Documentation Navigation

A map of the whole documentation site. Each section is a module; each entry links to a document with a one-line summary.

🚀 Quick Start

Get onboarded: accounts, system management and deployment.

• ThinkLink Introduction — Platform overview: what ThinkLink is and its core concepts.
• Register — Create an account, log in and reset your password.
• Personal Center — Manage your profile, password and preferences.
• Organization Management — Create and manage organizations/tenants and members.
• Role Management — Define roles and permissions for access control.
• User Management — Add users and assign roles within an organization.
• Department Management — Build the organization's department tree and manage member and device assignments.
• Server Configuration — Configure server connection parameters.
• System Config — Global system settings for your organization.
• Notification Groups — Set up notification groups for alerts.
• Docker — Deploy ThinkLink via Docker (cloud/edge server).
• Gateway — Deploy ThinkLink inside a gateway (TKG).

📱 Mobile Apps

Install and operate the ThinkLink and TapLink Android apps.

• ThinkLink APP — Mobile monitoring, field operations, alarms, and authorized RPC control.
• TapLink — NFC device provisioning, LoRa parameter configuration, and firmware upgrades.

📊 Data

View network-layer and application-layer device data.

• NS Data — Network-server data: raw LoRaWAN uplinks/downlinks.
• AS Data — Application-server data stream.
• IP Data — IP-based device data (dataIP).
• Realtime Data — Live application-layer telemetry.
• Historical Data — Query historical telemetry records.

🧩 Model

Model devices: thing models, RPC, triggers and templates.

• Thing Model — Define device data structure (properties & parsers).
• RPC Model — Define remote commands and downlink parsers (RPC).
• Trigger Model — Rule engine: trigger actions on conditions.
• NFC Template — NFC configuration templates.
• Template — Reusable device/model templates.
• TKLHelper — tklHelper scripting helper for models.

⚡ Action

Run commands on devices and schedule recurring tasks.

• Device Action — Execute RPC commands on devices.
• Scheduled Tasks — Schedule recurring device tasks (cron).

🛠️ Maintenance

Manage devices, gateways, locations, dashboards and upgrades.

• Device Management — Add, configure and manage end devices.
• Gateway Management — Register and manage LoRaWAN gateways.
• Location Management — Organize devices by physical location.
• Project Management — Group devices and resources into projects.
• BACnet — Expose device data over BACnet.
• Modbus TCP Server — Expose device data via a Modbus TCP server.
• Dashboard Configuration — Build visual dashboards.
• Upgrade — OTA firmware upgrade for devices/gateways.
• EBCompiler — Compile EdgeBus programs from the console.

📟 Devices

Product manuals for LoRaWAN gateways, sensors and EB collectors.

• Devices Overview — Device product manuals: gateways, sensors, EB collectors.
• Product Line & Purchase — ManThink LoRaWAN product families, key models and purchase options.
• GD61x Specification and User Guide — GD614/GD618 specifications, model codes, interfaces and installation.
• GDI51 — GDI51 indoor LoRaWAN gateway.
• GDO51 — GDO51 outdoor LoRaWAN gateway.
• GDI52 — GDI52 indoor LoRaWAN gateway.
• gwTool6 Configuration Guide — Current gwTool6 guide for GD61/GD61x.
• gwTool7 Administrator Guide — Current gwTool7 guide for GDI51/GDO51/GDI52.
• ChirpStack via Basic Station — Current gwTool6 and gwTool7 connection guide.
• TTN via Basic Station — Current gwTool6 and gwTool7 connection guide.
• AN-25100108 — Legacy WebServer guide for old GDI51/GDO51 batches.
• AN-25100201 — Legacy built-in NS guide for old GDI51/GDO51 batches.
• GW-AN08 — Legacy WebServer ChirpStack guide for old GDI51/GDO51 batches.
• GW-AN09 — Legacy WebServer TTN guide for old GDI51/GDO51 batches.
• KC11 — KC11 DIN-rail RS-485 data logger.
• KC21 — KC21 IP65 RS-485 data logger.
• KC22 — KC22 IP65 M-Bus data logger.
• MC11 — MC11 38k infrared data logger.
• KS31 — KS31 IP65 analog-input (AI) collector.
• KS32 — KS32 dry-contact input collector.
• KS51 — KS51 water-leakage sensor.
• KS52 — KS52 temperature & humidity sensor.
• KS53 — KS53 temperature sensor.
• KS61 — KS61 indoor air-quality (IAQ) sensor.

🔌 Integration

Onboarding guides for third-party devices and network servers.

• 90004-LNS Bridge (ChirpStack/TTN) — LNS bridge for ChirpStack/TTN gateways.
• 21121-ZENNER — Onboarding: ZENNER meter (21121).
• 23102-DM2500 — Onboarding: DM2500 meter (23102).
• 23112-DTSD1352 — Onboarding: DTSD1352 meter (23112).
• 21305-DYP-A02 — Onboarding: DYP-A02 sensor (21305).
• 21306-AQ3485 — Onboarding: AQ3485 sensor (21306).
• 21311-UMTH4 — Onboarding: UMTH4 sensor (21311).
• 22108-SWM — Onboarding: SWM device (22108).
• 22109-DS1603 — Onboarding: DS1603 device (22109).
• 22111-XC227 — Onboarding: XC227 device (22111).
• 22112-A17 — Onboarding: A17 device (22112).

📡 Protocol

ThinkLink, AS and application-layer protocol specs.

• ThinkLink protocol — ThinkLink platform protocol spec.
• AS protocol — Application-server (AS) protocol.
• Application protocol — Application-layer data protocol.

🚀 Advanced

Broker and data forwarders (MQTT / external endpoints).

• Broker — MQTT broker configuration.
• Forwarder — Forward data to external endpoints.
• MQTT Forwarder — Forward data over MQTT.

🧱 EdgeBus

EdgeBus compiler, app parameters and EBHelper.

• EB compiler — EdgeBus (EB) compiler guide.
• EB APP paras — EdgeBus app parameter reference.
• EBHelper — EBHelper tool for EdgeBus development.

🔔 Alarm

Alarm rules and history.

• Alarm Management — Configure alarm rules and view alarm history.

📜 Log

RPC and multi-device execution logs.

• RPC Log — Per-device RPC execution logs.
• Devices Action Log — Batch multi-device execution logs.

📝 Application Notes

Code references, alert integrations and onboarding how-tos.

• EBHelper Codes — EBHelper source-code reference.
• tklHelper Codes — tklHelper source-code reference.
• BatchDataManagementGuide — Batch operations guide.
• [DTU Power Consumption Calculation](/en/AN/AN-26022301 DTU Power Consumption Calculation Guide) — DTU power-consumption calculation guide.
• WeCom Alert Integration — Send alerts to WeCom (企业微信).
• DingTalk Alert Integration — Send alerts to DingTalk.
• Telegram Alert Integration — Send alerts to Telegram.
• Slack Alert Integration — Send alerts to Slack.
• Device Automation: Threshold Control, Scheduling & Assets — Threshold control, scheduling & multi-device assets.
• ChirpStack Gateway to ThinkLink (Bridge) — Bridge a ChirpStack gateway into ThinkLink.
• UG56 + WS101 Onboarding — Onboard a UG56 gateway + WS101 sensor.

⚙️ System Platform

Operator-level configuration plus organization-owned applications and menus: models, plugins, micro applications, API keys, and upgrades.

• Overview — System-platform (operator) console overview.
• Model Management — Manage the shared thing-model library at platform level.
• Gateway Upgrade Package — Manage gateway firmware upgrade packages.
• Plugin — Install and manage platform plugins.
• Remote Data Pull — Pull data from remote/external systems.
• Micro Applications — Upload, preview, and share organization-owned static web applications.
• Dynamic Menus — Mount micro applications or external URLs in the organization sidebar and grant role access.
• System Config — Platform-wide config (branding, SMTP, OAuth…).
• System API Key — Create and manage system-level API keys.
• System Upgrade — Upgrade the ThinkLink platform itself.