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• Still got issues/questions, Contact Us Directly!

Overview

This section contains a 10,000 feet overview of the steps that you need to perform to setup the platform and get going. For each step, links to more detailed information are provided.

You can also walk through the InfiIoT Platform features here!.

• Step 1: Create your Account

  Creating an account is a primary step to getting started with InfiIoT, more on that here!

• Step 2: Get an overview of InfiIoT Platform

  When your InfiIoT Platform instance is created, you can access it and start exploring the included services by using the InfiIoT Platform dashboard. More on dashboard here!

  Super Tip:

  To access the InfiIoT Platform dashboard, use the URL sent on your registered mail for verification if already verified simply provide login information that you have set while making your account.

• Step 3: Connect your devices

  Before you can begin receiving data from your IoT devices, you must first register and connect them to your InfiIoT Platform environment using the Auth-Token key. For information, see Connecting Devices.

  Super Tip:

  If you have no devices that are ready to connect you can Send import sample data using our "Import Data" features on InfiIoT Platform.

• Step 4: View real-time IoT data

  After you verify that device data is flowing into InfiIoT Platform, you view real-time data under the devices section on InfiIoT Platform.

• Step 5: Analyze your Data

  Your IoT data is generally not useful by itself. Analysis of the data brings value to your IoT solutions. InfiIoT Platform comes preloaded with real-time and historical analysis tools that you can use to add value to your data.

  • Monitoring dashboards

    Custom dashboards can include curated IoT data from your devices as well as imported external data. The dashboards are fed from the data lake. For more information, see the Monitoring dashboards topic.

  • Real-time analytics

    See data in real-time using our interactive tables and charts by visiting the variable under the devices section. For more visit Devices topic.

  • Triggers & Notifications

    In Platform Service, use the built-in data management rules to add conditions to your IoT data and to see alerts and perform actions when thresholds and other conditions are met. For more information, see the Events & Triggers topic.

  • Future Predictions

    Predict future data values Using our Machine Learning Algorithms. For more information Making Predictions topic.

For Geeks!

• Device Registration
  • InfiIoT platform will automatically register your device when a data-telemetry is ingested, the name of the device is defined in the firmware.
  • Or you can manually create a device using the "Add device" button under devices section page
  • Also, Device can be created using our REST-API's

  InfiIoT offers many features like importing and exporting data using .csv files, monitoring real-time data, geo-tagging your devices, and many more. For more details, see the devices section.

• Communication Protocols (HTTPS and MQTT)

  InfiIoT Platform supports two protocols for device connection and communication: MQTT and HTTP.

  • MQTT is a standard publish/subscribe protocol that is frequently used and supported by embedded devices, and is also common in machine-to-machine interactions.
  • HTTP is a "connectionless" protocol: with the HTTP bridge, devices do not maintain a connection to Cloud IoT Core. Instead, they send requests and receive responses.

  For a more detailed comparison, visit Hardware Documentation.

• Device Authentication

  InfiIoT uses Auth (Authentication) Token key to authorize your device to ingest data into your InfiIoT account.

  Authentication token keys are UUID 4 format keys that are generated when you register your InfiIoT account.

  Every time you send sensor data, Auth-token key included in data payload helps us recognize that it's you who is sending data to the InfiIoT Platform.

  For details on finding your Auth-Token key, see Find your Auth-Token key section.

• Control Devices from InfiIoT

  Devices can be controlled using the interactive control and indicator widgets that InfiIoT provides.

  If your devices use MQTT, Controls are automatically propagated to them. If your devices connect over HTTP, they must explicitly request configurations.

  For a more detailed comparison, visit Hardware Documentation.

Creating an InfiIoT Account

If you do not have an InfiIoT account, create one...

To create an InfiIoT account

1. Open the InfiIoT home page and click on "Sign Up" for an InfiIoT Account button.
2. Follow the instructions. Part of the sign-up procedure involves receiving an email on the provided email address and clicking on the link to verify your email and activate your account
3. Clicking on the link sent to your email will open a session for you, if the page doesn't open automatically you can click on Sign-in button on home page
4. On the Welcome page, choose "Get started".

InfiIoT welcome page:

If this is your first time using the InfiIoT Platform, you see the Welcome to the InfiIoT Platform page.

Updating Your Profile Information

After successful setup of your account, you are directed to your profile page where you can upload a profile photo and upload additional details.

Updating your profile Info:

Once, done updating your profile information you can click on the "Save and Next" button.

Find your Auth-Token key!

InfiIoT uses Auth (Authentication) Token key to authorize your device to ingest data inside your InfiIoT account.

Authentication token keys are UUID 4 format keys that are generated when you register your InfiIoT account. You can find your Auth token Key in your profile dropdown section as shown below.

You can copy this key to your clipboard by clicking the "Copy to clipboard " button next to the token key as this key will be needed when you are coding your hardware to send or receive data or also while using our API's.

Copying your Token Key:

• Step 1: Click on your username on the top-right corner of the screen.
• Step 2: Then, click on "YOUR TOKEN KEY" Button. Clicking this will open a small dialog box in the center of the screen.



• Step 3: Click on the "COPY" button on the dialog box to copy your Secret Token Key.

Dashboard - Overview

Dashboard Photo:

User Interface for Dashboard is separated into the following parts:

1. Left Navigation panel: You can switch into different sections of the InfiIoT Platform using this navigation panel.
2. Widgets Panel: This is the main Dashboard, where all widgets are placed. The widget positions can also be modified by entering edit mode.
3. Tool Panel: This section contains a set of handy tools such as:
   • Full-Screen Mode
   • Capture Screenshot
   • Lock widget position
   • Set Current dashboard as Default
   • Edit dashboard details, and
   • Delete Dashboard
4. Interval Section: This section is used to select the Interval for which data is to be seen, Play Mode enables auto dashboard refresh functionality and the Refresh button can be used to update dashboard instantly.
5. Add Widget Button: This button is used to add any widget of your choice onto the dashboard.
6. Top Navigation panel: This panel contains links to all the technical resources (forums, blogs, and other documentation) and also button to visit your profile.

Creating new dashboard

Creating a new Dashboard:

To create your own Dashboard we will follow the steps listed below:

• Step 1: Navigate to the Left Navigation panel, Under Dashboard option click the "Create Dashboard" option.
• Step 2: Give the dashboard name on the dialog box that appears then click on the "Create" button.
• Step 3: we will get a "Dashboard successfully created message" and the new dashboard is launched on the screen.

Widgets

Widgets Overview:

Widgets are the backbone of dashboard, these help you to get deeper insights into your data and to analyze and act on your data in more efficient ways. You get many types of widgets that will help you plot, tabulate, indicate, and control your device data easily. Following is the list of widgets you can add to your dashboard:

1. Labels: These widget types will help you display your data in simple numeric matrices. Various types of labels that we support are:
   • Last value: This label will display the last value of the Variable. E.g: See what's the latest temperature in your room.
   • Maximum: This label will display the maximum value of the Variable within the interval. E.g: See what was the maximum temperature of your room.
   • Minimum: This label will display the minimum value of the Variable within the interval. E.g: See what was the minimum temperature of your room.
   • Sum: This label will display the total sum of the Variable within the interval. E.g: Monitoring total electricity consumption of your home by sending daily unit data.
   • Average: This label will display the average of the Variable within the interval. E.g Print average temperature of your room
   • Count: This label will display the number of data entries of the Variable within the interval. E.g: Display person count on dashboard.
2. Charts: This widget will help you visualize your data in real-time so that you can make better decisions faster. Different types of charts provided are as follows:
   • Line Chart: Line charts connect a series of data points with a continuous line. Line Charts also supports multiple variables so that you can analyze multiple variables at a time.
   • Double Chart: Double charts are similar to the line chart just that double charts have double Y axis, one on the left side and the other on the right side. Double chart helps you analyze different variables that correlate to different Y scales on a single chart.
   • Bar Chart: Bar charts represent data in the form of rectangular bars with heights or lengths proportional to the values that they represent.
   • Scatter Chart: Scatter plot represents values for two different numeric variables. The position of each dot on the horizontal and vertical axis indicates values for an individual data point.
3. Indicators: Indicators will help you to indicate the state of a variable within the interval. Various types of indicators are:
   • On/Off Indicator: This widget can Indicate whether the value of a variable is zero or one. E.g.: To monitor the state of your pumps.
   • Gauge: This widget looks like the speedometer of your vehicle. The pointer shows the data within the minimum and maximum ranges. E.g: To monitor the air index of your home.
   • Thermometer: This widget looks like a glass thermometer. This is handy when you are working with volumes or temperatures in your project. E.g.: To monitor the temperature of your bedroom.
4. Controls: Control widgets will help you act on your data or to control your devices. various types of controls provided to you are:
   • Switch: Use this widget to send On or Off signals to your devices. E.g.: Turning On/Off your lights from the dashboard.
   • Slider: Use this widget to send analog values to your devices. The values can e sent between the range of values that you set for minimum and maximum while you create the widget. E.g: Controlling speed of your fan from the dashboard.
5. Tables: Using tables you can view related data in a tabular format. This widget also supports pagination(unlimited data points) to allow deeper insights on data.
6. Maps(Beta): Maps allow you to track positions of your assets and also to automate things when you visit an area. Eg. Turn your Air Conditioning "ON" automatically when you are within 10 meters of your home.

Adding Widgets

Adding Wigets to your Dashboard:

To add a widget to your Dashboard we will follow the steps listed below:

• Step 1: Navigate to the "Add widget" button on the top-right corner of the Dashboard screen and click the button.
• Step 2: A dialog box appears asking you the widget type to add to dashboard. Select the widget from the widget catalog.
• Step 3: Enter the details such as the variable that you want to attach to the widget, widget title, the color schemes, and other widget specific details.
• Step 4: Finally click on "Create" button, your widget gets placed on the dashboard.

Devices- Overview

Devices Section:

User Interface on device page also contains Left Navigation Panel, Tools Section, Top Navigation Panel(Resource section), and the Add Device Button, just like dashboard Section.

Devices page contains tiles with details of your device/project name, Variables inside the Device, last updated TimeStamp, and few Tools such as Delete Device, Import Data, Export Data.

Adding a Device

There are three ways in which you can add your device to InfiIoT Platform, they are as follows:

• Directly Sending Data (Easiest method): Your Devices automatically gets added to the Devices Section when you send your data telemetry on InfiIoT Cloud. The name to be assigned to the Device can be declared in the code that you flash on your device
• Add device Button: You can manually add your device by clicking on the Add Device Button on the right-top corner area. Then you can manually enter all the details or your device.
• Importing your Device data: If you have data logged your previous devices, then you can simply import the data into Devices Section using your .CSV file.

Adding your Device:

Variables - Overview

For monitoring data for a variable. Navigate to the specific variable from the device section and then click on "View Data" to analyze data in tabular or chart format.

There are three types of variables that we support. They are:

• Generic Variables: Gets automatically created when data is sent from your device, Or also you can create manually using Add Variable Button. E.g.: Variable for Air Temperature from your Weather Station project.
• Synthetic Variables: These variables are very useful when you want to perform Arithmetic Operations on the data from other variables. E.g.: Computing temperature in Farhaneit by using the data from Temperature in Celcius.
• Geo-Mapping Variables: These are special variables that can contain data about a location. Features include location tracing or Location mapping, also this variable can be linked with your mobile device. E.g: Track your assets Or to automatically turn On your lights when you go in the proximity of your location.

Variables Page:

This page contains a Map(Showing location of your Device), Variable Tabs(with details about the variable), and the Add Variables button.

The variable tabs also contain important tools such as Import Data, Export Data, Add to Event and Delete Variable.

Adding Variables:

Steps to add a variable are as follows:

• To add a variable simply click on the "Add Variable" button. A dialog box will appear!
• Then select the type of variable you want. For details about variable types refer to the "Variable- Overview" Section.
• Enter variable details such as variable names and units.
• Then click on Create Button.

Monitoring data

For monitoring data for a variable. Navigate to the specific variable from the device section and then click on "Show Data" to analyze data in tabular or chart format.

The data can also be viewed in real-time if you click the play button next to the interval selector.

Monitoring variable data:

This Section Contains shows you variable data in the form of Chart and table. Along with table and chart widgets, this section also contains important tools, Interval Selector and Play/pause button.

Use the Interval Selector on the top right corner to view data for a specific time interval.

Importing/Exporting data

Variable tabs contain tools for data import and export on/from the platform. This feature is very handy when you are already of data logged with you and want to continue logging data using our Platform.

Importing variable data:

Events- Overview

Events page:

This page consists of tiles which show the previously created Events, Notification Logs can be seen on the top right corner, and the Add Widget button to add an event.

Creating an Event

Events Creation :

Event Creation is done in two steps, first you specify the trigger and then select the notification:

1. Step 1: Click on the "Add Event" button on the right-corner of the screen. The Trigger form appears.
2. Step 2: Enter The Details for the variables and set the threshold in terms of time or value:
   • First Select the variable, that you want to attach to the trigger
   • Then, Select value(if you want to set threshold value limits) or time(If you want the trigger to occur at specified Intervals).
   • Select the Arithmetic Operation you want to perform, such as Equal to, Greater than, Lesser than and many more operations.
   • Give the threshold value or time inside the next box.
   • Specify the time in minutes you want to wait before triggering the event, for this time we will be continuously comparing your data for the threshold value.
   • E.g: To turn-On your AC if your temperature is more than 28*C for 10 minutes.

Super Tip:

You can have a combination of various events to trigger a single notification. AND and OR operation is used to connect multiple events in a logical combination.

3. Step 3: Click on the "Next" button. The Action Form Appears.
4. Step 4: Again click on the "Add Actions" button.
5. Step 5: Choose the type of notification that you want to attach with the trigger. The notifications supported by us are:
   • Email
   • SMS
   • Telegram
   • Whatsapp
   • Update a variable
   • Slack
   • Trigger a Webhook

Super Tip:

Most of the notifications support Multiple Recipients feature, Modifiyable Messages, Modifiable Subjects, and many more.

6. Step 6: After entering all the details, click on the "Next" button.
7. Step 7: You can add multiple actions to a single event. After adding your actions click on the "Next" button.
8. Step 8: Finally your Event is Created, and you are redirected to the Events page.

Notification Log

This page shows you the log of all the events that occured in the past, their details, their timings and few more insights about the variable during the the event.

Creating a Report

Setting up for Predictions

Setting up your Prediction:

You can either use device data on InfiIoT Platform or you can upload data from a .csv file. Please refer to the .csv format before uploading your data for the prediction.

After loading your data you can see a preview of your data in the chart widget!

Training your Model

Train your model:

What does "Training your Model" or "Fitting your Model" mean?:

Fitting a model means that you 're making your algorithm learn the relationship between predictions and outcomes so that you can predict the future values of the outcome. So the best-fitted model has a specific set of parameters that best defines the problem at hand.

What does Loss mean?:

Loss is the penalty for a bad prediction. That is, a loss is a number indicating how bad the model's prediction was on a single example. If the model 's prediction is perfect, the loss is zero; otherwise, the loss is greater. The goal of training a model is to find a set of weights and biases that have low loss, on average, across all examples

How Much Data is Needed to Train a (Good) Model?

For most time series applications, this means that the submitted data should have as many observations as the period of the maximum expected seasonality.

For example, if you have daily sales data and you expect that it exhibits annual seasonality, you should have more than 365 data points to train a successful model. If you have hourly data and you expect your data exhibits weekly seasonality, you should have more than 7*24 = 168 observations to train a model. However, these are the bare minimum number of points needed to train these types of models – more data is required if you want to effectively test how accurately your model performs at making predictions. Your test set should be about 25% the size of your training set. So with a dataset that is expected to exhibit annual seasonality, the minimum number of points required to train and test multiple models is 365 + 365/4 ~ 456 observations.

Steps to follow for model training:

• Step 1: Once you have added your data in the dataset section, move to Network tab to for training your model.
• Step 2: Set Hyperparameters to train your model according to your convenience.
• Step 3: Finally click on the "Train Model" button to start your training.

Making Predictions

Making Predictions:

Finally, Your Predictions are ready! Remember that this feature is in Beta, sooner this feature will be available across whole platform and you will be able to implement live on dashboard without need of training the model

Secure an IoT Infrastructure

This security-in-depth strategy can be developed and executed with the active participation of various players involved with the manufacturing, development, and deployment of IoT devices and infrastructure. Following is a high-level description of these players.

• IoT hardware manufacturer/integrator: Typically, these players are the manufacturers of IoT hardware being deployed, integrators assembling hardware from various manufacturers, or suppliers providing hardware for an IoT deployment manufactured or integrated by other suppliers.
• IoT solution developer: The development of an IoT solution is typically done by a solution developer. This developer may part of an in-house team or a system integrator (SI) specializing in this activity. The IoT solution developer can develop various components of the IoT solution from scratch, integrate various off-the-shelf or open-source components, or adopt solution accelerators with minor adaptation.
• IoT solution deployer: After an IoT solution is developed, it needs to be deployed in the field. This process involves deployment of hardware, the interconnection of devices, and deployment of solutions in hardware devices or the cloud.
• IoT solution operator: After the IoT solution is deployed, it requires long-term operations, monitoring, upgrades, and maintenance. These tasks can be done by an in-house team that comprises information technology specialists, hardware operations and maintenance teams, and domain specialists who monitor the correct behavior of overall IoT infrastructure.

IoT hardware manufacturer/integrator

The following are the best practices for IoT hardware manufacturers and hardware integrators.

• Scope hardware to minimum requirements: The hardware design should include the minimum features required for the operation of the hardware, and nothing more. An example is to include USB ports only if necessary for the operation of the device. These additional features open the device for unwanted attack vectors that should be avoided.
• Make hardware tamper-proof: Build in mechanisms to detect physical tampering, such as the opening of the device cover or removing a part of the device. These tamper signals may be part of the data stream uploaded to the cloud, which could alert operators of these events.
• Build around secure hardware: If COGS permits, build security features such as secure and encrypted storage, or boot functionality based on Trusted Platform Module (TPM). These features make devices more secure and help protect the overall IoT infrastructure.
• Make upgrades secure: Firmware upgrades during the lifetime of the device are inevitable. Building devices with secure paths for upgrades and cryptographic assurance of firmware versions will allow the device to be secure during and after upgrades.

IoT solution developer

• Follow secure software development methodology: Development of secure software requires ground-up thinking about security, from the inception of the project all the way to its implementation, testing, and deployment. The choices of platforms, languages, and tools are all influenced by this methodology. The Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle provides a step-by-step approach to building secure software.
• Choose open-source software with care: Open-source software provides an opportunity to quickly develop solutions. When you're choosing open-source software, consider the activity level of the community for each open-source component. An active community ensures that software is supported and that issues are discovered and addressed. Alternatively, an obscure and inactive open-source software project might not be supported and issues are not likely to be discovered.
• Integrate with care: Many software security flaws exist at the boundary of libraries and APIs. Functionality that may not be required for the current deployment might still be available via an API layer. To ensure overall security, make sure to check all interfaces of components being integrated for security flaws.

IoT solution deployer

• Deploy hardware securely: IoT deployments may require hardware to be deployed in unsecure locations, such as in public spaces or unsupervised locales. In such situations, ensure that hardware deployment is tamper-proof to the maximum extent. If USB or other ports are available on the hardware, ensure that they are covered securely. Many attack vectors can use these as entry points.
• Keep authentication keys safe: During deployment, each device requires device IDs and associated authentication keys generated by the cloud service. Keep these keys physically safe even after the deployment. Any compromised key can be used by a malicious device to masquerade as an existing device.

IoT solution operator

• Keep the system up-to-date: Ensure that device operating systems and all device drivers are upgraded to the latest versions. If you turn on automatic updates in Windows 10 (IoT or other SKUs), Microsoft keeps it up-to-date, providing a secure operating system for IoT devices. Keeping other operating systems (such as Linux) up-to-date helps ensure that they are also protected against malicious attacks.
• Protect against malicious activity: If the operating system permits, install the latest antivirus and antimalware capabilities on each device operating system. This practice can help mitigate most external threats. You can protect most modern operating systems against threats by taking appropriate steps.
• Audit frequently: Auditing IoT infrastructure for security-related issues is key when responding to security incidents. Most operating systems provide built-in event logging that should be reviewed frequently to make sure no security breach has occurred. Audit information can be sent as a separate telemetry stream to the cloud service where it can be analyzed.
• Physically protect the IoT infrastructure: The worst security attacks against IoT infrastructure are launched using physical access to devices. One important safety practice is to protect against malicious use of USB ports and other physical access. One key to uncovering breaches that might have occurred is logging of physical access, such as USB port use. Again, Windows 10 (IoT and other SKUs) enables detailed logging of these events.
• Protect cloud credentials: Cloud authentication credentials used for configuring and operating an IoT deployment are possibly the easiest way to gain access and compromise an IoT system. Protect the credentials by changing the password frequently, and refrain from using these credentials on public machines.