FAQ on Alibaba IoT Platform

2023-10-27

What parameters are required to connect to the Alibaba IoT platform?

Fill in three main parameters:

Unique-certificate-per-product verification: ProductKey, ProductSecret and DeviceName

Unique-certificate-per-device verification: productKey, DeviceName and DeviceSecret

Note:

  • If Unique-certificate-per-product verification is selected, fill in None for DeviceSecret.
  • If Unique-certificate-per-device verification is selected, fill in None for ProductSecret.

What is the difference between Unique-certificate-per-product verification and Unique-certificate-per-device verification?

Unique-certificate-per-product verification: All devices under the same product can burn the same product certificate (i.e. ProductKey and ProductSecret). When the device sends an activation request, the IoT platform will confirm product identity. If the verification passes, it will issue the DeviceSecret corresponding to the device.
Unique-certificate-per-device verification: Each device burns its unique device certificate (ProductKey, DeviceName and DeviceSecret). When the device sends an activation request, the IoT platform confirms the product identity. If the verification passes, it will issue the DeviceSecret corresponding to the device.

How to write ProductKey, ProductSecret and DeviceName in batch?

It will be valid to write the ProductKey, ProductSecret and DeviceName into the module gradually via QPY_FacTools. See steps as follows:

  1. Make an execl table to store ProductKey, ProductSecret and DeviceName and name it QQ.xlsx.
  2. Make sure that the interaction port is not occupied.
  3. Display terminal in cmd under the QPY_FacTools file directory.
  4. Input command line in cmd: QPY_FacTools.exe QQ.xlsx.
  5. Wait till a success to write. If it fails, please contact FAE.

In addition to Alibaba IoT platform, does it support other IoT platforms such as Tencent IoT platform and OneNet?

It also supports Tencent IoT Platform, OneNet IoT Platform, Amazon IoT Platform.