Last month, we made Pachube free for all our users, removing a significant barrier to entry for people and devices to get onto our platform. As another step in that direction, we are today releasing OnBoard, our first turn-key solution aimed directly at device makers of all sizes. With OnBoard, we're making it quick, cheap and easy to offer connected services with internet-enabled hardware.
OnBoard includes:
1. Device bulk-registration: Manufacturers can provision devices onto Pachube and specify
data profiles.
2. End-user account integration: Device owners can now claim their devices and their data directly on Pachube.
3. Dashboards: Once devices are claimed, device owners view dashboards hosted within their accounts.
Pachube's OnBoard service is a pathway onto the open, people-centric Internet of Things for devices and data – that have in the past have been tied to specific services and software. By breaking open the traditional data-silo/walled-garden approach to building connected services, data can be re-used across many different applications. This increases the value of the data to both its owner and the device manufacturer, while also creating a way for third-parties to develop compatible products on a common framework.
Current Cost Opens Its Data!
We're proud to also announce that Current Cost, a leader in home energy monitoring products, is the first commercial partner to use OnBoard to deliver an online home energy dashboard to their customers. Anyone who has ever purchased a Current Cost monitor with a Current Cost Netsmart (Bridge) device can now access their energy data within their Pachube account by entering the serial number printed on their device here: https://pachube.com/devices/currentcost.
You can then:
- utilize the new Current Cost dashboard from within your Pachube account
- export the data for external analysis
- trigger external web services or use Pachube's SMS alert or twitter trigger functions
- use applications at http://apps.pachube.com/
- use 3rd party applications via the Pachube API
- create new applications on top of Current Cost data
... you now have keys to the kingdom – full access to and control of your data to do what you need with it!
The dashboards are still relatively simple in functionality but expect additions in the near future.
If you are interested in building applications that work with Current Cost data, please contact us at biz@pachube.com.
What's Next for OnBoard?
Our goal is to make OnBoard entirely automated. Today, if you are a device maker or manufacturer you will need to contact us to get things set up. Once we automate and complete the documentation, we'll release OnBoard officially.
With OnBoard we aim to make it as easy as possible to create massively scalable and secure web services that use Pachube, whether you're on-boarding two devices or two million. With more devices on Pachube integrating real-time data with third-party applications, our community will be empowered to build the next generation of device-driven Internet applications.
If you're a device maker or manufacturer, and you want to use the OnBoard service while it's in beta, we'd love to hear from you at biz@pachube.com.
Find the Pachube OnBoard press release here.
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