[KB] How to stream data from flespi to Key Telematics?
Key Telematics is a SaaS platform for vendors of asset management and vehicle tracking solutions. If you want to feed the telemetry data from flespi to Key Telematics, follow the link for the detailed guide.
[KB] How to send IoT/telematics data to Google Cloud?
Forwarding the data from telematics/IoT devices into the Google cloud is a common task which, when complete, opens immense opportunities for handling the data in the Google Cloud ecosystem. Once the data from your device(s) appears in flespi, sending it to Google services is fast and straightforward.
[KB] How to integrate a new piece of equipment into flespi?
The sequence of actions to follow when you want your device to be supported by the flespi platform.
[KB] How to ask questions in the flespi chat?
With the purpose of optimizing time and efforts (both yours and ours), we have put together recommendations on asking the right questions in our support chat to get comprehensive and useful answers fast.
[KB] Analytics basics
We've put together a comprehensive guide on the key concepts and principles of the flespi analytics engine so that you can follow it section by section and get hands-on experience with calculators.
[KB] How to point a tracker to the flespi channel?
A very basic article explaining how to configure your device to send data to the flespi platform - a step you cannot do without.
[KB] How to send commands to the device connected to flespi via API
Here's a detailed technical guide on how to send commands to devices via REST API.
In real-time or to the commands queue.
With curls and schemas.
With specific request methods and expected results.
Follow the steps here:
Commands & settings — ways to manage your devices
The concepts of commands and settings are related, yet they are not quite the same and have important distinctions.
We put together a new KB article to help you clearly understand the key differences between the two.
Read the full text here:
[KB] Ruptela device data via API
If you rely on GPS trackers from Ruptela in your projects, flespi provides you with a super-convenient API to consume the parsed messages from your solution.
Check the step-by-step instructions here:
[KB] How to use REST selectors effectively?
Since flespi is a universal telematics API used in a variety of versatile projects, we try to make it maximally flexible in terms of API methods and their configuration.
In this small KB article, we show how REST API selectors when used properly can make operations more efficient.
[KB] Plugins articles updated
After the recent changes in plugins, we've updated the existing and added new KB articles related to plugins to reflect the current situation:
https://flespi.com/kb?tag[]=plugins
In particular, we now have a dedicated article for each plugin type:
[KB] How to make your device messages GDPR-compliant using plugins?
Using flespi plugins to remove the location data from telemetry messages according to the specified schedule.
[KB] How to move devices from account to subaccount?
A method to change the owner of the registered flespi device.
https://flespi.com/kb/move-device-from-account-to-subaccount
[KB] What happens if I don't pay my bill in time?
Consequences of not paying the monthly invoice before the deadline.
[KB] How to stream intervals?
Forwarding intervals generated by the flespi analytics engine into your solution.
[KB] How to stream data from flespi to Zoho Catalyst?
Configuring the telemetry data forwarding from flespi to the Zoho Catalyst serverless platform.
[KB] How to parse a string parameter as JSON with the PVM plugin?
Example of using a plugin with PVM code to extract string parameters from GPS tracker message and save them as a part of flespi device message JSON.
https://flespi.com/kb/how-to-parse-a-string-parameter-as-json-with-the-pvm-plugin
[KB] How to simulate a real device behavior?
An easy way to generate messages for a flespi device to test and debug plugins, streams, calculators, etc.
[KB] How to split HEX string parameter into bits with a PVM code plugin?
Extracting specific bits of a HEX string and converting into integer.
[KB] How to parse position information from GPGGA NMEA sentence with a PVM plugin?
Configuring custom parsing for NMEA-formatted GPS data to convert it into JSON message with standardized parameters.
https://flespi.com/kb/how-to-parse-position-information-from-gpgga-nmea-sentence-with-a-pvm-plugin
