Building A Custom Connector

These are the steps to configure your connector once you have built it with yo meshblu-connector see: What is Yo?

cd into the directory with your connector
Open up the index.js file
Edit the MESSAGE_SCHEMA and OPTIONS_SCHEMA to fit your parameters
MESSAGE_SCHEMA defines the structure of messages that the device can understand
OPTIONS_SCHEMA are used to set configuration properties at start time
In the Plugin.prototype.onConfig function, enter the code that you want to be executed when the device is configured
In the Plugin.prototype.onMessage function, define how you want your device to behave when it receives a message

Run npm install -g meshblu-util
Run meshblu-util register -d '{"name":"YOUR_DEVICE_NAME","type":"device:YOUR_DEVICE_TYPE"}'
Copy your JSON response and paste it into the meshblu.json file contained by your device folder
Run npm install
If you have any dependancies, run npm install --save YOUR_DEPENDANCY
Run npm start

Login to Octoblu and go to the Connect page
Go to Add node and add a generic device
Now go to your terminal and run cat meshblu.json to see your device's UUID and Token
Go back to your generic device and select the UUID from the drop down
If your UUID is not showing up, select "Claim Existing"
Enter your UUID and Token, name your device, and click add
Go to the connect page, drop the device into your flow, and you're done!