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TTI V3 Connector Azure IoT Central Device Provisioning Service(DPS) support

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The TTI Connector supports the Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service(DPS) which is required (it is possible to provision individual devices but this intended for small deployments or testing) for Azure IoT Central applications. The TTI Connector implementation also supports Azure IoT Central Digital Twin Definition Language (DTDL V2) for “automagic” device provisioning.

The first step was to configure and Azure IoT Central enrollment group (ensure “Automatically connect devices in this group” is on for “zero touch” provisioning) and copy the IDScope and Group Enrollment key to the TTI Connector configuration

RAK3172 Enrollment Group creation
Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service configuration

I then created an Azure IoT Central template for my RAK3172 breakout board based.Net Core powered test device.

{
    "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7;1",
    "@type": "Interface",
    "contents": [
        {
            "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7:temperature_0;1",
            "@type": [
                "Telemetry",
                "Temperature"
            ],
            "displayName": {
                "en": "Temperature"
            },
            "name": "temperature_0",
            "schema": "double",
            "unit": "degreeCelsius"
        },
        {
            "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7:relative_humidity_0;1",
            "@type": [
                "Telemetry",
                "RelativeHumidity"
            ],
            "displayName": {
                "en": "Humidity"
            },
            "name": "relative_humidity_0",
            "schema": "double",
            "unit": "percent"
        },
        {
            "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7:value_0;1",
            "@type": "Command",
            "displayName": {
                "en": "Temperature OOB alert minimum"
            },
            "name": "value_0",
            "request": {
                "@type": "CommandPayload",
                "displayName": {
                    "en": "Minimum"
                },
                "name": "value_0",
                "schema": "double"
            },
            "durable": true
        },
        {
            "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7:value_1;1",
            "@type": "Command",
            "displayName": {
                "en": "Temperature OOB alert maximum"
            },
            "name": "value_1",
            "request": {
                "@type": "CommandPayload",
                "displayName": {
                    "en": "Maximum"
                },
                "name": "value_1",
                "schema": "double"
            },
            "durable": true
        },
        {
            "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7:TemperatureOOBAlertMinimumAndMaximum;1",
            "@type": "Command",
            "displayName": {
                "en": "Temperature OOB alert minimum and maximum"
            },
            "name": "TemperatureOOBAlertMinimumAndMaximum",
            "request": {
                "@type": "CommandPayload",
                "displayName": {
                    "en": "Alert Temperature"
                },
                "name": "AlertTemperature",
                "schema": {
                    "@type": "Object",
                    "displayName": {
                        "en": "Object"
                    },
                    "fields": [
                        {
                            "displayName": {
                                "en": "minimum"
                            },
                            "name": "value_0",
                            "schema": "double"
                        },
                        {
                            "displayName": {
                                "en": "maximum"
                            },
                            "name": "value_1",
                            "schema": "double"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            },
            "durable": true
        },
        {
            "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7:value_2;1",
            "@type": "Command",
            "displayName": {
                "en": "Fan"
            },
            "name": "value_2",
            "request": {
                "@type": "CommandPayload",
                "displayName": {
                    "en": "On"
                },
                "name": "value_3",
                "schema": {
                    "@type": "Enum",
                    "displayName": {
                        "en": "Enum"
                    },
                    "enumValues": [
                        {
                            "displayName": {
                                "en": "On"
                            },
                            "enumValue": 1,
                            "name": "On"
                        },
                        {
                            "displayName": {
                                "en": "Off"
                            },
                            "enumValue": 0,
                            "name": "Off"
                        }
                    ],
                    "valueSchema": "integer"
                }
            },
            "durable": true
        },
        {
            "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7:LightsGoOn;1",
            "@type": "Command",
            "displayName": {
                "en": "LightsGoOn"
            },
            "name": "LightsGoOn",
            "durable": true
        },
        {
            "@id": "dtmi:ttnv3connectorclient:RASK3172Breakout1c7:LightsGoOff;1",
            "@type": "Command",
            "displayName": {
                "en": "LightsGoOff"
            },
            "name": "LightsGoOff",
            "durable": true
        }
    ],
    "displayName": {
        "en": "RASK3172 Breakout"
    },
    "@context": [
        "dtmi:iotcentral:context;2",
        "dtmi:dtdl:context;2"
    ]
}

The Device Template @Id can also be set for a TTI application using an optional dtdlmodelid which is specified the the TTI Connector configuration.

Windows 10 IoT Core Time-Lapse Camera Azure IoT Hub Storage Revisited

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In my previous post the application uploaded images to an Azure storage account associated with an Azure IoT Hub based on configuration file settings. The application didn’t use any of the Azure IoT Hub device management functionality like device twins and direct methods.

Time-lapse camera setup

In this version only the Azure IoT hub connection string and protocol to use are stored in the JSON configuration file. 

{
  "AzureIoTHubConnectionString": "",
  "TransportType": "Mqtt",
}

On startup the application uploads a selection of properties to the Azure IoT Hub to assist with support, fault finding etc.

// This is from the OS 
reportedProperties["Timezone"] = TimeZoneSettings.CurrentTimeZoneDisplayName;
reportedProperties["OSVersion"] = Environment.OSVersion.VersionString;
reportedProperties["MachineName"] = Environment.MachineName;
reportedProperties["ApplicationDisplayName"] = package.DisplayName;
reportedProperties["ApplicationName"] = packageId.Name;
reportedProperties["ApplicationVersion"] = string.Format($"{version.Major}.{version.Minor}.{version.Build}.{version.Revision}");

// Unique identifier from the hardware
SystemIdentificationInfo systemIdentificationInfo = SystemIdentification.GetSystemIdForPublisher();
using (DataReader reader = DataReader.FromBuffer(systemIdentificationInfo.Id))
{
   byte[] bytes = new byte[systemIdentificationInfo.Id.Length];
   reader.ReadBytes(bytes);
   reportedProperties["SystemId"] = BitConverter.ToString(bytes);
}

Azure Portal Device Properties

The Azure Storage file and folder name formats along with the image capture due and update periods are configured in the DeviceTwin properties. Initially I had some problems with the dynamic property types so had to .ToString and then Timespan.TryParse the periods.

Twin deviceTwin= azureIoTHubClient.GetTwinAsync().Result;

if (!deviceTwin.Properties.Desired.Contains("AzureImageFilenameLatestFormat"))
{
   this.logging.LogMessage("DeviceTwin.Properties AzureImageFilenameLatestFormat setting missing", LoggingLevel.Warning);
   return;
}
…
if (!deviceTwin.Properties.Desired.Contains("ImageUpdateDue") || !TimeSpan.TryParse(deviceTwin.Properties.Desired["ImageUpdateDue"].Value.ToString(), out imageUpdateDue))
{
   this.logging.LogMessage("DeviceTwin.Properties ImageUpdateDue setting missing or invalid format", LoggingLevel.Warning);
   return;
}
Azure Portal Device Settings

The application also supports two commands “ImageCapture’ and “DeviceReboot”. For testing I used Azure Device Explorer

After running the installer (available from GitHub) the application will create a default configuration file in 

\User Folders\LocalAppData\PhotoTimerTriggerAzureIoTHubStorage-uwp_1.2.0.0_arm__nmn3tag1rpsaw\LocalState\

Which can be downloaded, modified then uploaded using the portal file explorer application. If you want to make the application run on device start-up the radio button below needs to be selected.