Supported Datatypes

In order to process data appropriately, Cayenne needs to know both data type and unit. This can be configured from the dashboard or directly set when sending data. Despite setting type and unit are optional when sending data, doing that will allow to automatically configure the dashboard as soon as data is received.

Actuators

Data Type	Type Constant & Value	Unit	Unit Constant & Value	Widgets
Analog Actuator	ANALOG_ACTUATOR	analog_actuator	Analog	ANALOG	null	Slider
Digital Actuator	DIGITAL_ACTUATOR	digital_actuator	Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL	null	Button
HVAC.Change State	HVAC_CHANGE_STATE	hvac_state	State	User defined	null	HVAC (coming Soon), Slider
HVAC.Change Temperature	HVAC_CHANGE_TEMP	hvac_temp	Fahrenheit	FAHRENHEIT	f	HVAC (coming Soon), Slider
* Celsius	CELSIUS	c
HVAC.Off/On	HVAC_OFF_ON	hvac_off_on	Off/On	OFF_ON	null	HVAC (coming Soon), Button
Light Switch	LIGHT_SWITCH_ACT	lt_switch_act	* Off/On	OFF_ON	null	Lighting (coming soon), Button, Switch (coming soon)
Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL	d
Low/High	LOW_HIGH	null
Lighting.Color	LIGHTING_COLOR	lt_color	Hexadecimal	HEX	null	Lighting (coming soon), Slider
Lighting.Luminosity	LIGHTING_LUMINOSITY	lt_lum	* % (0 to 100)	PERCENT	p	Lighting (coming soon), Slider
Lux	LUX	lux
Volts	VOLTS	v
Ratio	RATIO	r
Motor	MOTOR	motor	* Off/On	OFF_ON	null	Button, Slider, Switch (coming soon)
Low/High	LOW_HIGH	null
Degree Angle	DEGREE	deg
Relay	RELAY	relay	* Off/On	OFF_ON	null	Button
Low/High	LOW_HIGH	null
Switch	SWITCH	switch	* Off/On	OFF_ON	null	Switch (coming soon), Button
Low/High	LOW_HIGH	null
Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL	d
Valve	VALVE	valve	* Off/On	OFF_ON	null	Switch (coming soon), Button
Low/High	LOW_HIGH	null
Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL	d

Sensors

Data Type	Type Constant & Value	Unit	Unit Constant & Value	Widgets
Digital Sensor	DIGITAL_SENSOR	digital_sensor	Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL
Analog Sensor	ANALOG_SENSOR	analog_sensor	Analog	ANALOG
Absolute Humidity	ABSOLUTE_HUMIDITY	abs_hum	Grams per cubic meter	GRAMS_PER_METER3
Absorbed Radiation	ABSORBED_RADIATION	absrb_rad	* Rad	RAD
Gray	GRAY	gy
Acceleration.gx axis	ACCELERATION_GX	gx	Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ
Acceleration.gy axis	ACCELERATION_GY	gy	Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ
Acceleration.gz axis	ACCELERATION_GZ	gz	Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ
Altitude	ALTITUDE	alt	* Meters above sea level	METER
Feet above sea level	FEET	ft
Amount of substance	AMOUNT_SUBSTANCE	amount	Mole	MOLE
Area	AREA	area	Square meter	METER2
Barometric pressure	BAROMETRIC_PRESSURE	bp	Pascal	PASCAL
* Hecto Pascal	HECTOPASCAL	hpa
Battery	BATTERY	batt	* % (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Ratio	RATIO	r
Volts	VOLTS	v
Biometric	BIOMETRIC	bio	Byte Array	BYTE_ARRAY
Blood Count	BLOOD	blood	* Cells by cubic millimeter	CELLS_MM3
% (0 to 100)	PERCENT	p
Bytes	BYTES	bytes	Bits	BIT
* Bytes	BYTE	byte
Kilobytes	KB_BYTE	kb
Megabytes	MB_BYTE	mb
Gigabytes	GB_BYTE	gb
Terabytes	TB_BYTE	tb
Capacitance	CAPACITANCE	cap	Farad	FARAD
Carbon Dioxide	CO2	co2	* Parts per milliion	PPM
Units of Micromole	UNITS_MICROMOLE	wmoco2
Charge	CHARGE	charge	Coulomb	COULOMB
Cholesterol	CHOLESTEROL	chol	Millimoles/liter	MMOL_L
* Milligrams/deciliter	MG_DL	mgdl
Color	COLOR	color	* RGB	RGB
CYMK	CYMK	null
Hexadecimal	HEX	null
Conductance	CONDUCTANCE	conduct	Siemen	SIEMEN
Counter	COUNTER	counter	Analog	ANALOG
CPU	CPU	cpu	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Current	CURRENT	current	Ampere	AMP
Current density	CURRENT_DENSITY	current_density	Ampere per squre meter	AMP_2_METER
Density	DENSITY	density	Kilograms per cubic meter	KGM3
Effective Radiation	EFFECTIVE_RADATION	eff_rad	Roentgen	ROENTGEN
Sievert	SIEVERT	sv
SieVert per Hour	SIEVERT_HOUR	svph
Energy	ENERGY	energy	Killowatts per hour	KW_PER_H
External Waterleak	EXT_WATERLEAK	ext_wleak	Analog	ANALOG
Force	FORCE	force	* Newtons	NEWTON
Metric	METRIC_FORCE	force
Frequency	FREQUENCY	freq	Hertz	HERTZ
Gas	GAS	gas	* Pascal	PASCAL
Cubic meters	METER3	m3
Kilograms per cubic meter	KGM3	kgm3
Glucose	GLUCOSE	glucose	Millimoles/liter	MMOL_L
* Milligrams/deciliter	MG_DL	mgdl
GPS	GPS	gps	* Global Positioning System	GPS
Universal Transverse Mercator	UTM	utm
Gravity.x axis	GRAVITY_X	grav_x	Newtons per kilogram	NEWTON_PER_KG
* Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ	ms2
Gravity.y axis	GRAVITY_Y	grav_y	Newtons per kilogram	NEWTON_PER_KG
* Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ	ms2
Gravity.z axis	GRAVITY_Z	grav_z	Newtons per kilogram	NEWTON_PER_KG
* Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ	ms2
Gyroscope.rate of rotation around x axis	GYRO_X	gyro_x	* Rotation speed	ROTATION
Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ	mps2
Gyroscope.rate of rotation around y axis	GYRO_Y	gyro_y	* Rotation speed	ROTATION
Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ	mps2
Gyroscope.rate of rotation around z axis	GYRO_Z	gyro_z	* Rotation speed	ROTATION
Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ	mps2
HVAC.Humdity	HVAC_HUMIDITY	hvac_hum	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Image	IMAGE	image	Byte Array	BYTE_ARRAY
Impedance	IMPEDANCE	imped	Ohm	OHM
Inductance	INDUCTANCE	induct	Henry	HENRY
Ink Levels.Black	INK_BLACK	ink_blk	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Ink Levels.Cyan	INK_CYAN	ink_cya	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Ink Levels.Magenta	INK_MEGENTA	ink_mag	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Ink Levels.Yellow	INK_YELLOW	ink_yel	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Intrusion	INTRUSION	intrusion	Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL
Ionizing Radiation	IONIZING_RADIATION	ion_rad	* Electron Volts	ELECTRON_VOLT
Ergs	ERGS	erg
Joules	JOULE	j
Length	LENGTH	len	* Meter	METER
Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL	d
Low/High	LOW_HIGH	null
Lighting	LIGHTING_SENSE	lighting_sense	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
* Lux	LUX	lux
Volts	VOLTS	v
Ratio	RATIO	r
Linear Acceleration.x axis	LINEAR_ACCEL_X	lin_acc_x	Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ
Linear Acceleration.y axis	LINEAR_ACCEL_Y	lin_acc_y	Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ
Linear Acceleration.z axis	LINEAR_ACCEL_Z	lin_acc_z	Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC_SQ
Liquid	LIQUID	liquid	* Liter	LITER
Gallon	GALLON	gal
Ounce	OUNCE	oz
Cubic centimeter	CUBIC_CENT	cc
Location.Latitude	LOCATION_LAT	loc_lat	Latitude	LATITUDE
Location.Longitude	LOCATION_LONG	loc_lon	Longitude	LONGITUDE
Luminosity	LUMINOSITY	lum	* Lux	LUX
Volts	VOLTS	v
% (0 to 100)	PERCENT	p
Ratio	RATIO	r
Magnetic field strength H	MAGNETIC_STRENGTH	mag_str	Amperes per meter	AMP_METER
Magnetic field.x axis	MAGNETIC_AXIS_X	mag_x	Tesla	TESLA
Magnetic field.y axis	MAGNETIC_AXIS_Y	mag_y	Tesla	TESLA
Magnetic field.z axis	MAGNETIC_AXIS_Z	mag_z	Tesla	TESLA
Magnetic flux density B	MAGNETIC_FLUX_DENSITY	mag_flux	Newton-meters per ampere	NEWTON_METERS_AMP
Mass	MASS	mass	Kilogram	KILOGRAM
Memory	MEMORY	mem	Kilobytes	KB_BYTE
* Megabytes	MB_BYTE	mb
% (0 to 100)	PERCENT	p
Motion	MOTION	motion	Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL
Oil	OIL	oil	Oil Barrel	BARREL
* gallon	GALLON	gal
liter	LITER	l
Orientation.Azimuth	ORIENT_AZIMUTH	ori_azim	Degree Angle	DEGREE
Orientation.Pitch	ORIENT_PITCH	ori_pitch	Degree Angle	DEGREE
Orientation.Roll	ORIENT_ROLL	ori_roll	Degree Angle	DEGREE
pH-Acidity	ACIDITY	acid	Acidity	ACIDITY
Power	POWER	pow	Watts	WATT
Pollution.Nitrogen	POLLUTION_NO2	no2	Nitrogen dioxide	NO2
Pollution.Ozone	POLLUTION_O3	o3	Ozone	O3
Pressure	PRESSURE	press	* Pascal	PASCAL
Hecto Pascal	HECTOPASCAL	hpa
Bar	BAR	bar
Technical atmosphere	TECH_ATMO	at
Standard atmosphere	STD_ATMO	atm
Torr	TORR	torr
Pounds per square inch	PSI	psi
Proximity	PROXIMITY	prox	* Centimeter	CENTIMETER
Meter	METER	m
Digital (0/1)	DIGITAL	d
Radioactivity	RADIOACTIVITY	rad	Becquerel	BECQUEREL
* Curie	CURIE	ci
Radiation Exposure	EXPOSURE_RADIATION	expo_rad	* Roentgen	ROENTGEN
Coulomb/Kilogram	COULOMB_PER_KG	ckg
Rain Level	RAIN_LEVEL	rain_level	Centimeter	CENTIMETER
* Millimeter	MILLIMETER	mm
Relative Humidity	RELATIVE_HUMIDITY	rel_hum	* % (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Ratio	RATIO	r
Resistance	RESISTANCE	res	Ohm	OHM
Rotation	ROTATION	rot	Revolutions per minute	RPM
* Revolutions per second	RPMS	rpms
Radians per second	rad/s	radianps
Rotation Vector.scalar	ROTATION_SCALAR	rot_scal	Cos(0/2)	ROT_SCAL
Rotation Vector.x axis	ROTATION_X	rot_x	X * sin (0/2)	ROT_X
Rotation Vector.y axis	ROTATION_Y	rot_y	Y * sin (0/2)	ROT_Y
Rotation Vector.z axis	ROTATION_Z	rot_z	Z * sin (0/2)	ROT_Z
Seismometer	SEISMOMETER	seis	Microns (micrometers) /second,	MICROS_PER_SEC
* Volts	VOLTS	v
Spectral Amplitude	cm/hertz	cmhz
Signal Noise Ratio	SNR	snr	Decibels	DB
Signal Strength	SIGNAL_STRENGTH	sig_str	Decibels per milliwatt	DBM
Smoke	SMOKE	smoke	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Photodiode	PHOTODIODE	pz
* Kiloelectron Volts	KILOELEC_VOLT	kev
Soil Moisture	SOIL_MOISTURE	soil_moist	% (0 to 100)	PERCENT
Soil pH	SOIL_PH	soil_ph	Analog	ANALOG
Soil Water Tension	SOIL_WATER_TENSION	soil_w_ten	* Kilopascal	KILOPASCAL
Pascal	PASCAL	pa
Solid Volume	SOLID_VOLUME	solid_vol	Cubic meter	CUBIC_METER
Sound	SOUND	sound	Decibels per milliwatt	DBM
Specific Humidity	SPECIFIC_HUMIDITY	spec_hum	Grams/Kilograms	G_PER_KG
Speed	SPEED	speed	Kilometer per hour	KM_PER_H
* Miles per hour	MPH	mph
Steps	STEPS	steps	Steps	STEPS
Storage	STORAGE	storage	Bytes	BYTE
Kilobytes	KB_BYTE	kb
* Megabytes	MB_BYTE	mb
Gigabytes	GB_BYTE	gb
Terabytes	TB_BYTE	tb
Stress	STRESS	stress	Pascal	PASCAL
* Hecto Pascal	HECTOPASCAL	hpa
Pounds per square inch	PSI	psi
Tank Level	TANK_LEVEL	tl	Analog	ANALOG
Temperature	TEMPERATURE	temp	Fahrenheit	FAHRENHEIT
* Celsius	CELSIUS	c
Kelvin	KELVIN	k
Time	TIME	time	* Second	s
Milliseconds	ms	msec
minute	mb	min
hour	h	hour
day	d	day
month	m	month
year	y	year
Torque	TORQUE	torq	* Newton-meter	nm
Joule	j	j
Turbidity	TURBIDITY	turb	Nephelometric Turbidity Unit	ntu
* Formazin Turbidity Unit	ftu	ftu
Ultrasonic	ULTRASONIC	ultra	Kilohertz	khz
Velocity	VELOCITY	velo	Meters per second squared	METER_PER_SEC
Viscosity	VISCOSITY	visco	Millipascal-second	MILLIPASCAL_SEC
Voltage	VOLTAGE	voltage	* Volts	VOLTS
Millivolts	MILLIVOLTS	mv
Volume	VOLUME	vol	Cubic meter	CUBIC_METER
Water	WATER	h20	* Gallons per minute	GPM
Cubic feet per second	CUBIC_FEET_SEC	cfs
Wavelength	WAVELENGTH	wave	Meters	METER
Weight	WEIGHT	weight	* Pounds	POUND
Kilogram	KILOGRAM	kg
Received signal strength indicator	RSSI	rssi	RSSI	DBM
Wind Speed	WIND_SPEED	wind_speed	Kilometer per hour	KM_PER_H

* Denotes default value for Unit.