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Thingy:91#

Integrate your Nordic Thingy:91 board.

Prerequisites#

  • The Thingy:91 board with a USB cable.
  • Installed minicom (for Linux) or RealTerm (for Windows) or other serial communication program.
  • A user with access to the Coiote IoT Device Management platform and appropriate permissions.

Step 1: Getting Zephyr and Python dependencies#

To get the Zephyr SDK and dependencies follow the first 4 steps of the instruction provided by the Zephyr Project.

Step 2: Cloning the Anjay zephyr repository#

Enter the command line interface on your machine, then paste and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/AVSystem/Anjay-zephyr-client

Step 3: Compiling the example#

  1. Connect the Thingy:91 board to a USB port of your machine.

  2. Set West manifest path to Anjay-zephyr-client/demo, manifest file to west-nrf.yml, and do west update:

    west config manifest.path Anjay-zephyr-client/demo
west config manifest.file west-nrf.yml
west update

  3. Compile the project for Thingy:91 using west build -b thingy91_nrf9160ns in the demo directory.

  4. Program the board using an external programmer

Step 4: Configuring the Client#

  1. With the board still connected to a serial port interface, open a serial communication program.

  2. Use the anjay command to list possible options:

    uart:~$ anjay
anjay - Anjay commands
Subcommands:
start   :Save config and start Anjay
stop    :Stop Anjay
config  :Configure Anjay params

  3. Change the default credentials to your custom data by following the instructions presented in the program and save it.

Step 5: Connecting to the LwM2M Server#

To connect to Coiote IoT Device Management LwM2M Server, please register at https://www.avsystem.com/try-anjay/.

To connect the board:

  1. Log in to Coiote DM and from the left side menu, select Device Inventory.
  2. In Device Inventory, click Add device.
  3. Select the Connect your LwM2M device directly via the Management server tile. Add via Mgmt
    1. In the Device credentials step:
      • In the Device ID enter your board endpoint name, e.g. test_device. Device credentials step
      • In the Security mode section, select the PSK mode:
        • In the Key identity field, type test_device
        • In the Key field, type the shared secret used in the device-server authentication.
    2. Click the Add device button and Confirm in the confirmation pop-up.
    3. In the Connect your device step, wait for the board to connect.
    4. Click Go to device to see your added device dashboard. Registered device
Last update: October 8, 2021