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Azure Event Hub Simulator

Simulator Settings

• Name (required)
  Name of the Simulator

• Key (required)
  Unique Key to identify the message

• Transport (required)
  Azure Event Hub

• Default End Point (required)
  Name of your Event Hub resource as created in Azure. Use the Name, not the full Event Hub URL. For example, use myeventhub, not ~~myeventhub.servicebus.windows.net~~.

• Device ID
  Device ID that will be sent along with each message, although this field is not necessarily required, you should probably add a device id to be used in your messages.

• Access Key Name (required)
  Name of the Access Key for the provided SAS Policy that has Send privileges

• Access Key (required)
  Key that has Send privileges for the supplied Access Key Name

• Hub Name (required)
  Name of the actual Event Hub where you will be publishing your messages

• Default Payload Type (required)
  Default format of the payload that will be sent with each message. This can be either a simple string or Binary.

• Description
  Free-form text to provide notes for your simulator

Message Settings

• Name (required)
  Name of the Message

• Key (required)
  Unique Key to identify the message

• Payload Type (required)
  Text or Binary message. In most cases, you will send a Text message.

• Append CR 0x0D
  ASCII character 0x0D, if set, will be appended to the message

• Append LF 0x0A
  ASCII character 0x0A, if set, will be appended to the message

• Text or Binary Message
  This is based on your Payload Type, select either Text or Binary.

  • Text
    Add any content that will be sent as the body of the message. This option allows for Tag Replacement

  • Binary
    Binary Content to be sent as a message

Dynamic Attributes (For Text Payloads Only)

For more information, please see the Dynamic Fields section.