Devices

Introduction

Devices are producers and consumers of ClearBlade IoT Platform resources. Often, they are sensors that generate data, that is then processed by the ClearBlade Edge or Platform. In other cases, a device may be a hardware controller, which consumes commands and controls a motor or actuator.

Learn how to create and configure devices here

Purpose

Devices may not be IP-enabled and may require physical communication protocols, as such as BLE or Zigbee to communicate. Often times, a gateway is an IP-enabled machine used to communicate with one or more sensors.

Authentication

See Security for how to authenticate a device

Security

See Security for details on authorization for devices and assets

Management

Management can be performed via: