Naming conventions

Lifecycle: Alpha testing

For greatest interoperability in community applications, we recommend to follow these guidelines when naming and scaling variables.

Field

Name

Unit

Temperature

temperature

Celcius (C)

Humidity

humidity

RH percentage (RH-%) Range 0 ... 100

Pressure

pressure

Pascal (Pa)

Acceleration on X-axis

accelerationX

Gravity (g)

Acceleration on Y-axis

accelerationY

Gravity (g)

Acceleration on Z-axis

accelerationZ

Gravity (g)

Supply voltage

batteryVoltage

Volt (V)

Transmitted power

txPower

Decibel to one milliwatt (dBm)

Movement counter

movementCounter

Unitless

Measurement Sequence Number

measurementSequenceNumber

Unitless

Received Signal Strength Indication

rssi

Decibel, relative (dB)

ID

tagID

Unitless, typically MAC address of device. Capital letters, separated by ":". e.g. A1:B2:C3:D4:E5:F6

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