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  • Tutorial Overview
  • 1. Enable Developer Mode
  • 2. Edit/Create Template
  • 3. Basic Settings
  • 4. Find Template ID
  • 5. Set Up Mobile Dashboard
  • Configure your board:
  • Congratulations, you have configured your device and it is ready to use!

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  1. Getting Started

Template Quick Setup

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A Device Template is a set of configurations inherited by devices of a similar type.

Think about smart home switches. They all perform a similar function and it's safe to assume that they should have the same data model, GPIOs, firmware code, etc. You can create a SmartSwitch template and then create multiple SmartHome switches from it.

Tutorial Overview

While Device Template has a lot of settings, in this tutorial, we focus only on the most important settings to get your devices up and running quickly. By the end of this tutorial, you should have a working device that will:

  • Send random values to the web and mobile dashboard in given intervals

  • Receive user input from the web or mobile dashboard UI elements

1. Enable Developer Mode

Before moving further, make sure that you have Developer Mode enabled:

  1. In the Blynk app or in Blynk.Console

  2. Navigate to My Profile in the left menu of the app or the top right corner of Blynk.Console

  3. Check that the Developer Mode switch is set to ON

Currently, only one developer is allowed per Organization in Free and Maker plans to avoid sync issues.

2. Edit/Create Template

Open the Templates section (Developer Zone -> My Templates) in the left menu and click + New Template button. If you already have a template - click to open it and press Edit button.

3. Basic Settings

Give your new template a name, specify the hardware and connectivity you will be using.

If you can't find your hardware in the list choose Other

4. Find Template ID

A new Template is now created. On the screen below notice Template ID and Firmware Configuration sections. You will need these details later in your sketch.

5. Set Up Mobile Dashboard

  1. Log In to your account

  2. Find a template you just created on the web and tap on it.

Configure your board:

  1. Upload this code to your board

Congratulations, you have configured your device and it is ready to use!

You would need a development board (e.g. Node MCU, Arduino). A list of supported boards can be found .

Full documentation on all of the Template settings can be found .

Open

Switch to

Open Dynamic Provisioning Template: - - - -

Specify , and Board Name in the

Now all that remains is to , make sure it works as you expect, and integrate your code.

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