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Once added to your dashboard account, simulated devices are treated the same as physical devices. You can set up alerts, review their settings, view their history, etc. You can also mix and match real and simulated devices into custom dashboard, reports, etc. The only difference is that the simulated device will only send data points when you use the Update Data button in the app.
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Simulated Device use cases
A) As a potential new customer, you may want to test out devices, simulated data, widget, custom dashboard, and app before deciding to become a partner.
B) A As a potential customer who wants , you may want to purchase hardware from and would like to see the data and widget before deciding which piece of hardware to purchase.
C) As an existing user, you may have an existing account with devices in locations. You may be considering adding some additional devices to a location - inside the app you can add any device and test simulated data, and even combine simulated data and real data into a custom dashboard.
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Once added to your dashboard, the Simulated device will have an id that begins like “sim-….” and you can will note the Update DeviceData button in the app that can be used to trigger a new data point for the device.
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