The essentials for building proof of concept

The Evaluation Kit is the simplest way to demonstrate proof of concept for your solution.

It provides you with a range of wireless IoT devices, access to technical documentation, and test access to the Fleet Management Services - an all-in-one toolbox that lets you monitor, maintain, and debug your devices.

With the Evaluation Kit, you can build your proof of concept, test product performance, analyze the results, and integrate 3rd party devices into your system.

The Evaluation Kit includes the following devices:

Find installation manuals for each device by going back and to the bottom of the home page of this guide (note that although these manuals are branded in the Onics brand frient, the devices are the same as in your Evaluation Kit).

In addition to the devices, the kit includes a power supply and an ethernet cable for the gateway as well as batteries for the battery-operated devices.

As all the devices are white label products, you can customize their look to fit your brand for the mass roll-out of your solution. 

The Evaluation Kit grants you access to the Squid Smart App - a high-level API that greatly simplifies the development of your application.

The Squid Smart App is a middleware application included in the Squid.link gateway. It provides a RESTful API with predefined commands for the devices in the kit.

Your access to Squid Smart App via the Evaluation Kit allows you to quickly do a proof of concept by moving data from devices through the gateway and to the cloud.

Furthermore, it allows you to explore the many configuration capabilities provided to you through the RESTful API.

With Squid Smart App, it is easy for you to integrate 3rd party devices. This is done through templates which consist of easily readable text, making it possible for you to smoothly add new devices according to your needs.

Templates define the device types that can be integrated (including 3rd party devices) with the gateway and the behavior of the devices.

To get a template for reference, please contact your Onics contact person.

Choose between three ways of connecting the Squid.link gateway and accessing the web interface.

Connect the gateway to your local network using the ethernet cable and apply power to the gateway, both included in your Evaluation Kit.

The gateway is configured to use DHCP, so make sure a DHCP server is available on the network.

The gateway should not be connected directly to the PC.

Open a browser and apply one of the following options:

Option 1: Enter the IP address of the gateway.

Option 2: Enter ”gw-xxxx.local” in a browser where xxxx is the last 4 characters of the gateway serial number (preceding zero must be removed, e.g. 0366 => ”gw-366.local”).

The gateway serial number is included on the product label of the gateway. If issues occur, you can download and install ”Bonjour Print Services” on your PC as an alternative.

Apply power to the Squid.link gateway. Once the gateway has booted, it will start an access point named ”squid.link-xxxx” where xxxx is the serial number of the gateway.

Step 2: Connect to access point and access the web interface

Connect your PC to the access point through your PC’s network and Wi-Fi manager and access it like any other wireless network.

Enter the last 8 characters of the installation code as the password. The installation code is included on the product label of the gateway.

Do not include any blank spaces and do not use capital letters for the password.

After connecting to the access point, open an internet browser and enter the IP 192.168.2.10 into the address bar. This will direct you to the web interface.

The gateway access point does not provide internet access. To browse the internet, you will need to connect to a different wireless network or use an ethernet port.

Download ”Squid.link Demo Application” from App Store or Google Play and install it. To add the gateway in the app, click “+” in the upper right corner.

Step 2: Scan the barcode and save details

Push the barcode icon and scan the barcode on the gateway. When the barcode has been scanned successfully, you can save the device details in the app by clicking ”Save” in the upper right corner.

To get more information about the gateway, click the name of the device; in this example ”Squidlink.00003542”.

Get an overview of the devices connected to the gateway from the dashboard. Rename or delete a device by clicking on the cog wheel icon. Access device details by clicking on the info icon.

Go to ”Firmware” in the ”Settings” tab, click on ”Search for updates”, and update to the latest release of gateway firmware.

Getting started

Getting started

This step-by-step guide includes instructions on how to get started with your Evaluation Kit.