How set up Sigfox data forwarding to allMeteo platform for personal weather stations

Prerequisite: You tranfered/connected your MeteoHelix®, MeteoRain® or MeteoWind® IoT weather sensors to your Sigfox account using a PAC code and Sigfox ID. The devices are joined and actively sending data to your Sigfox backend, showing a green light under Communication status in the Devices section.

Since IoT meteorological sensors send data every 10 minutes, the status light cannot update faster that at 10 minute intervals.

NOTE: To transfer a Sigfox device, the Sigfox hardware ID (Identifier) and PAC code are required as shown in the accompanying screenshots. PAC code changes every time a device changes registration to prevent past owners of the device from knowing you security credentials. It secures your device to your account.

allMETEO portal secure token setup for your device

In your allMeteo portal account, click on Integration in the left menu. The Help tab is selected by default. Scroll down to the “Sigfox” section to see what information is need for Sigfox backend setup. In the “Authorization” field, the word “generatedtoken” following the word “Bearer” will be replaced by an alphanumerical token which we will generate in the following steps.

1. In allMeteo®, Click on the API Authorization tab after selecting Integration in the left menu.

2. Select one or multiple device ID’s in the Unassigned column which are connected/joined with your Sigfox backend and actively sending data. Click the green “Add” button to generate the 24 digits token.
   
   NOTE: Make sure to select only the device ID’s associated with your Sigfox backend from which you want to forward data. If you have multiple Sigfox or LoRaWAN devices connected to different Sigfox device types or LoRa servers/applications/services, do not associate those with the token to be generated. Use a different token for each service.
   

3. Copy the 24 digits token via the drop-down menu by clicking on the Action button. This will let you paste it into your Sigfox backend.

Sigfox portal backend setup instructions follow below.

Sigfox backend setup

Click “OK” at the bottom of the page to save the callback.

Check the connection and data

1. Check the connection in the allMeteo® platform.

2. Under My Devices, select one of your devices to which the token was assigned and wait for data to start showing up in the Data tab or the plots.

Be patient. You will have to wait at least 10 minutes since MeteoHelix® weather stations send data every 10 minutes to comply with WMO and NWS requirements and due to the bandwidth limitations of IoT wireless technologies and telecommunication regulations.