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IoT Platform:Create a product in the IoT Platform console

Last Updated:Apr 25, 2023

You must create a product in the IoT Platform console. The product name must be the same as the product name that you specified on the AEP platform of China Telecom. This way, you can connect the devices of the AEP platform of China Telecom to IoT Platform.

Prerequisites

A device and an app are created on the AEP platform of China Telecom. For more information, see Configure a device and add an app on the AEP platform.

Procedure

Gateway devices are available only for Exclusive Enterprise Edition instances. You must create a gateway device on an Exclusive Enterprise Edition instance.

  1. Log on to the IoT Platform console.
  2. On the Overview page, click Purchase Instance on the Purchase Enterprise Edition Instance card.

    On the buy page, select an instance type based on your business requirements and configure other parameters. Set the Form parameter to IoT Platform and the Type parameter to Exclusive.

    For more information, see Purchase Enterprise Edition instances.

    By default, IoT Platform assigns an ID to the instance that you purchased. Example: iot-cn-z2q1***.

  3. On the Overview page, find the iot-cn-z2q1*** instance and click the instance card.

  4. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Devices > Products. On the Product page, click Create Product. On the Create Product page, configure the parameters and click OK.

    The following table describes some parameters. Use the default values for other parameters. Create a product

    Parameter

    Description

    Product Name

    Enter NBProduct1.

    The name must be the same as the name that you specified on the AEP platform of China Telecom.

    Node Type

    Select Directly Connected Device.

    Network Connection Method

    Select Wi-Fi.

    Data Type

    Select Custom.

    Data Verification Level

    Select Weak Verification.

    For more information, see Create a product.

  5. Create a Thing Specification Language (TSL) property in the default module of the NBProduct1 product.

    Create a property named water_consumption and set the Identifier parameter to water_consumption. The identifier is the same as the identifier of the property of the NBProduct1 product on the AEP platform of China Telecom. Create another property to perform downstream communication tests on an IoT device. Example: test. The following table describes the sample values that are specified for the parameters of the property. You can also specify custom values for the parameters.

    Parameter

    Description

    Feature Name

    Enter test.

    Identifier

    Enter test.

    Type

    Select int32.

    Unit

    Select None.

    For more information, see Add a TSL feature.

    Property

What to do next

Create a gateway and connect a device on the AEP platform of China Telecom by using the gateway