This section gives you a quick understanding of how to connect your device to WSO2 IoT Server and start using it. For this purpose, let's use the virtual fire alarm.
The virtual fire alarm is a virtual device that mimics the functionality of a real fire alarm. Therefore, for this use case you do not need a real device. Once you start the virtual fire alarm, it will connect to the WSO2 IoT Server and push the temperature readings it collects. The device supports MQTT and XMPP communications and is configured to use MQTT by default.
The following subsections explain how you can work with the virtual fire alarm:
Download WSO2 IoT Server
Download WOS2 IoT Server from the here.
Copy the downloaded file to a preferred location and unzip it.
The unzipped file will be called
<IoT_HOME>throughout this documentation.
Sign into the Device Management console
Follow the instructions given below to start WSO2 IoTS, and sign into the IoTS device management console:
Navigate to the WSO2 IoT pack plugins and run the
plugins-deployer.xml.
Example:cd <IoT_HOME>/plugins mvn clean install -f plugins-deployer.xml
Start WSO2 IoT Server by starting the three profiles in the following order:
Start the broker profile, which corresponds to the WSO2 Message Broker profile.
cd <IoTS_HOME>/broker/bin ./wso2server.sh
The default port assigned for the broker is 9446.
Start the core profile, which corresponds to the WSO2 Connected Device Management Framework (WSO2 CDMF) profile.
cd <IoTS_HOME>/core/bin ./wso2server.sh
The default port assigned for the core is 9443.
Start the analytics profile, which corresponds to the WSO2 Data Analytics Server profile.
cd <IoTS_HOME>/analytics/bin ./wso2server.sh
The default port assigned for analytics is 9445.
Access the device management console by navigating to
https://<HTTPS_HOST>:<HTTPS_PORT>/devicemgt.
Example:https://localhost:9443/devicemgtEnter your username and password.
If you are new to using WSO2 IoTS, you need to first register with IoTS before you can to log into the WSO2 IoTS device management console.Follow the instructions given below to register with WSO2 IoT:
- Click Create an account.
Fill out the registration form.
- First Name: Provide your first name.
- Last Name: Provide your last name.
- Username: Provide a username. It should be at least 3 characters long with no white spaces.
- Email: Provide a valid email address.
- Password: Provide a password. It should be at least 8 characters long.
- Confirm Password: Provide the password again to confirm it.
- Click Register.
- Click Create an account.
Click LOGIN.
Start the virtual fire alarm
Follow the steps given below to start the virtual fire alarm device:
- Click Enroll New Device.
- Click Try to try out the Virtual Firealarm.
- Download the device:
- Click Download Agent to download the device agent.
Enter a preferred name for your device (e.g., "FireAlarm"), select the simple or advanced agent option, and click DOWNLOAD NOW.
Tip: Avoid using spaces or other characters for the device name.
- Using the Simple Agent you can try out the functions mentioned under Try out the virtual fire alarm.
- Using the Advanced Agent, you can define policies on the device based on the policy enforcement criteria and also try out the functions mentioned under Try out the virtual fire alarm.
View real-time and historical data
When you adjust the temperature and humidity values in the virtual fire alarm emulator you can see the data in real-time or view historical data by following the steps given below:
Click 
to monitor real-time data via the Device Details pages.
What's next?
Follow the options given below to see what you can do next:
- Do you have an Android device? Try out the Android Sense device type supported by default on WSO2 IoTS. For more information, see Android Sense.
- Want to try out more devices? Connect the devices listed below to WSO2 IoTS and try them out.
- Need to create a new device type and connect it to WSO2 IoTS? For more information, see the Device Manufacturer Guide.