Alwaysproblem/SmartSensorSimulator

SmartSensor API Simulator module for Azure IoT Edge

An Azure IoT Edge module to simulate SmartSensorAPI smart waste bin data.

Pre-requisites:

1. Follow this tutorial to setup an IoT Edge runtime to deploy the module to, and
2. Follow this tutorial to setup your development environment so you can build the module

What's Working

• D2C messages being sent to IoT Hub according to BinSensorReading data model object
  • A message is every 5 seconds
  • Uses a random number generator for fill level and temperature
  • Uses instantaneous time for timestamp

For example:

{
  "sesnorID": 99,
  "binID": 666,
  "binName": "Random Smart Sensor Simulator Module",
  "binCategory": "Smart Sensor Simulator ",
  "latitude": -33.869033,
  "longitude": 151.208895,
  "fillLevel": 56,
  "temperature": 33,
  "timestampdata": 1519097620
}

What's Missing

• In addition to a random number generator, add other signal generators
• In addition to signal generators, let's call this synthetic mode, include 2 more modes:
  1. Read data from file captured from the actual SmartSensorAPI data, and
     1. Currently just reading sample sensorData but dummy values for sensorDetail
        1. Need to read sample sensorDetail
        2. Need to filter our -ve fillLevel values stemming from non-sensical ultrasound values
     2. Refactor the following configuration values into either a configuration file or module/device twin
        1. sensorId
        2. Message periodicity
  2. Invoke the actual SmartSensorAPI
     • Would use module twin to pass configuration to the module at runtime
• Generalise the module into a class library using IoC/DI to create a Simulator Module plugin framework
  • Could use module twin to declare configuration for DI
  • Could consturct a basic simulated device with simulated sensors without any coding, just configuration