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When using LTE-M's eDRX mode, is the TCP connection still open?

We currently have an IoT device, that connect to our servers using a raw TCP connection over 2G, and from times to times the device send a "keep-alive"-ish message , as we've seen it's consume less battery rather than to reopen the connection…
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MQTT Connection Using Keep-Alive > 5 Minutes Silently Disconnects on Azure VM Broker?

Summary of the issue: Connecting to test.mosquitto.org or iot.eclipse.org with a keep alive of more than 5 minutes, and everything seems to work just as expected. Connecting to my broker (both on Azure hosted VMs - one is Mosquitto and one is…
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Can I install Mycroft on Google Home?

I have been given a Google Home from a contest at work. I think it would be very useful if it didn't spy on my every word. I wonder if I can wipe the installed Chrome OS it is based on and install Mycroft instead. Open source all the way! Is this…
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Should I keep open a socket between IoT NAT device and server?

I am implementing a light controlling with MQTT/node which consists of some elements mainly these: device (behind a NAT), server (mqtt/broker), client (web browser) Part of the architecture/process I came up with was: The device needs to open a…
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How can I connect a local Arduino to my Google Assistant without relying on cloud services?

I want to make a product, which consists of an Arduino connected to my local Blynk server (an application which allows me to control my Arduino using my smartphone). I want it to connected to my Google Assistant on my phone. To do that, I can use…
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IKEA Tradfri bulbs showing up as "other" in the Alexa App, instead of "light."

I have my IKEA Tradfri bulbs connected through the Tradfri Gateway. They are all showing version 1.2.214, which the app says is the latest version, as well as the gateway which is 1.3.14. Inside the Alexa app, I've installed the bulbs and they show…
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How to use Tradfri Lights with Ikea Tradfri Gateway within Alexa routines?

I am using Echo Dots and the Tradfri Gateway and have seven Ikea Tradfri bulbs in two rooms. These bulbs show up under devices and can be put into groups, which work perfectly with Alexa voice commands. I'm trying to create a routine using these…
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Increasing the range of an RF module

I am working with a RF-LORA-SO 868Mhz module. I read this article that says the range of this module could go up to 50km. But I would need to connect an antenna to my LoRa module. This article I mentioned above doesn't seem to talk much about…
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How does URL Remote Access method work?

Unfortunately, I still have no answer to my question: Techniques of remote access to non IP IoT devices. Even though, I made some researches and I found two remote access techniques that do not require a port forwarding on the home Internet…
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What do ACK, SB, SF, LG, RES mean in Sigfox network?

I found these abbreviations in an official documentation and I don't know what they are stand for. Can you explain it to me please? I know that it is basic question.
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Techniques of remote access to non IP IoT devices

I have asked a question about Port Forwarding for non IP IoT Devices I understand that the hub is the controller of non IP devices attached to it, and each group of devices with the same wireless technology have a common controller. How technically…
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How to create external client for cooja?

I designed an authentication protocol for IoT. Now I want to emulate my protocol with the Cooja simulator, in order to test power consumption. My scheme is gateway-based, so I used the RPL-Border-Router sample as gateway. and some motes as sensors.…
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How to cast local video files from computer to TV using Google Home?

Okay this may be quite much, but I am trying to use Google Home to cast a video from my laptop (which I don't mind using for this sole purpose since it's old and unneeded) to my Smart LG TV which has a Chromecast. Now I could use a Python script to…
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Setting up Mosquitto with SSL

I'm trying to set-up Mosquitto with SSL on my Raspberry Pi 3. I followed this tutorial Now my mosquitto.conf is: listener 8883 cafile /etc/mosquitto/certs/mosq-ca.crt certfile /etc/mosquitto/certs/mosq-serv.crt keyfile…
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ESP32 - How to enable options in PlatformIO

For the ESP32 options are normally enabled with "make menuconfig". PlatformIO with Atom also allows to create ESP32 projects with an empty source folder. It automatically installs an ESP-IDF 0.11. I tried to create a new project following this…
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