thing-it-device-wind-turbine v0.0.9

thing-it-device-wind-turbine

thing-it-node Device Plugin for a generic Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) as a demo for wind park management. Manufacturers of WTGs may use this as an example to implement a thing-it-node Device Plugin for their WTG products.

Installation

Installation of NodeJS and thing-it-node

First, install node.js and thing-it-node on your Gateway Computer (e.g. Raspberry Pi or C.H.I.P) following the instructions on the [thing-it-node] Wiki.

Initialization and Start of thing-it-node

The thing-it-device-wind-turbine Plugin is installed with thing-it-node, hence there is no need to install it separately.

The Plugin is simulation-only so far, hence you only have to create a directory in which you intend to run the configuration, e.g.

mkdir ~/wtg-test
cd ~/wtg-test

and invoke

tin init

and then start thing-it-node via

tin run

If you don't want to use Autodiscovery, you may use configurations like the sample configuration via

tin example --device wind-turbine

If you want to pair the thing-it-node Gateway and its sample configuration with thing-it.com, invoke

tin pair --mesh Test

and enter your thing-it.com account and password. The pairing will allow you to configure and monitor your local Gateway from thing-it.com and use the Mobile App below to connect to the Gateway from everywhere.

Mobile UI

Install the thing-it Mobile App from the Apple Appstore or Google Play and set it up to connect to thing-it-node locally as described here or just connect your browser under http://localhost:3001 to check how the Mobile UI would look like.

The following screenshot shows the Node Page of the sample configuration with the Mobile UI to monitor and control the WTG:

Where to go from here ...

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• Configuring additional Devices, Groups, Services, Event Processing, Storyboards(https://www.thing-it.com/thing-it/#/documentationPanel/mobileClient/storyboard Configuration) and Jobs via your thing-it Mobile App.
• Use thing-it.com to safely connect your Node Box from everywhere, manage complex configurations, store and analyze historical data and offer your configurations to others on the thing-it Mesh Market.
• Explore other Device Plugins like Texas Instruments Sensor Tag, Plugwise Smart Switches and many more. For a full set of Device Plugins search for thing-it-device on npm.
• Or write your own Plugins.