Introduction
Introduction
Inventronix Connect is a platform designed to make it easy to turn your Arduino or ESP32 project into an IoT project - no backend coding required.
What can you do with it?
- Send data from a WiFi-enabled microcontroller to our server for storage and retrieval
- Create dashboards to visualise your data in real-time, viewable on desktop or mobile
- Configure rules and actions based on your data - send commands back to your device, trigger webhooks, or get email notifications
Example Projects
Smart Heating Controller
An ESP32 measures the temperature and humidity of a conservatory, sending data every 10 seconds. Two rules handle the heating automatically:
- If the average temperature drops below 15°C → send a "turn on heater" command to the device
- If the average temperature rises above 17°C → send a "turn off heater" command
The dashboard shows real-time gauges, temperature history over 24 hours, and a log of recent rule executions.
Plant Watering Alerts
A soil moisture sensor monitors houseplants. When the average dryness exceeds 90% over 30 minutes, an email notification is sent as a reminder to water the plant.
How it Works (HTTP, not MQTT)
Inventronix Connect uses HTTP instead of MQTT. This makes setup much simpler - no broker configuration, no persistent connections to manage. Your device just makes HTTP requests.
What this means:
- Device sends data to server: Yes
- Server sends commands back to device: Yes (on next payload)
- Multiple devices per project: Yes
- Device-to-device communication: No
- Commands received by specific device: No (first to check in gets it)
Commands are delivered in the HTTP response when your device sends its next payload. This means there's a small delay (your polling interval) before a device receives a command.
The Mental Model
Setup (one time, in the web interface)
- Create a project - this gives you an API key
- Define a schema - describe the shape of your data (e.g., "temperature is a number between 0-100, heater_on is a boolean")
- Create actions - what should happen when conditions are met (send email, call webhook, send device command)
- Create rules - the conditions that trigger your actions (e.g., "if avg temperature in last 5 mins < 15")
- Build a dashboard - add charts to visualise your data
Runtime (every time your device sends data)
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What's Next?
- Quick Start - Get your first payload flowing in 5 minutes
- Schemas - Learn about data validation and field types
- Sending Data - API details and Arduino library
- Dashboards - Build real-time visualisations
- Rules and Actions - Automate responses to your data
- Debugging - Troubleshoot when things go wrong