ThingSpeak

The flir-north-thingspeak plugin provides a mechanism to ThingSpeak, allowing an easy route to send data from an FLIR Bridge environment into MATLAB.

In order to send data to ThingSpeak you must first create a channel to receive it.

  • Login to your ThingSpeak account

  • From the menu bar select the Channels menu and the My Channels option

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  • Click on New Channel to create a new channel

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  • Enter the details for your channel, in particular name and the set of fields. These field names should match the asset names you are going to send from FLIR Bridge.

  • When satisfied click on Save Channel

  • You will need the channel ID and the API key for your channel. To get this for a channel, on the My Channels page click on the API Keys box for your channel

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Once you have created your channel on ThingSpeak you may create your north task on FLIR Bridge to send data to this channel

  • Select North from the left hand menu bar.

  • Click on the + icon in the top left

  • Choose ThingSpeak from the plugin selection list

  • Name your task

  • Click on Next

  • Configure the plugin

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    • URL: The URL of the ThingSpeak server, this can usually be left as the default.

    • API Key: The write API key from the ThingSpeak channel you created

    • Source: Controls if readings data or FLIR Bridge statistics are to be send to ThingSpeak

    • Fields: Allows you to select what fields to send to ThingSpeak. It’s a JSON document that contains a single array called elements. Each item of the array is a JSON object that has two properties, asset and reading. The asset should match the asset you wish to send and the reading the data point name.

    • Channel ID: The channel ID of your ThingSpeak Channel

  • Click on Next

  • Enable your north task and click on Done