Rest Cloud Communication

REST Cloud Communication

Demand Assigned Multiple Channel

Low Power Consuming Application

via HTTP (Quasi-Restful) API

REST Cloud Communication

• Transmitting Data to the Cloud

Open        Endpoint’s Dedicated Cloud Service Feed

For Each Channel

Tally        Quantity of New Data Points

Create        Quantity-Sized Data Stream

Buffer        Data Points into Data Stream

Flush        Data Stream out to the Network

Close        Endpoint’s Dedicated Cloud Service Feed

Stdby        Return to LPS Mode and Wait for Next Event

REST Cloud Communication

• Opening Endpoint’s Cloud Service Feed

Identity        Endpoint Feed ID and API Key are the Feed’s Identity Attributes

Lookup        DNS Hostname (returns IPv4/IPv6 address)

TLS Init        Transport Layer Security (Cert, Private Key, and Encryption)

Socket         Create TCP Socket and Bind to a Port

TLS Enbl        Place Socket within Feed’s TLS Context

Connect        Socket to IPv4/IPv6 address for HTTP Protocol

[DNS Hostname : api.tastradesoft.com]

Involves Configuring Thermostat, No Cloud Communication

REST Cloud Communication

• Creating Quantity-Sized TCP Data Stream

TCP Init        For TCP Stream: Init Tx/Rx Packet Buffers, Provide TCP Socket

Config         Configure Stream : Channel Name, DP Quant, DP Size

Load Data Stream with:

Header1        Protocol Method and API Endpoint

Header2        Host ID

Header3        API Key

Header4        Content Identifier Label

Header5        Length of Data Content to be Transferred

Header6        2 sets of newline characters

Involves Preparing Data Stream for Cloud Communication

REST Cloud Communication

• Sample Header

PUT /v2/feeds/rest123456.csv HTTP/1.1\r\n

Host: api.tastradesoft.com\r\n

X-ApiKey:        HCEDA-XZYWK-CC2CA-LVRPT-DONQV-

        SBGJT-BXYYQ-MRPQT-UNBSZ-KLOPS\r\n

Content-Length: 64\r\n

\r\n

REST Cloud Communication

• Buffering Data Points into Data Stream

For Every DP Ready to be Loaded to the Data Stream, Load:

Channel Name        Configured at Data Stream Creation

CSV Separator        ”,”

Timestamp        ISO8601 Time when Data Point Collected

CSV Separator         ”,”

Data Point        Data Point Value

Newline        1 set of newline character

Involves Preparing Thermostat for Cloud Communication

REST Cloud Communication

• Sample Buffer Data

SetPoint-Weekday-Sleep,20150911T025959Z,74\r\n

REST Cloud Communication

• Sample Header + 4 Data Points

PUT /v2/feeds/rest123456.csv HTTP/1.1\r\n

Host: api.tastradesoft.com\r\n

X-ApiKey:        HCEDA-XZYWK-CC2CA-LVRPT-DONQV-

        SBGJT-BXYYQ-MRPQT-UNBSZ-KLOPS\r\n

Content-Length: 04\r\n

\r\n

SetPoint-Weekday-Eve,20150911T235959Z,74\r\n

SetPoint-Weekday-Sleep,20150912T000000Z,78\r\n

SetPoint-Weekday-Sleep,20150912T075959Z,78\r\n

SetPoint-Weekday-Wake,20150912T080000Z,72\r\n

REST Cloud Communication

• Flushing Data Stream Out to the Network

Link Check        Is IP Network Interface “Up” ?

Encrypt Packet        Encrypt Entire Loaded Data Stream as TCP Packet

Send        Network TCP Send Packet

Involves Transmitting Data Stream Packet to Cloud

Rcv Resp Packet        Receive TCP/TLS Response Packet

Parse Response        Parse TCP/TLS Response Packet using HTTP Method

Delete Packet        Remove Packet from Network Buffers

Verify “OK”        HTTP “OK” Expected as Acknowledge Response

DNS Query        On next Transmission if not acknowledged “OK”

Involves Receiving Cloud Acknowledgement Communication

REST Cloud Communication

• Mapping Thermostat Data to Channels

• Note that SetPoint-Weekday-Sleep is a Channel ID

• Thus, each Data Type/Item is transferred via a dedicated channel

• Data Point snapshot sequences are saved onboard until next Xmt event

• Thus Transmit Events can occur less often than are snapshots taken

• Snapshots taken only when the Data Item changes in value

• Further optimizes power consumed in transmissions

• Thermostat Command Reception constitutes a Data Item value change

• Enacting Remote Command Results in taking a Data Point Snapshot

• Originating, relayed Mobile App message not saved in Cloud

• Cloud is maintaining a record of Thermostat State, not App State

REST Cloud Communication

• Channel Identifiers – Thermostat XMT

Reference Doc        Channel Identifiers–Thermostat Transmission.xls

• Channel Identifiers – Thermostat RCV

Reference Doc        Channel Identifiers–Thermostat Reception.xls

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