Tutorials

Tutorials provide step-by-step instructions on building sample applications or demostrating various platform features.  In many cases, tutorials are linked to accompanying technical articles which provide background information for the tutorial and an overview of the general topic.

Tutorials cover a wide range of topics, including connecting a device to the platform, writing business rules or defining web services on the platform, and connecting Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and enterprise applications to the platform.

Here are some good places to start, depending on your interest:

Axeda and SalesForce Chatter Integration

The following tutorial will walk you through how to use the Axeda Platform to create Chatter on Salesforce's (SFDC) Chatter Application. Prerequisite knowledge You should be familiar with Building Custom Objects, and also have an account on the Axeda Developer Connection. In the following steps, you...

Building a "HelloWorld" WebService with Scripto

This introductory tutorial shows you how to write a simple Groovy script which you can call from the command line using Scripto, which binds the script to a web service.

Changing the Look and Feel of Your Asset's Dashboard

In the following Tutorial, you will learn how to customize the appearance of the Asset Dashboard. You will learn how to upload an image to associate with assets of that model type, and select which tasks, data items, charts, and displays to show for this model.   When you click on...

Creating a Geofence

A geofence is an area in the real world. It can be either a circle or a polygon. In this tutorial, you will create a geofence, define a rule which will trigger when an asset is within the geofence, and finally see the rule in operation.

Creating an Asset

Normally, you'll never need to add an asset to the platform by hand, since an asset is automatically created the first time it communicates with the platform. This tutorial shows you what to do if the automatic methods aren't appropriate.

Creating Expression Rules

We're going to create a simple Expression Rule and show it running in a few steps. In Get Started, you saw a rule that created an alarm when value1 > 100. Now, we will make one that converts a temperature in F to one in C.

Creating Model and Asset Associations

In this tutorial, we'll create the model and asset associations that are described in the article on Model and Asset Associations.

Host an HTML and JavaScript RIA from the Axeda Platform

This tutorial will walk you through the process of uploading a Rich Internet Application (RIA) for hosting on the Axeda Platform, where it can be accessed and served to your users using a custom URL.

How was the Get Started Phone call done?

The Get Started tutorial used a third party site named Twilio (www.twilio.com) to call your phone when an alert was generated on the platform. In this tutorial, we will explain how it was done and how you can use Twilio for your applications.

HTML, AJAX, and Scripto Tutorial

This tutorial shows how to create a custom object to provide a web service which can be called using Scripto, how to return formatted results to Javascript, and how to use HTML and AJAX to build a simple web page that can incorporate information from the Axeda Platform.