Modbus & CAN Bus to Ubidots

Connecting to Ubidots IoT
Tutorial for sending CAN bus & Modbus data to Ubidots IoT with the nodeG5 Industrial Edge IoT Gateway

HARDWARE WIRING

Note: This tutorial assumes that user have already setup his nodeG5 IoT gateway to receive local device Modbus (see our sample tutorial) or CAN bus data and now wants to configure his gateway to connect and send data to an Ubidots IoT end-point using secure MQTT messaging.

CONNECTING TO A CLOUD STACK

Connect to Ubidots Cloud Platform

After you have established your connection with your Modbus or CAN Bus device, we can then look at getting the data onto any designated cloud service.

Direct deployment on Ubidots is a straightforward inclusion of the secure Device Token from user's Ubidots account into the IOT Client menu.

To Obtain your Ubidots Device Token

> Log in to your Ubidots account.

> Then go to <Users\Organizations> and create a new organization by pressing the plus (+) icon located at the upper right side of the platform.

> Enter the organization once it gets created.

> Next, go to the <Tokens> tab to create a new token pressing the plus (+) icon.

> Assign the token name of your preference, and press ACCEPT.

> Copy the token created.

Enter in your the Device Token and Device Name into the IOT Client tab on your nodeG5 web configuration menu. Click on UPDATE to establish the connection to Ubidots Cloud Service.

The nodeG5 will start sending the JSON data from your device to Ubidots and you will be able to see your new nodeG5 created and listed under your ‘Devices’ in your Ubidots account.

Your Customised Reports Dashboard can now be easily built from the different register data (e.g. current from meter at Modbus address 1) using the friendly yet flexible Ubidots platform.