modbus table

 

Property configuration:

By clicking on the  button, you will be able to have the details of your gateway property.

 

Be sure that your Modbus IP client configuration is matching these parameters.

 

Note

The Modbus table is mandatory in order for you to configure your Modbus IP client, with this table, you'll know how to access the data made available by the Box/HUB 

QoS stands for : Quality of service

There are 3 different QoS available for MQTT:

• QoS level 0 : “At most once” - The message is send without acknowledgement
• QoS level 1 : “At least once” - The message is send with acknowledgement
• QoS level 2: “Exactly once” - The message is send with acknowledge (avoid message duplication mechanism)

Wattsense is at the QoS level 1.

 

REQUIREMENTS TO CONNECT YOUR BOX TO YOUR MQTT BROKER : 

You'll need your MQTT broker connection information

1. Broker Address
2. MQTT Port (1883,8883,etc..)
3. Client ID
4. Authentication information (if required)
5. Certificate (if required)

These informations should be available in your Broker configuration, if not please contact your Broker provider.

First of all, you'll need to create a new MQTT gateway:

 

 

Fill the required Fields with your MQTT broker parameters.

 

 

TOPIC DEFINITION:

Uplink topic and Downlink topic are simple strings conformed to one or more topic levels. For instance, topics are case-sensitive.

Each topic is structured with forward slash as delimiters. The forward slash alone is a valid topic.

The broker uses the topics to filter the messages for each client subscribed to the topic

 

AUTHENTICATION:

If your MQTT broker require an authentication with Username and Password click on the Authentication button and fill the fields.

 

 

TLS CERTIFICATE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY IN MQTT SSL/TLS:

The default port for MQTT TLS connection is : 8883

This implies a connection using certificates. Certificates are security files that allows you to authenticate to your broker. If you are using a TLS secured authentication please be sure that you have loaded your CA certificate.

 

TIPS

It can happen that your broker is not using custom CA certificate but Public one.

ADVANCED TAB:

NOTE

Property Slug is the uniqueID of a variable, you'll find it in the property configuration itself

Please note that your modifications will be aplied for ALL properties in the Gateway.

 

MQTT Gateway property configuration

To add properties to your gateway, select the properties button:

 

 

Then add Property:

 

 

On the next view you'll have the choice between all the properties available, select the one you want to redirect to your MQTT broker and click on Save

 

 

Once the properties select, you'll have that kind of view:

 

Click on "Save changes" to apply the modifications.

 

NOTE

Be sure that the Access Type stay as LOCAL in this configuration.

 

If you need any additional information, please contact us: here 

Here you will have a video that will show you how to create your bacnet gateway:

You need to configure the Box/Hub before the sensor, otherwise the JOIN process will not succeed.

Step 1:

NOTE

If your equipment is not available in our database, you can still connect your sensor. You'll have "undecoded" informations : Communication level (RSSI, SNR and Spreading Factor) and the Raw-Payload.

 

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You can check in the logs section if the JOIN process is successful. You will see these events: