Use cases

If a device can publish JSON over MQTT, IoTAPS can store its history and show it live. Below are common setups and the message each device would send.

Buildings

Climate, air quality, and occupancy per room. Facilities staff get a live view; engineers get the history to tune HVAC schedules.

One project per site, one device per sensor or gateway
Viewer role for facility managers
30 days of history for comfort and energy analysis

v1/…/room-301/telemetry

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "message_id": "b2-f3-room-301-000912",
  "metrics": {
    "temperature_c": 22.8,
    "co2_ppm": 684,
    "occupancy": 7
  },
  "attributes": { "room": "301" }
}

Agriculture and greenhouses

Soil moisture, light, and air temperature across beds. Battery nodes can send small, infrequent messages and still leave a complete record.

Pump and valve state as booleans next to readings
Device time and receive time kept for flaky links
Store-and-forward resends are deduplicated

v1/…/gh2-bed4/telemetry

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "message_id": "gh2-bed4-41ac90",
  "sent_at": "2026-10-05T06:00:00Z",
  "metrics": {
    "soil_moisture_pct": 38.6,
    "lux": 5400,
    "irrigation_on": false
  }
}

Energy metering

Sub-meters, inverters, and batteries. Server-side aggregates turn readings every few seconds into daily and weekly charts without moving raw data to the browser.

Min, average, and max per time bucket
Up to 64 metrics per message for multi-channel meters
Daily usage counters per organization

v1/…/meter-7731/telemetry

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "message_id": "meter-7731-1759640400",
  "sequence": 88412,
  "metrics": {
    "energy_kwh": 15872.4,
    "power_w": 3120,
    "voltage_v": 231.6
  }
}

Cold chain

A complete temperature record for freezers, reefers, and pallets. Gateways that buffer while offline can resend everything without creating duplicates.

Both device time and receive time on every point
Door and power state as booleans
Excursion alerts are being built, not available yet

v1/…/reefer-18/telemetry

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "message_id": "reefer-18-0042331",
  "sent_at": "2026-10-05T03:12:44Z",
  "metrics": {
    "temp_c": -18.4,
    "door_open": false,
    "battery_pct": 81
  }
}

Industrial equipment

Vibration, runtime, and run state for machines on the floor, sent from a gateway or directly from the controller.

A gateway publishes as its own device identity
Firmware and asset data in attributes
Every credential change is in the audit log

v1/…/press-04/telemetry

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "message_id": "press-04-7f3a19c2",
  "metrics": {
    "vibration_rms": 0.42,
    "runtime_h": 18233.5,
    "running": true
  },
  "attributes": { "firmware": "4.2.1" }
}

Environmental sensing

Air quality and weather from distributed stations, with read-only access for partners through the Viewer role.

Malformed sensor values are rejected with a reason
Live view per station
REST API for research and reporting pipelines

v1/…/aq-station-12/telemetry

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "message_id": "aq-station-12-5521",
  "metrics": {
    "pm2_5_ugm3": 8.4,
    "humidity_pct": 64.1,
    "wind_ms": 3.7
  }
}

System integrators

Separate client spaces, delegated administration, and white-labelling are on the roadmap but not built. If you deliver IoT projects for clients, we would like to work out the design with you. Get in touch.

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