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> **Note** Measures and commands are sent over different MQTT topics:
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> * _Measures_ are sent on the `/<protocol>/<api-key>/<device-id>/attrs` topic
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> * _Commands_ are sent on the `/<api-key>/<device-id>/cmd` topic
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> - _Measures_ are sent on the `/<protocol>/<api-key>/<device-id>/attrs` topic
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> - _Commands_ are sent on the `/<api-key>/<device-id>/cmd` topic
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> The reasoning behind this is that when sending measures northbound from device to IoT Agent,
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> it is necessary to explicitly identify which IoT Agent is needed to parse the data. This
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> is done by prefixing the relevant MQTT topic with a protocol, otherwise there is no way to
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> define which agent is processing the measure. This mechanism allows smart systems to connect
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> different devices to different IoT Agents according to need.
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> The reasoning behind this is that when sending measures northbound from device to IoT Agent, it is necessary to
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> explicitly identify which IoT Agent is needed to parse the data. This is done by prefixing the relevant MQTT topic
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> with a protocol, otherwise there is no way to define which agent is processing the measure. This mechanism allows
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> smart systems to connect different devices to different IoT Agents according to need.
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> For southbound commands, this distinction is unnecessary since the correct IoT Agent has already
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> registered itself for the command during the device provisioning step and the device will always
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> receive commands in an appropriate format.
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> For southbound commands, this distinction is unnecessary since the correct IoT Agent has already registered itself for
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> the command during the device provisioning step and the device will always receive commands in an appropriate format.
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The `resource` attribute is left blank since HTTP communication is not being used. The URL location of `cbroker` is an
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optional attribute - if it is not provided, the IoT Agent uses the default context broker URL as defined in the

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