Customize your Azure IoT Central app

Customize your IoT Central app to display the predictive maintenance properties published by the Azure Sphere app.

Open the Azure IoT Central

1. Go to Azure IoT Central.

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Create a device template

1. From the left pane, select Device templates.
2. Select +New.
3. Select IoT device.
4. Select Next:Customize.
5. Name your device template Predictive Maintenance.
6. Select Next:review.
7. Select Create.

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Create a custom model

1. Select Custom model

2. Select + Add capability.

3. Create a capability as follows:

   • Display name: Fault Prediction.
   • Name: FaultPrediction.
   • Capability type: Property.
   • Expand the capability dialogue, and select schema string.

   

4. Repeat this process adding the following capabilities.

   Display name	Name	Capability type	Schema
   Software Version	SoftwareVersion	Property	string
   Startup Utc	StartupUtc	Property	string

5. Select Save.

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Create cloud properties

Cloud properties are used to provide additional metadata about a device.

1. Select the model Cloud properties tab.

   

2. Select + Add cloud property.

3. Create a cloud property as follows:

   • Display name: Contact Name.
   • Name: ContactName.
   • Expand the property dialogue, and select schema string.

4. Repeat this process adding the following cloud properties.

   Display name	Name	Schema
   Contact Number	ContactNumber	string
   Device Location	DeviceLocation	string
   Device description	DeviceDescription	string

   

5. Select Save.

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Add a property view

1. On the left pane, select Views, and then select the Editing device and cloud data tile.

   

Add properties

1. Name the form HVAC system.
2. Select 2 column layout.
3. Expand Properties.
4. Select all of the properties.
5. Select Add section.
6. Drag the newly added section in column 2 to column 1

Add cloud properties

1. Expand Cloud properties.
2. Select all of the cloud properties.
3. Select Add section.

Save properties view

The completed properties form should look like the following screenshot.

1. Select Save.
2. Select Back.

Publish the template

To publish the template to the Azure IoT Central application, select the Publish button.