
TJ VanToll
Principal Developer Advocate
TJ VanToll is a software developer, tech author, and a Principal Developer Advocate for Blues. TJ has over a decade of development experience, including a few years working on the jQuery, NativeScript, and Kendo UI teams. Nowadays, he helps developers build awesome IoT experiences.
Articles by TJ VanToll
26 articles published
Detecting Anomalous Devices With Notehub Smart Fleets
A guide to using Notehub smart fleets to automatically detect anomalous devices—such as those that are tipped, tampered with, or reporting faulty sensor data.
Using Batch Jobs to Automate Notehub Workflows
Learn how to use batch jobs to make project-wide changes, generate reports, provision devices, and more.
Configuring Your Notecard for GPS Tracking—A Beginner’s Guide
Everything you need to know about configuring your first Notecard for GPS tracking
Introducing Notehub Smart Fleets
Learn about smart fleets, a new Notehub feature that lets you dynamically group your devices based on their data.
Using Environment Variables to Change Notecard Configuration
Learn how to use environment variables, both built-in and custom, to change Notecard configuration remotely.
Automating Firmware Management with the Notehub API
Learn how to use the Notehub API to manage firmware updates for your devices or fleets of devices.
How to Call Third-Party Web Services From Notecard
Learn how to make external web requests with Notecard by building a project that retrieves current weather data from the OpenWeather API.
What’s New in Notehub
A look at the latest features we’ve shipped in Notehub, including JSONata improvements, new data exporting options, and two new integrations.
Announcing an Official Integration With Blynk
Everything you need to know about using Blues and Blynk together to build your next project.
Announcing the Blues Wireless for Opta Expansion
Add wireless connectivity to your micro PLC projects with the new Blues Wireless for Opta—available today!
Implementing Geofences With Blues and Datacake
A guide to Datacake’s new Zone feature, and how to use it to create geofences for a Notecard-based project
Announcing Starnote Availability and Starter Kit
Our cost-effective satellite module is now in stock, and we have a new starter kit to help you get up and running fast.