Hello Everyone,
I've been tasked with adding the particle devices onto the ThingsBoard Platform. The purpose is to keep a central platform where i can manage all the different types of devices including the particle devices. I've read the documentations to create an uplink & downlink converters on the ThingsBoard Platform and to create Webhooks on the Particle Console.
I just have a query.
Would i able to create OTA Packages in the ThingsBoard Platform for the particle devices without having to go through the Particle Console.
I'm not that familiar with ThingsBoard, however there is no support for it as a managed device in their ecosystem. You can, however, use their HTTP API to post data from Particle devices into ThingsBoard so you can do visualization and processing. They refer to that as an uplink converter. You can also send data in the opposite direction. Their tutorial is for the Photon but it should work with other devices (other than setup not using a .html file on every other device).
You will need to set up the device in the Particle platform because it connects to that first, then sends the data to ThingsBoard because it's not a managed device. You will need to create the integration that sends data from Particle to ThingsBoard for the uplink converter. That's the step that uses the console. You can script it using the Particle API, but the step still needs to be done.