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# IoT Solutions LTD ring buoy sensor

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The ring buoy sensor is an iot device developed by [IoT Solution LTD](https://www.iotsolutions.com.mt/), that serves the purpose of managing the assets of ring buoys.

# Useful resources

You can here the useful resources:

| Title               | Link                                               |
| :------------------ | :------------------------------------------------- |
| General information | <https://www.iotsolutions.com.mt/ring-buoy-sensor> |
| Manuals             | Please inquire IoT Solutions LTD directly          |
| Mobile application  | Please inquire IoT Solutions LTD directly          |

# Configuring the device

## Register the device

The imei can be found on the top cover of the device, please register the device in your iotcreators project before attempting to connect the device to the network.

## Inserting the sim card

To insert the sim card, please refer to the official manual available from IoT Solutions LTD directly.

## Attaching to the network

The device can be configured through Bluetooth communication with the companion app, IoT Solutions, available for Android.

> 📘 Downloading the application
>
> The application will be provided directly from IoT Solutions upon inquiry.

Select "Ring buoy" from the main application screen.

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To connect to the device, just tap "Scan" while in the inspect tab of the application while being reasonably close to the device, the device will appear in the devices list.

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Tap to connect to it, the device configuration will then apper in the next section:

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Then, enable the device and tap on "Network registration" and in the next screen, input the UDP address and port.

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> 📘 Iotcreators UDP server address and port
>
> Address: 172.27.131.100
>
> Port: 15683

Set up the APN according to your sim card type, please find the details here: [IoT Configuration Parameter](https://docs.iotcreators.com/docs/general-settings)

And then tap on "register device to the network". The device will then register to the network and start to send data to the specified server and port.

# Working mode

## Sending data to iotcreators

> 🚧 Register the device
>
> Remember to register the device before sending data to iotcreators, see chapter above.

After connecting the device, it will send data at every configured interval of time (this can be configured in the companion app).

## Decoding uplinks

> 📘 Decoding uplinks
>
> To decode uplinks, refer to the following piece of code provided by IoT Solutions LTD: <https://github.com/iotcreators/doclib-downloads/blob/master/device-integrations/IoT%20Solutions%20LTD/ring_buoy_udp_server.zip>

## Receiving downlinks

To send downlinks to the device, please use the [Send downlink message](https://docs.iotcreators.com/reference/send-standard-downlink) API. The device can be configured with downlinks, please refer to the official documentation provided by IoT Solutions LTD.

# Forwarding data to your application endpoint

To forward data to your application endpoint, you can follow the user guide here:

> 📘 Forwarding data
>
> [5: Forward message to application](https://docs.iotcreators.com/docs/5-forward-message-to-application)