Internet of Things platform
The IoT platform provides a fully hosted enterprise instance service, which has the advantages of low cost, high reliability, high performance and high security. It can access various mainstream protocol devices without building its own IoT infrastructure, manage, operate and maintain equipment of a hundred million scale, store, backup, process and analyze equipment data of EB magnitude, and help enterprises quickly achieve the integration of equipment data and application data, Realize intelligent upgrade of equipment.

Product advantages

High performance, massive connections
It supports horizontal expansion of hundred million level equipment, concurrent connection of more than ten million level equipment, continuous connection of daily release and maintenance, and supports access protocols such as MQTT, CoAP, JT/T 808, etc
High reliability and safety
The highly available instance supports dual replica disaster recovery, and can be switched in seconds in case of failure. The SLA is up to 99.99%. It provides 7 * 24 security threat detection, and has passed the three-level certification of equal protection 2.0
Low cost, global coverage
Compared with the self built MQTT cluster, it provides more abundant management, operation and maintenance capabilities, reduces the cost by more than 50%, covers eight regions around the world, and supports millisecond level access to nearby equipment
Multi form deployment and flexible expansion
Based on cloud native architecture design and Alibaba Cloud Apsara operating system, it supports public cloud instance, proprietary cloud, hybrid cloud and multi cloud deployment, and scales flexibly and flexibly with business

Product Functions

Device access

Message forwarding

device management

data service

Monitoring operation and maintenance

Device access
Multiple cloud modes on devices, multiple access protocol support, millisecond level access around the world, greatly reducing the threshold of cloud on devices

  Multiple protocol support

Support MQTT 3.1.1/5.0, CoAP, HTTPS and other standard IoT protocols, and support the expansion of national standards/industry protocols

  Multiple access modes

The equipment can access the platform through direct connection platform, gateway proxy connection, and data docking between platforms

  Global nearby access

Configurable device access rules, automatically distributed to the nearest region, to ensure that devices can be accessed in milliseconds worldwide

Product specification

Public Instance
Non commercial
Public instances are for trial use by individual developers and enterprise customers of the Internet of Things. After opening, you can experience the platform functions and upgrade to enterprise instances with one click
characteristic:
Low threshold experience for non-commercial scenarios with less than 50 online devices
It can be upgraded to an enterprise instance with one click, which is convenient for commercial use after the trial
Non commercial
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Enterprise Edition Instance
Public Cloud
Provide an instance of the Internet of Things platform for enterprise customers to support equipment access, equipment management, monitoring, operation and maintenance, data processing and other functions
characteristic:
Low cost, high performance, easy operation and maintenance, targeted at cloud commercial scenarios on devices
Support high availability version, dual replica disaster recovery, and the SLA can reach 99.99%
¥ 21 yuan /From day to day
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Function comparison
Function comparison
  • Multi protocol connection
  • Message uplink and downlink
  • Message forwarding
  • Equipment monitoring, operation and maintenance
  • Fixed access IP
  • Custom access domain name
  • NB IoT access
  • Time series data storage
  • Offline data backup
  • Data analysis
  • Data analysis
  • Data application
  • SLA
Public Instance
Non commercial
  • 50 Online equipment
  • 5 TPS
  • 5 TPS
  • nothing
Enterprise Edition Instance
¥ 21 /From day to day
  • Free choice of specifications
  • Free choice of specifications
  • Free choice of specifications
  • Exclusive instance support
  • Standard version 99.95%, high availability version 99.99%

Application scenarios

Internet of Vehicles
Photovoltaic power generation
Shared Services
Millions of online vehicles are accessed simultaneously, and vehicle identity authentication ensures data security
Based on the stability, security and low latency of Alibaba Cloud's Internet of Things platform, it has realized real-time vehicle battery status and energy consumption curve monitoring, remote vehicle control, vehicle firmware OTA upgrade and other vehicle networking capabilities.
IoT platform support
Global 100 million level connection high concurrency architecture
Relying on the global 2800+acceleration nodes and 100 million level connection architecture, vehicles can be accessed nearby according to the real-time location, helping customers easily cope with the problem of millions of vehicles around the world concurrent and stable online.
Flexible selection of multiple vehicle access protocols
The cloud gateway of the privileged instance provides access to national/industrial standards in the Internet of Vehicles field, such as GB/T 32960 and JT/T 808, and supports most features of the MQTT 3.1.1/5.0 protocol.
Vehicle two-way authentication ensures data security
The cloud gateway of the privileged instance supports the use of X.509 certificates for two-way authentication between vehicles and platforms, and opens up the PCA service of Alibaba Cloud digital certificate products. Certificates can be directly selected for configuration.
Recommended combination
Ensure the compliance of photovoltaic business at sea, and reduce the cost and increase efficiency of inverter management, operation and maintenance
It helped photovoltaic enterprises build a new generation of intelligent photovoltaic power generation system, and nearly one million photovoltaic inverters distributed around the world were stably put into the cloud. Through real-time remote control and data analysis of inverters, the overall power generation efficiency was improved and the operation and maintenance costs were significantly reduced.
IoT platform support
Support equipment going to sea in 8 major service regions in the world
Alibaba Cloud's Internet of Things platform has been launched in three domestic regions and five overseas regions, supporting photovoltaic enterprises to improve the stability and security of their overseas businesses and responding to strict data supervision by countries and regions.
Continuous and stable operation and configuration of photovoltaic inverter
The SLA of Alibaba Cloud's Internet of Things platform can reach more than 99.95%, which supports the customer's business system to update the configuration of photovoltaic inverters in real time and in large quantities, and achieve optimal power generation efficiency through flexible scheduling. Under normal network environment, the message delay is less than 50ms.
Comprehensive intelligent monitoring, operation and maintenance cost reduction and efficiency increase
The remote monitoring of photovoltaic power generation is carried out by collecting the operating data of photovoltaic inverter, photovoltaic module, environmental monitoring, etc., which can give early warning of possible faults in time, improve the power generation efficiency and reduce the operation and maintenance costs.
Recommended combination
Unified access of multiple types of equipment, flexible capacity expansion and rapid development of shared services
Shared service scenarios are diverse and developing rapidly. Alibaba Cloud IoT has greatly reduced the difficulty of device access through standard access protocols and APIs, and flexible online real-time expansion has supported the rapid development of shared service enterprises.
IoT platform support
Unification of heterogeneous device access with object model
The IoT model of Alibaba Cloud's IoT platform can shield device differences, allowing software developers to develop based on the platform's standard API, and hardware developers to develop based on the platform's standard protocol, so as to achieve the goal of software and hardware development decoupling.
Support data forwarding to nearly 10 Alibaba Cloud products
The cloud product flow function can quickly realize the seamless flow of cloud products such as message queues, databases, and big data through the configuration of the console, and open the data link between the device data and the customer's business system.
Out of the box to reduce development and O&M costs
The overall performance of the Alibaba Cloud IoT platform is more than 10 times higher than that of the self built platform, the development and operation and maintenance costs are reduced by more than 50%, and the business system's requirements for performance, stability and security can be met.
Recommended combination

Customer Stories

Shanghai Lianzhong
Based on Alibaba Cloud's Internet of Things platform, build a global intelligent platform for pet health to improve the quality of pet life.
Yun Chengju
Effectively realize functions such as real-time push message, cloud dynamic compilation and voice dynamic broadcast of broadcast speakers.
Jinlang Technology
Build a new generation of intelligent photovoltaic power generation system, real-time remote control, and improve the efficiency of photovoltaic power generation as a whole.
Focus Media
Realize remote management of advertising screen, ensure timeliness of magazine change on cloud, and reduce operation and maintenance costs by about 30%.
Zhejiang Zhengtai
The Internet of Things platform ensures the fast and stable data acquisition, storage and recognition calculation of intelligent water meters.
Spring wind power
Make personalized recommendations for drivers through vehicle and machine data analysis to improve the sales of motorcycle accessories.
Nut projection
The platform provides equipment management, OTA upgrade, physical model and other capabilities to reduce R&D investment.
Elsevier Technology
High safety and high stability support the operation of nearly one million equipment, and greatly reduce the operation and maintenance costs.
Penguin Technology
We have steadily supported hundreds of millions of messages and communications every day, helping businesses cover 34 provinces and 40 million users.
Mirui Technology
The online rate of cloud camera increased by nearly 5.2%, and the operation and maintenance cost decreased by nearly 11%, realizing cost reduction and efficiency increase.
Chaoxiang Technology
Build a two wheeled vehicle and vehicle charging pile solution to meet the requirements of centralized charging and safe electricity use scenarios.
Easy to sell technology
The Internet of Things platform with excellent performance improves the security of advertising screen and shortens the communication time of equipment.
498 Network
Perfect platform functions, realize low code development, and significantly save development time and cost.
Jinque Electric
The meter business has realized the functions of remote payment, query, arrears reminder and so on, which has improved the product value.
Zhina Electronics
It has realized the business value of agricultural machinery safe cloud, reliable transmission and GPS data collection.
Yuanyuan Technology
The ability of low code development of the Internet of Things platform has experienced the pleasure of being ready to use.
Access scheme
Step1.
Connect the equipment I developed to the Internet of Things platform
I am the equipment manufacturer
Connect existing equipment to the Internet of Things platform
I am a solution manufacturer
I hope the module has the ability to access the Internet of Things platform
I am a communication module manufacturer
Select a device type:
Direct connected equipment
The device has an IP address
Non direct connected equipment
Device has no IP address
Direct connected equipment
The device has an IP address
Non direct connected equipment
Device has no IP address
Other platform equipment
The device has been connected to platforms other than Alibaba Cloud IoT
Select the device network interface type:
RS232
Some simple sensors
Wireless Protocol
For example, Zigbee/Zwave
Bus protocol
For example, KNX/RS485
LoRa
WiFi
LoRa
Mobile cellular network, 2G/3G/4G/5G/NB IoT
Device hardware form:
MCU+module
Secondary development of module
Equipment with integrated communication chip
DTU
gateway
Gateway access network type:
LoRa
other
Step2.
Access scheme:
Access AliCloud IoT through modules
explain:
1. It is recommended to use Ali certified modules for access. It is not necessary to integrate SDK on MCU. Contact
Module manufacturers know how to call the AT instruction of the module to access Alibaba Cloud Internet of Things
2. If the module does not integrate the SDK, the SDK needs to be migrated on MCU
Access to the development guide through an unauthenticated module:
Authentication module query:
Access scheme:
Module secondary development access
explain:
1. Modules need to provide secondary development capability
2. The device SDK needs to be migrated to the module
Access scheme:
Device integration SDK access to Alibaba Cloud Internet of Things
explain:
1. Download SDK according to language/platform type
2. Develop functions according to relevant development instructions
Access scheme:
DTU access to AliCloud IoT
explain:
1. The manufacturer needs to integrate SDK into DTU
2. Provide UI so that users can enter device triplets
Development Guide:
Access scheme:
LoRa gateway access to AliCloud IoT
explain:
1. Support LoRa sensor access
2. Support LoRa D2D intelligent devices
Additional functions of the device:
Marginal capability
Access scheme:
Gateway integration SDK access to AliCloud IoT
explain:
1. The gateway needs to integrate SDK to access Alibaba Cloud IoT platform
2. The gateway agent sub device connects to the AliCloud IoT platform
3. The firmware of the sub equipment does not need to be changed
Access scheme:
Edge gateway access to AliCloud IoT
explain:
1. Gateway integration SDK access to AliCloud IoT platform
2. The gateway agent sub device connects to the AliCloud IoT platform
3. The firmware of the sub equipment does not need to be changed
Access scheme:
It is recommended to use DTU access
advantage:
1. No need to develop new equipment
2. Fast cloud deployment of equipment
3. Quickly develop cloud services
Recommended DTU:
Access scheme:
Use gateway for device access
explain:
1. The device does not need firmware modification
2. The gateway needs to have the ability to access Alibaba Cloud's Internet of Things platform
3. The customer can contact the relevant gateway manufacturer for firmware modification
Gateway manufacturer query:
Access scheme:
Use certified LoRa gateway for device access
explain:
1. Many LoRa gateways available
2. Fast access to Alibaba Cloud Internet of Things
LoRa recommends:
Access scheme:
Access devices through the generalized protocol SDK
explain:
1. The customer does not need to modify the device firmware and configuration
2. Customers need to access Alibaba Cloud IoT platform in the cloud service integration SDK
Access scheme:
WiFi module migration
explain:
1. Module integration SDK
2. Module certification
Development Guide:
Access scheme:
LoRa module transplantation
explain:
1. Module integration SDK
2. Module certification
Development Guide:
Access scheme:
Mobile cellular network module migration
Description of development work:
1. Module integration SDK
2. Module certification
The recommended scheme will be presented here

Product Dynamics

2021-03-31 Function optimization
Optimization of equipment management, operation and maintenance functions
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2021-04-30 function optimization
Remote login supports link sharing
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2021-04-30 function optimization
Real time monitoring supports instance type configuration
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2021-04-30 function optimization
OTA dynamic policy can be edited
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2021-04-30 function optimization
OTA supports batch cancellation by status
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2021-04-30 function optimization
OTA supports upgrade progress flow
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2021-04-30 function optimization
Task management supports scheduled tasks
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2021-06-04 New Features/Specifications
New Device Location Service
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2021-07-30 New Features/Specifications
High availability instance goes online
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2021-07-30 Function optimization
New version of cloud product circulation goes online
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2021-07-30 New Features/Specifications
Customized monitoring market goes online
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2021-10-30 New Features/Specifications
Digital twin function online
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2021-10-30 New Features/Specifications
Dynamic grouping function goes online
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2021-10-30 New Features/Specifications
Safety tunnel function online
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2021-10-30 Function optimization
OTA capability upgrade
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2021-10-30 Function optimization
User defined monitoring supports OTA indicators
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2021-12-30 New Features/Specifications
Migration Enterprise Instance Tool goes online
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2021-12-30 Function optimization
Cloud SDK Upgrade Release
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2021-12-30 New Features/Specifications
Support standard version instance upgrade to high availability version
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2021-12-30 New Features/Specifications
User defined monitoring support model data indicators
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2021-12-30 Function optimization
Support multi module parallel OTA upgrade of equipment
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2021-12-30 Function optimization
Support device streaming file upload
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2021-12-30 New Features/Specifications
Support device local log dump
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2021-12-30 New Features/Specifications
Internet of Things Platform Enterprise Instance Online Migration Tool Release
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2022-02-28 New Features/Specifications
Value added service center 2.0 release
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2022-04-18 function optimization
Optimization of instance migration function
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2022-04-18 function optimization
OTA upgrade function optimization
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2022-05-24 New Features/Specifications
The rule engine supports the flow time sequence database (Lindom)
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2022-05-24 Function optimization
Enterprise instance migration tool upgrade
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2022-05-24 Function optimization
OTA upgrade supports push rate editing
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2022-05-24 New Features/Specifications
Event response service publishing
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2022-10-13 New Features/Specifications
Exclusive instance device authentication mode extension
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2022-10-13 New Features/Specifications
Shared subscription supporting MQTT 5.0 protocol
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2022-12-01 New Features/Specifications
Enterprise instance hot data storage function goes online
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2022-12-01 Function optimization
Enterprise instance data service is enabled by default
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2022-12-01 Function optimization
The O&M market and data compass are combined into O&M statistics
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2022-12-01 New Features/Specifications
The new version of IoT Studio migration tool goes online
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2023-01-06 New Features/Specifications
New version of data analysis released online
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2023-01-06 New Features/Specifications
Support JT/T 808 protocol access
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2023-01-06 New Features/Specifications
New MQTT 5.0 protocol features
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2023-01-17 New Features/Specifications
Data compression function goes online
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2023-01-17 New Features/Specifications
Equipment diagnosis function goes online
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2023-01-17 New Features/Specifications
Data analysis aims to support IoT twin nodes
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2023-01-17 Function optimization
Enterprise instance production and test environment isolation
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2023-03-06 New Features/Specifications
Support RAM user instance resource isolation
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2023-03-06 New Features/Specifications
Four new operators for data analysis
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2023-03-06 New Features/Specifications
New functions of cloud gateway go online
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2023-03-30 New Features/Specifications
Data service upgrading and experience optimization
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2023-03-30 Function optimization
Cloud product flow supports RocketMQ version 5.0
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2023-03-30 Function optimization
The device simulator supports MQTT 5.0
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2023-03-30 New Region/New Availability Zone
Enterprise instance online in overseas regions
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2023-04-26 New Features/Specifications
The privileged instance supports MQTT VPC network access
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2023-04-26 New Features/Specifications
Cold data storage supports configuration data archiving
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2023-04-26 New Features/Specifications
Public instance migration tool launched by IoT Studio
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2023-04-26 Function optimization
Optimization of interactive experience of hot data storage
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2023-05-10 New Features/Specifications
Support GB/T 32960 protocol access
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2023-06-07 New Features/Specifications
Cloud gateway third-party authentication supports user-defined parameters
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2023-06-07 New Features/Specifications
Data access function adds cloud product data source
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2023-06-07 New Features/Specifications
Data indicator function opening Preset indicator opening
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2023-06-07 Function optimization
Complimentary filing number for purchasing IoT Studio service
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2023-06-25 Function optimization
AMQP server subscription supports STS Token authentication
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2023-06-29 Function optimization
Physical model thermal data storage supports flexible configuration
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2023-06-29 Function optimization
Cloud gateway certificate configuration opens up PCA service
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2023-06-29 Function optimization
Location reporting supported by the JT/T 808 protocol of Yunwangguan
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2023-06-29 New Features/Specifications
Operation and maintenance statistics support user-defined statistics
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2023-06-29 Function optimization
Data compression/decompression is released in standard instances
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2023-07-31 New Features/Specifications
Enterprise Instance New Type Alarm Configuration
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2023-07-31 Function optimization
New interactive guidance of data services
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2023-07-31 Function optimization
Data analysis console experience optimization
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2023-07-31 Function optimization
Data parsing script supports Python and PHP
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2023-07-31 Function optimization
Data analysis supports data transmission mode
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2023-08-31 Function optimization
Perfect functions of instance migration tool
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2023-08-31 New Features/Specifications
The equipment diagnosis function is officially launched
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2023-08-31 New Features/Specifications
Photovoltaic intelligent operation and maintenance algorithm online
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2023-08-31 Function optimization
Custom storage table supports archive storage
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2023-08-31 Function optimization
Regional expansion of cloud product circulation
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2023-08-31 Function optimization
Optimization of console device development guidance process
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2023-09-26 Function optimization
RDS supports update operation for cloud product flow
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2023-09-26 Function optimization
AMQP client SDK supports resource group authentication
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2023-09-26 Function optimization
Timing storage IOPS read/write ratio supports customization
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2023-09-26 New Features/Specifications
Data service supports user-defined time series storage table
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2023-09-26 Function optimization
Data service analysis insight online SQL template
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2023-09-26 Function optimization
DataWorks data integration supports attribute snapshot table
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2023-11-03 New functions/specifications
Enterprise instance message TPS supports second level monitoring
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2023-11-03 New functions/specifications
New public instances in overseas regions are online
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2023-11-03 Function optimization
Cloud gateway device connection encryption supports national security algorithm
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2023-11-03 New functions/specifications
Photovoltaic power timing curve diagnosis algorithm online
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2023-11-03 Function optimization
Data service analysis insight support preprocessing function
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2023-11-03 Function optimization
Optimization of data service API parameter configuration function
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2023-12-08 New Region/New Availability Zone
Data service launched in Singapore
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2023-12-08 New Features/Specifications
Cloud gateway supports water service SL 651 protocol
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2023-12-08 Function optimization
Object model expansion supports 200 modules
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2023-12-08 Function optimization
Data purpose newly supported by cloud product circulation
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2023-12-08 New Features/Specifications
Time series anomaly detection data algorithm online
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2023-12-08 New Features/Specifications
Sequential storage supports starting data backup
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2023-12-08 Function optimization
Customized schedule supports archive storage
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2023-12-08 Function optimization
Custom storage table supports data cleaning
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2024-01-22 New Features/Specifications
Message uplink and downlink playback function is online
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2024-01-22 Function optimization
Batch message sending supports MQTT 5.0
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2024-01-22 Function optimization
Data service console navigation adjustment
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