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How to connect a weather station with azure IoT-Hub via pnp Bridge #53

Closed TJ-404 closed 3 years ago

TJ-404 commented 3 years ago

Hello,

for the last few days I was wondering if I can connect a weather station off the shelf with the Azure IoT-Hub. I don't really want to hard code the connection. So is it possible to connect a weather station which is not programmable with a Plug and Play Bridge? Or is there another way to get the data into the IoT-Hub.

The weather station can be connected via Wi-Fi to the internet.

As you can see I dont really konw much in this area, so some help would be really good.

Thank you very much.

usivagna commented 3 years ago

Hi @TJ-404 ,

Thank you for following-up with an issue on GitHub! Do you have a datasheet or documentation on your weather station? Those details will help us answer your specific question.

In general, the process to connect a brownfield/existing non-programmable device like yours via IoT Plug and Play bridge is as follows:

  1. Create a Digital Twins Definition Language (DTDL) model to describe your device. To learn more, see Understand components in IoT Plug and Play models.
  2. Determine the protocol your device uses to connect to the gateway running IoT Plug and Play bridge:
    • If your protocol is already supported by IoT Plug and Play bridge, you can follow the instructions for that protocol adapter, see supported protocols
    • If the protocol your device uses is not supported yet, you can either write your own adapter, see documentation Extend the IoT Plug and Play bridge. Alternatively, you can file a feature request and one of our community members may be able to assist.
  3. Once you decide on a adapter (either an existing, or one you have built), simply run and configure the bridge to connect your device to an IoT hub or IoT Central., see How to build, and deploy the bridge

Hope that helps, and if you have more specific details happy to answer any questions specific to your situation. Thanks!

usivagna commented 3 years ago

Closing this issue, please re-open if you have more information.