IoT Device Hub glossary

Available in Classic and VPC

There are a few terms you need to know to use IoT Device Hub. The terms and their descriptions are as follows.

Device

This is a term used with the same meaning as device and IoT device.

Product

This is a term used with the same meaning as product.

Subscription type

The term refers to a variety of combinations of the number of maximum devices that can be registered to a project when creating it, and the number of maximum messages that can be sent to a device registered on the project. The usage fee is calculated based on the selected subscription type.

Admin

A subject who uses NAVER Cloud Platform's IoT Device Hub to provide IoT service configured on the cloud environment to (end) users.

NAVER Cloud Platform console

A web page where subscription request to IoT Device Hub and project creation take place.

Register

The term refers to the action of adding "device" information under Device registration on the device management console.

Device

A term used with the same meaning as device and IoT device, the actual physical product. It's a device an (end) user purchases and controls through the CLOVA app. Its registration and management is carried out under Device registration of the device management console.

Device management console

A web page where you actually register, manage, and monitor products and devices after completing IoT Device Hub subscription request and project creation.

Message

This refers to an order the user gives through the CLOVA app to control the device. The types of message (order) available for the user are the types of usable action set up by the admin when creating the product.

Usable action

It's a feature available (to send order or message through the CLOVA app) for users on a device, and is set up when the product, the archetype of the device, is created.

User

An end user who purchases an IoT device with a System on Module (SoM) chip and experiences IoT service with the CLOVA app.

Creation

The term refers to the action of adding "product" information under Product manager on the device management console.

Action

This is a term used with the same meaning as usable actions.

End user

This is a term used with the same meaning as user.

Connection

This is a term used with the same meaning as enabling.

Pricing plan

It's a contract period where the usage fee billed by project based on the selected subscription type. There are monthly and annual pricing plans.

Product

It is an abstracted archetype of IoT device. After creating a product on the device management console, information about the device to be managed is registered based on the created product information.

Console

This is a term used with the same meaning as the NAVER Cloud Platform console.

Project

It's a group of IoT devices and a unit based on which subscription types and pricing plans are applied. In other words, it's a unit for billing.

Enabled

The status where billing has started for using IoT Device Hub. In terms of project, it means that a device's status in a project has become readily available for the user. In terms of pricing plan, it means the selected pricing plan has been initiated. In terms of dashboard, it means a registered device has been connected.