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This is only available as a beta release under our early-access program. Reach out your Glamox sales representant if this is interesting |
If needed, local API can be activated on your access point. After setting up your site, adopting access point and gateway(s) and importing devices, you can start using your local APIIn Glamox Connect can communicate with your local system through our local API. Set up an API, provide connection to your system and you are set to receive all data from the lighting installation as well as the possibility to send commands to the installation.
Setting up local API
The local API is based on MQTT. MQTT use a broker to communicate on topics. In order to set up Glamox Connect local API you need to set up your broker, and pass the configuration to Glamox Connect.
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This will connect your access point to the provided broker and it will start to publish and listen to defined topics.
API types
Glamox Connect offers two different API types, Full and Confined. Each API created can be setup with their individual API type
Full
All devices on site will be included in the API automatically. No need to select any devices
Confined
Only allow selected devices to communicate on the API. When setting up the API you will be asked to select devices to be included in the API.
Only selected devices will send updates on the API and commands to the API will only be accepted for devices in the list.
Topics
There are basically three different topic categories:
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