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- Page 1 LogBox Wi-Fi AWS VIA MQTT CONFIGURATION MANUAL Applies to devices with firmware version starting with V1.1x. NOVUS AUTOMATION 1/13...
- Page 2 PRESENTATION Through the MQTT protocol, the LogBox Wi-Fi can be configured to communicate with Amazon Web Services (AWS). To do this, follow the steps in this manual. NOVUS AUTOMATION 2/13...
- Page 3 CONFIGURING AWS To perform the communication and pairing between the LogBox Wi-Fi and AWS, you need the NXperience software, available on our website, and optionally the MQTTBox. After that, the following procedures must be performed: 1. Create an account in Amazon Web Services.
- Page 4 5. After creating a new policy, still in the Secure tab, in the left menu of the IoT Core service, select the Certificates option. Once this option has been selected, click Create a certificate. Fig. 04 – Create a certificate 6. Click Create certificate in the One-click certificate creation tab. Fig. 05 – One-click certificate creation NOVUS AUTOMATION 4/13...
- Page 5 For the TLS v1.2 security layer, you must have the 3 certificates, similar to the ones below: Fig. 09 – Examples 11. Before completing the procedure, click Attach a policy and append the policy created in Step 4. Fig. 10 – Attach a policy Fig. 11 – Select a policy NOVUS AUTOMATION 5/13...
- Page 6 Fig. 14 – Create a single thing 15. Name the device in the Name field. Fig. 15 – Name the device 16. Create a device type by clicking the Create a type button. Fig. 16 – Create a type NOVUS AUTOMATION 6/13...
- Page 7 Fig. 18 – Create thing without certificate 19. In the side menu, select the Secure tab and access the Certificates option. Check the existing certificate, open the Actions tab and click Attach thing. Fig. 19 – Attach thing NOVUS AUTOMATION 7/13...
- Page 8 20. In the new window, check the item to be attached and click Attach. Fig. 20 – Attach things to certificates 21. In the side menu, access the Settings option. Save the AWS account custom endpoint. Fig. 21 – Custom endpoint NOVUS AUTOMATION 8/13...
- Page 9 • 23. Send the new configurations to the LogBox Wi-Fi. 24. Return to the AWS console and, in the side menu, select the Test option. In the Subscription topic field, type "novus/#" and click on Subscribe to topic. Fig. 23 – Subscription topic The "novus/#"...
- Page 10 25. Restart the device and wait for the previously programmed data to be sent. This procedure will allow you to observe the data being delivered to the Broker, as shown in Fig. 25, Fig. 26 and Fig. 27: Fig. 25 – /config topic Fig. 26 – /neighbor topic Fig. 27 – /log/channels topic NOVUS AUTOMATION 10/13...
- Page 11 26. In order to perform connectivity tests with the server, you can publish a message in a topic. You must type "novus/" in the blank field in the "novus/#" topic, as shown in Fig. 28, and click Publish to topic.
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Client certificate file: Load the "thing" certificate. Ex.: 993cb74d0b-certificate.pem.crt.txt. • Client key file: Load the private key certificate. Ex.: 993cb74d0b-private.pem.key. • You do not need to make any changes to the other settings. Fig. 32 – MQTT Box configuration NOVUS AUTOMATION 12/13... - Page 13 29. After saving the settings above, check if the MQTT client is connected. In the Topic to subscribe field, type "novus/#". By using this wildcard, the client will sign up for all topics that NOVUS devices post. Fig. 33 – Topics subscribe 30.
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