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Alerts for BCM4343W IoT Starter Kit via

Bluemix IoT Real-Time Insights

By Bryan Chen

This application takes the previous cloud application AV01 one step further by utilizing

IBM Bluemix’s IoT services to generate email notifications triggered by board sensor

measurements.

Requirements:

- Avnet BCM4343W IoT Starter Kit

- Cypress WICED Software Development Kit (SDK) version 3.7.0 or later

- A Serial console application (such as TeraTerm or Putty)

- IBM Bluemix Account

Application Description

The main function of the application is to add push notification capability to the previous AV01

application. This is achieved through IBM’s Bluemix IoT services and Node RED, an easy to use tool

for wiring together various devices, services and API’s.

First, this application publishes light sensor data to the cloud periodically, which is rerouted through

Node RED to the Bluemix Services. Then, the BCM4343W starter kit board is registered as a device

within Bluemix Service with its unique Device ID, briefly used in the last recipe. Once this link is

established, the “Rules” services are utilized to establish an IF – THEN condition to trigger email

notifications based on a light sensor threshold. These email notifications are sent directly from the

Bluemix servers. Alternatively, this rule may be modified to work with other IFTTT events.

Instructions

1. Please Complete Part 1 of this Tutorial if not Already:

https://developer.ibm.com/recipes/tutorials/avnet-bcm4343w-iot-starter-kit/

2. Set up your Bluemix Environment

a. Register and log on to the IBM Bluemix site:

https://new-console.ng.bluemix.net/

b. If this is your first time logging on, you will be prompted with the following dialogue to set

up your Bluemix environment. Accept the terms and conditions.

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c. Make sure the region is selected as “US South” and enter a unique organization name.

d. Next, give a unique name for your first space.

e. When finished, click “I’m Ready” and give Bluemix a minute to set things up.

3. Create your Bluemix Application:

a. You should now be redirected to the console page of IBM Bluemix:

https://console.ng.bluemix.net/dashboard/apps/

b. Scroll down and click on the “Take Advantage of IoT” box.

c. Give your application a unique name, leave the rest of the fields as is, then click “create”.

d. Bluemix will take 2-10 minutes to start your application and you will see the status

change to indicate this.