Unit of measurement and values per datapoint
In order to ensure that data is consistently and correctly interpreted for the various use cases, it is imperative to standardize data irrespective of the unit of measurement provided by customer devices.
By adhering to these standards, we ensure data consistency, accuracy, and reliability across the platform.
Examples
• Temperature: must always be reported in Celsius (°C) - even if the source data is in Fahrenheit. (It's the customer's responsibility to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius).
• Gas (Liquid): The unit for gas or liquid measurements must always be in cubic meters (m³).
• Occupancy: Some vendor systems provide textual information about occupancy, such as 'Occupied.' To maintain consistency, we standardize this data as 0 for 'Not Occupied' and 1 for 'Occupied.'
• Status: For devices such as soap dispensers, status information might be given as 'Yellow' or 'Red.' For consistency, this is translated into numeric values. Example: 0 for 'Green,' 1 for 'Yellow,' and 2 for 'Red.'
For a list of (allowed) values per type code/datapoint, see
Datapoint values.