How to Guides

Quick step-by-step guides for common Profinity tasks. These guides provide concise, actionable instructions to help you accomplish specific goals quickly.

Dashboard Guides

• How to Create a Custom Dashboard - Build your first custom dashboard from scratch
• How to Create a Profile Dashboard - Replace the default home page with a custom dashboard
• How to Add Images to Your Dashboard - Use custom images in your dashboard components
• How to Build Dashboards of Remote Data - Display data from InfluxDB using logger bindings
• How to Style Your Dashboard - Apply custom CSS styling to dashboard elements

Component Guides

• How to Create a Custom Component - Add a new CAN bus device using DBC files
• How to Add a Component to Your Profile - Configure and add components to your active profile

CAN Bus Guides

• How to Connect to CAN Bus - Connect Profinity to your CAN bus network
• How to Send and Receive CAN Bus Messages - Send and receive CAN messages using Profinity

Data and Logging Guides

• How to Configure Data Logging - Set up logging to InfluxDB, Prometheus, or files
• How to Log Data to the Cloud (InfluxDB) - Configure cloud logging to InfluxDB
• How to Replay CAN Bus Logs - Replay recorded CAN bus messages for testing

Configuration Guides

• How to Create a New Profile - Set up a new profile for a different configuration
• How to Configure Environment Variables - Use environment variables for flexible deployments
• How to Set Up Profinity as a Kiosk Application - Configure kiosk mode for fullscreen displays

Extending Profinity Guides

• How to Connect Profinity to AI - Integrate Profinity with AI tools via MCP
• How to Write Your First Script - Create scripts to automate tasks and interact with CAN bus data

Troubleshooting Guides

• How to Debug Dashboard Issues - Common dashboard problems and solutions
• How to View Dashboard Source - Access the YAML source of existing dashboards

Need More Help?

• Complete Documentation - Full documentation index
• Getting Started - Comprehensive getting started guide
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions