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Any Help/Advice on an Easy IoT Cloud to Connect to?

Mike McKean
I was wondering if anyone knows an easy way of building an access method to an IoT Cloud. I am looking at Google Core and Microsoft Azure.  I also looked at some much smaller Clouds. Maybe if I outline the end to end structure that may help;

Sensors; They could communicate by Bluetooth, Wifi, or Mobile network via a SIM card. I know there are lots of other options, but I want to restrict my connectivity options to these three.  I will design/build these. Happy with this part.

Gateway/Bridge. If possible, I want a software install, that can be installed on a Windows laptop. The gateway/bridge will manage a number of Sensors, on one side, and an WAN connection on the other. I may have an option here, but the firm which was offering me a trial has gone quiet. I think I need to keep their details confidential, as they do not seem to have gone public about what they are talking to me about. But does anyone have such a solution they can tell me about?

Cloud. This is where I find I am trying to eat an Elephant, all in one bite. All I want is to connect the Gateway/Bridge to a hosted environment.


I think one of my issues is that I am very rusty at much of this. For instance I am having to re-learn C++, then install/learn Eclipse, then I.C. manufacturers IDE’s, e.g. MBED and CCS, then Visual Studio for Azure …… and so it goes on. I don’t mind the learning, it’s just there is only one of me, and I need sleep in between work … 
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    Hi Laurence, thanks. I apologise for the repeated posting in this reply. I had not pasted it correctly. I thought it was important to reply to you properly. Hence why I am replying again. I was helped by Natalia and tech support to solve my issue. So thanks to Naalia and the folks behind the scenes.

    I do appreciate what you sent me. It’s good to see what people are offering. Their solution I think is good, if someone is not designing their own sensors, and knows how to manage a mainstream Cloud. I am the opposite to both. I am the guy, trying to “part fog”, and “push water upstream” at the same time  

    I am going to continue with my server. But I want you to know, I looked at their website. Just to show I did read what they offer;


    1. Their solution needs me to use one of their sensors, or their SIM card in one of my Sensors. I would prefer to have the flexibility to use any SIM card. That's part of the value of what I want to build. Which is that customers can change SIM cards, as, and when they want. Ok, climbing up a 40' pole to change a SIM card, in winter, may not be something people do too often, but I want to avoid SIM card "lock-in".  I think that will become a "check box" in ITT's/tenders. i.e. avoiding vendor lock-in, will be an issue. 

    2. I also want to use Bluetooth, and/or Wifi to LAN/WAN networks. That let's me connect to corporate networks. But, I do agree that for some sites, a mobile type of connection, using a SIM card will be a necessary option. 

    3.  The technology they use for connectivity is limited to 182 alphanumeric characters. I want unlimited amounts of data, or should I say, only limited by any bandwidth/network issues. e.g. I may want to send audio, video, or streaming data. 

    4. From what their website describes, I still need to use one of the mainstream IoT Clouds, or at least that's the topology their website shows. So, I still am back to where I am now, except I use their sensor(s) or SIM card, and their solution is another layer in between my sensors and the Google/AWS/Azure cloud? 

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    Hi Laurence, thanks. I apologise for the repeated posting in this reply. I had not pasted it correctly. I thought it was important to reply to you properly. Hence why I am replying again. I was helped by Natalia and tech support to solve my issue. So thanks to Naalia and the folks behind the scenes.

    I do appreciate what you sent me. It’s good to see what people are offering. Their solution I think is good, if someone is not designing their own sensors, and knows how to manage a mainstream Cloud. I am the opposite to both. I am the guy, trying to “part fog”, and “push water upstream” at the same time  

    I am going to continue with my server. But I want you to know, I looked at their website. Just to show I did read what they offer;


    1. Their solution needs me to use one of their sensors, or their SIM card in one of my Sensors. I would prefer to have the flexibility to use any SIM card. That's part of the value of what I want to build. Which is that customers can change SIM cards, as, and when they want. Ok, climbing up a 40' pole to change a SIM card, in winter, may not be something people do too often, but I want to avoid SIM card "lock-in".  I think that will become a "check box" in ITT's/tenders. i.e. avoiding vendor lock-in, will be an issue. 

    2. I also want to use Bluetooth, and/or Wifi to LAN/WAN networks. That let's me connect to corporate networks. But, I do agree that for some sites, a mobile type of connection, using a SIM card will be a necessary option. 

    3.  The technology they use for connectivity is limited to 182 alphanumeric characters. I want unlimited amounts of data, or should I say, only limited by any bandwidth/network issues. e.g. I may want to send audio, video, or streaming data. 

    4. From what their website describes, I still need to use one of the mainstream IoT Clouds, or at least that's the topology their website shows. So, I still am back to where I am now, except I use their sensor(s) or SIM card, and their solution is another layer in between my sensors and the Google/AWS/Azure cloud? 

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