Topology
Objectives
- Part 1: Create Your Own Thing
- Part 2: Save Your New Thing
Background / Scenario
In this activity, you will create a new IoT Thing, a security camera, and save the new Thing in Packet Tracer.
Instructions
Part 1: Create Your Own Thing
In this part, you will create and configure a new IoT Thing, change its icon, and then connect it to the wireless network.
Step 1: Add a new generic IoT device.
a. Open the Packet Tracer file.
b. Add a new device to the workspace by selecting the Thingitem from the Components area of the Device Selection box.
c. Drag the Thingicon to the workspace.
Step 2: Change the Display Name of the device.
a. Click the Thing to open the configuration window.
b. Click the Configtab and change the Display Name of the thing to Security Camera.
Step 3: Use the Thing Editor to change the properties of the Thing.
a. Click the Thing Editortab. The Properties subtab is selected by default.
b. Change the Component Nameto Security Camera. This will identify the new Thing to the IoT network.
c. To configure the Thing to have a digital interface, click the Digitalradio button, and then click the Slot Mapping drop-down menu and choose Slot 1.
Note: The next two substeps MUST be done in the instructions file, not the Packet tracer instructions window that opened with the Packet Tracer activity.
d. Open the instructions file for this activity if it is not already open.
e. Right-click the image below and select "Save image as", or its equivalent, from the menu. Save the file in a location that you can access later.
f. Return to the Propertiesconfiguration for the Security Camera and click the New button.
g. Locate the file that you saved, select it in the Choose Imagedialog box, and then click Open to import the image. The Thing icon has now changed to the security camera icon.
Step 4: Add the security camera to the network.
a. In the Security Cameraconfiguration window, click the I/O Config tab.
b. Click the drop-down menu for Network Adapterand select PT-IOT-NM-1W-AC to add a Wi-Fi network adapter.
c. After a brief delay, you should observe the Security Camera connect to the wireless network.
d. Click the Configtab, and then click Wireless0 interface on the left. You may need to click the INTERFACE label to reveal the adapter.
e. In the IP Configurationsection of the dialog, notice the adapter has received an IPv4 address in the 192.168.25.0/24 network.
Step 5: Test connectivity to the Security Camera.
a. Click the Tablet> Desktop tab > Command Prompt.
b. Enter the pingcommand followed by the IPv4 address of the Security Camera. Reply messages indicate that the camera can be reached by other devices on the network.
Part 2: Save the New Device
In this part, you will save the new device as a device template. The new device can then be added to your Packet Tracer networks in the future without the need to recreate it.
Step 1: Save the security camera using the Device Template Manager.
a. Click the Toolsmenu > Custom Device Dialog. The Device Template Manager window opens.
b. Click Select. The Device Template Managerwindow minimizes so you can locate and click the device you want to use as a template.
c. Click the Security Camerain the workspace. The Device Template Manager window returns with the name Security Camera in the Template field.
d. Click the Home checkbox. This configures the location of the new device in the Device Selection Box.
e. Click the Add button, and then click Save in theSave File in Template Folder dialog box. The new template must be saved in this folder.
f. In the Device Selectionbox, the Home is now selected. Scroll to the right to see your Security Camera has now been added.
Step 2: Verify the Security Camera is saved as a Packet Tracer template.
a. Click File> New to open a new Packet Tracer file. Save your existing file, when prompted.
b. In the blank Packet Tracer file, notice that your Security Camera device is listed in the list of Homedevices in the Device Selection Box.
You have created a new IoT device and connected it to the network. You have also saved the new device as a template so that it will be available to add to Packet Tracer networks in the future.
