How do I update the data Interval of a device?

The Data Interval specifies how often a device is expected to send data. This is used to determine how to automatically aggregate the data on graphs. For example, if a device is expected to send 30-minute data, setting the Data Interval to 30 minutes will ensure data is aggregated 30-minutely on graphs wherever possible. If a device only sends data daily it would not make sense to aggregate the data 30-minutely; instead, showing data aggregated daily would make more sense.

Changing the Data Interval does not update the frequency at which a device transmits data

Updating the Data Interval in cThings Cloud

To update the Data Interval in cThings Cloud:

Navigate to your Device
Go to the Device menu and select Edit Device
Select the most appropriate interval form the Data Interval dropdown

Updating the Data Interval using the cThings Cloud API

To update the Data Interval using the cThings Cloud API, make a POST request to the following endpoint (where the deviceId is the UUID of the device) with the following body:

https://api.cthings.cloud/v3/device/{deviceId}

{
    "dataInterval": "<integer>"
}

The dataInterval is an integer in seconds. A Data Interval of 30 minutes would be 1800

Updated on: 15/01/2025