How to?

This section explains how to set some MeshCube parameters or functions in order to be able to correctly use them.

How to set the MeshCube server under HTTPS?

In case you want to set up your MeshCube server under HTTPS follow the steps desctibed below.

  1. Make sure you have available a valid certificate certificate.pfx with the relative password
  2. Go to System settings -> Security -> Certificates and upload the certificate. Upload certificate
  3. Go to System settings -> Web -> Web server and fill in the server parameters to setup and save the configuration.
    Note: the port should be set to 443 Web settings
  4. Reboot the server (from the upper-right corner menu) to make sure that the setting are applied. Reboot

Now you will find your MeshCube at https://<ip_address>.

How to build your SSL certificate?

To build a certificate you need to have:

  1. server key file
  2. server certificate file
  3. root.ca file

Once you have all the files, the linux command to use is:

openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey server_private_key.pem -in server_certificate.pem -certfile root_ca_certificate.pem -out pkcs12.pfx -passout pass:12345678

This command will generate the .pfx file, protected by the password set in the command.

How to update your license?

When the license is about to expire, starting from 1 month before the expiry date, the system sends a daily notification to the user to remind to renew the license.
When this happens you should contact us to receive a new license.
Once you have received the license file you can update your MeshCube instance.

To do so:

  1. Go to System Info -> License. on the right side you will find the update license symbol Update license
  2. Upload the license file received by email and press Start. License file upload
  3. After the file is uploaded and the license is upadated, you will see the new expiry date in the interface.

How to connect a gateway to the MeshCube if they are not in the same network?

This can happen when:

  • the server is physically installed in a different network;
  • the server is installed in cloud;
  • the gateway is a TinyGateway LTE connected to the mobile network.

In these cases, the gateway connection to the MeshCube cannot be performed by seraching the gateway in the network directly from the MeshCube interface.

To correctly connect the gateway to the MeshCube the steps are:

  1. Retrieve the MQTT Broker credentials;
  2. Connect to the web interface of the gateway;
  3. In Configuration -> MQTT enter the MQTT Broker connection parameters;
    MQTT Broker
  4. Save the configuration and reboot the gateway;
  5. After the reboot the gateway will be listed in MeshCube -> Gateways section. MeshCube Gateways

How to configure the Email service?

The Email service can be used in the Email system notification plugin to receive relevant notifications via email.
To configure this email notification, you have first to configure the Email service.

To configure the Email service follow the steps below:

  1. Go to Settings -> IO > SMTP Servers and define an STMP Server SMTP server
  2. Go to Settings -> System-> Email Service and configure the servicespecifying:
    - The SMTP Server created at point 1
    - The sender description (optional)
    - The sender email address
    and save the settings
    Email service
  3. Now you can configure the Email notification plugin.

How to check the quality of your Mesh Network?

The Wirepas mesh network is designed with built-in intelligence that allows it to autonomously form a resilient and large-scale wireless network. This self-organizing characteristic ensures that the network can maintain connectivity and reliability even in case of failures or interferences.
But to allow the network to work properly, the user should install the devices in a proper way and check the network status.

There are some general rules for the anchors installation, following which it is possible to have a proper anchors installation. You can find the full guide at this link.

Once that all the anchors are installed and connected to the MeshCube, it is possible to check the installation quality in the MeshCube Interface.

  1. Check the Detection area. When placing the anchors on the map it is possible to check whether all the desired map zones are covered by the Mesh network.
    On the Map, in Layers menu, enable the Detection area flag. It will show the map area that is covered by the anchors. That is, the area inside which the tags positions will be calculated. Evaluating the detecion area it is possible to decide whether the number of anchors is sufficient to cover the desired area. Detection area
  2. Check the Radio installation. Even if the desired area is covered by the anchors, this does not mean that the installation quality is good. The installation quality depends on how the data packet sent by a device reaches the sink; that is, how many hops divide the anchor from the gateway, and if the anchor has enough good quality neighbor anchors to have an alternative path to the gateway.
    To check these parameters, in the Router Nodes section enable the Radio installation quality and Hops to gateway columns.
    The Radio installation quality should be at least Average or Good. If the Radio installation quality is Bad, consider installing additional anchors in the project, making sure to have a maximum distance among anchors of 10-15 meters.
    Radio installation quality