Sensors - TeamViewer Support
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p><br></p><p>Sensors play a vital role in any IoT Solution. Sensors on your edge device can help you to monitor your edge device’s health. They also can help you to monitor the entities you attach a sensor to (e.g. robot arms).</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/UDCPRHDQO7KZ/sensor-data-flow.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/UDCPRHDQO7KZ/sensor-data-flow.png" alt="sensor-data-flow.png" height="723" width="2635" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none" srcset="https://us.v-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=10/https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/UDCPRHDQO7KZ/sensor-data-flow.png 10w, https://us.v-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=300/https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/UDCPRHDQO7KZ/sensor-data-flow.png 300w, https://us.v-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=800/https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/UDCPRHDQO7KZ/sensor-data-flow.png 800w, https://us.v-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=1200/https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/UDCPRHDQO7KZ/sensor-data-flow.png 1200w, https://us.v-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=1600/https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/UDCPRHDQO7KZ/sensor-data-flow.png 1600w, https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/UDCPRHDQO7KZ/sensor-data-flow.png"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>Data flow of sensor metrics</p><p>To use sensors make sure <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/109820-enable-the-edge-management" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">TeamViewer Edge Management is enabled</a>.</p><p>Three basic steps are needed to integrate sensors into your IoT Solution:</p><ol><li>Connect a sensor physically to your edge device (for example, see <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/109879-connect-the-sensors-to-the-starter-kit" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Connect the Sensors to the Starter Kit</a>).</li><li><a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/109839-add-sensors-with-easy-setup" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Assign the sensor (and its metrics) to your TeamViewer Account</a>.</li><li>Use sensor metrics for monitoring (e.g. <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/109860-widgets" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">widgets</a>) and/or to <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/109852-rules-alarms-and-notifications" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">set alerts and notifications</a>.</li></ol><p>Sensor metrics and data are handled as defined by the TeamViewer IoT <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/109884-teamviewer-iot-agent-mqtt-api" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">MQTT API</a>. You will need to then push your sensor data as specified in the <a href="https://download.teamviewer-iot.com/docs/agentapi/index.html?&_ga=2.189868584.2061074140.1679400704-933174053.1679400704#api-Metric-Sensor_Send_sensor_data" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">MQTT API Push Metric Values</a> section to visualize it in real-time.</p><p><br></p><h3></h3> </article> </main>
