The dashboard in the remote monitoring solution enables you to view the telemetry your devices send to IoT Hub.
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In your browser, return to the remote monitoring solution dashboard, click Devices in the left-hand panel to navigate to the Devices list.
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In the Devices list, you should see that the status of your device is Running. If not, click Enable Device in the Device Details panel.
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Click Dashboard to return to the dashboard, select your device in the Device to View drop-down to view its telemetry. The telemetry from the sample application is 50 units for internal temperature, 55 units for external temperature, and 50 units for humidity.
The dashboard in the remote monitoring solution enables you to invoke methods on your devices through IoT Hub. For example, in the remote monitoring solution you can invoke a method to simulate rebooting a device.
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In the remote monitoring solution dashboard, click Devices in the left-hand panel to navigate to the Devices list.
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Click Device ID for your device in the Devices list.
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In the Device details panel, click Methods.
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In the Method drop-down, select InitiateFirmwareUpdate, and then in FWPACKAGEURI enter a dummy URL. Click Invoke Method to call the method on the device.
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You see a message in the console running your device code when the device handles the method. The results of the method are added to the history in the solution portal:
The article Customizing preconfigured solutions describes some ways you can extend this sample. Possible extensions include using real sensors and implementing additional commands.
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