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How to Build an IoT Network and Increase the Coverage

In this article, you will learn how to use javascript to build and IoT network and get some information on how to increase the coverage of your IoT network.

Step 1: Configuring the Environment

AliOS Things is an IoT-oriented and highly scalable IoT operating system under developed by Alibaba Cloud's IoT team. To meet front-end developers' requirements, AliOS Things integrates BoneEngine, a Java engine that supports JavaScript for IoT development, which was previously only implemented in C and C++.

  1. install Node.js (version 6.4.0 or later; for front-end development, version 8.9.0 or later is recommended).
  2. Install the be-cli tool to provide support for updating app.bin via serial port or over the network: npm i be-cli -g -P. If you are still prompted that the command cannot be found even when you run be after the preceding global installation is done, run the npm prefix -g command to get the module installation path of Node.js, and then simply add the global installation path in the output to the "Path" entry of the environment variable.
  3. (For Windows users only) Install Python, Visual Studio, and the AliOS plug-in. Then install Hardware USB driver.
  4. Install Git and download AliOS Things source code: git clone git@github.com:alibaba/AliOS-Things.git.

Step 2: Developing on the Cloud

We will be using Link Develop to set up our IoT network on Alibaba Cloud. Choose Create Project (you may name it as you want) > Device Development > Add Product. Select Other for the product type, select WiFi for the communication method, and select Alink for the data format.

Select Add Custom Features in Product Details and setup the features. Then choose Device Development > Add Debugging Devices, and take note of the device triplets.

For how to develop the IoT network on the device and in the web app, please go to Implementing an IoT Network Using Only JavaScript.

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