What Is Etherios Cloud Connector?

Etherios Cloud Connector is a software development package used to communicate and exchange information between a device and Device Cloud. Cloud Connector allows you to seamless connect any M2M device to Device Cloud in order to utilize Device Cloud's:

• Application to device data interaction (messaging).
• Application & device data storage.
• Remote management of devices.

Cloud Connector features

• Data service allows data to be sent to and from a device using Device Cloud. It provides a temporary repository for storing files for later retrieval by either the device or a web services application. The most common usage is for devices to post data to the data store autonomously so that a web services client application may periodically check for and retrieve any new or updated contents.
• Firmware upgrade is a service which allows applications to update their firmware remotely.
• Remote configuration is an optional service for applications to exchange device configuration data and information between the device and Device Cloud using the remote command interface (RCI).
• File system allows applications to remotely access files on the device via Device Cloud. Using this feature you can do things such as reading from a file, writing to a file and listing files or directory entries.

Communicating with your device

To manage your device you can:

• Use the Device Management interface which is hosted on Device Cloud.

• Communicate with your device programmatically using Device Cloud Web Services.

  Web Services requests are sent from a remote application to Device Cloud, which then directly communicates to the device. This allows for bidirectional machine to machine communication.

  Device Cloud provides a standard HTTP API that allows you to access data in a number of ways. Files and information about files can be accessed via:

  • A standard browser by typing in the appropriate URL.
  • A Google Gadget.
  • A Java Application.
  • A Python Application running on a PC.
  • A Python Application running on a Device.
  • Anything that can make standard HTTP calls.

  Once data is retrieved from the server, it can be used to do calculations, display graphs, monitor something, etc.

  To learn more about Device Cloud Web Services, see chapter Device Cloud Application Development.