Labs

Services Labs

Lab: Dweet

root@edison:~# nano maindweet.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import dweepy
import time

def functionServicesDweet():
    while True:
        time.sleep(5)
        dweepy.dweet_for('InternetOfThings101Dweet', {'Status':'1'})
        print dweepy.get_latest_dweet_for('InternetOfThings101Dweet')
        time.sleep(5)
        dweepy.dweet_for('InternetOfThings101Dweet', {'Status':'0'})
        print dweepy.get_latest_dweet_for('InternetOfThings101Dweet')

if __name__ == '__main__':

    functionServicesDweet()

# End of File

root@edison:~# python maindweet.py
[{u'content': {u'Status': 0}, u'thing': u'InternetOfThings101Dweet', u'created': u'2016-05-01T16:03:10]
[{u'content': {u'Status': 1}, u'thing': u'InternetOfThings101Dweet', u'created': u'2016-05-01T16:04:06]
[{u'content': {u'Status': 0}, u'thing': u'InternetOfThings101Dweet', u'created': u'2016-05-01T16:04:12]
[{u'content': {u'Status': 1}, u'thing': u'InternetOfThings101Dweet', u'created': u'2016-05-01T16:04:19]
^Z
[8]+  Stopped(SIGTSTP)        python maindweet.py

Lab: Freeboard.Io

Dashboard Creation

1. Go to freeboard.io and sign up
2. Go to freeboard.io account, under "My Freeboards"

   • "Enter a Name" and "Create New", let's call it IoT101

   • You should see "IoT101" board created being a "Public" dashboard

3. Click on "IoT101" to open the dashboard

DataSource Selection

1. Once you are in "IoT101" Dashboard click on "Add" from "DataSources"

2. Select "Dweet.io" as "Type"

3. Choose a "Name" for the DataSource, e.g. "MyIoT101Source"

4. Type the "Thing Name" based on what you are sending to dweet.io e.g. "InternetOfThings101Dweet"

Pane/Widget Creation and DataSource Linkage

1. Select "Add Pane"

2. Select a type of Widget "Sparkline"

3. Click on "DataSource" and select ["Internet of Things 101"]["Status"]