Glossary

Device

The device is the main functional unit of the platform, it represents a physical device.

Device group

A set of devices that is used for organisational purposes. The standard user will be able to access a limited number of groups, this way the admin can limit the visibility of each group by user.

Event

Defines something that happens in a specific point in time, with no duration. Eg.: A system failure like "alarm_2031" due to a mechanical problem.

Firmware

The software that provides low-level control for the device's embedded hardware. It can be updated remotely using Things5 web platform or via API

Metric

Any kind of value that contribute to describe a numeric measure like "speed" or "temperature".

Parameter

The hardware parameters and settings that can be read and written on the control unit.

Recipe

A recipe is the digital twin of a program that is available on the physical device: through the platform you can edit the parameters of an existing recipe, or you can create a new recipe that can be written on the device.

State

A state is a variable that can assume different values of type string. A state variable defines the state of a device metric for a period of time, until the state variable assumes another value. Eg.: a "door_status" state variable can assume the values "open" and "closed". A "compressor_status" state variable can assume the value "on" "off". A "machine_status" variable can assume for instances the values “on” | ”off” | ”stand_by” | ”updating_firmware”