Add Devices from Order

Milesight Development Platform provides the service to bind your order for easy device addition. This topic describes how to add devices to Milesight Development Platform from order.

Prerequisites

  • The account role is Enterprise Holder.
  • Provide the enterprise code that needs to be linked to the order to Milesight. The enterprise code can be found here.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Milesight Development Platform.
  2. On the left bar, select the Device tab.

  3. In the lower-left corner, select Unmanaged Devices.

  4. Select the desired devices, move to Action button and select Add with One Click.

  5. In the Edit Device step, select the group to which the device belongs, and edit the device name and tags as needed. Then click Next.

  6. In the Initial Configuration step, configure the initial configuration if there are devices that support RPS.

    1. Enable Initial Configuration.
    2. Enable Initial Configuration for selected devices.
    3. Select the configuration type and configure the related parameters. If you require device to receive configurations from configuration URL, see Add RPS Records in Bulk.
      • Configuration Template: In the Configuration File drop-down list, select the desired configuration file to apply settings to the device. You can click Custom to edit the selected file as needed.
        Note:
      • Configuration File:Upload the .dat format configuration file generated from the device by clicking upload button.
        Note: Ensure that the hardware and firmware versions of the device from which the configuration file is exported match those of the target device.
    4. Click Next.
  7. Click Back to Device List.

Result

  1. The devices are added to both Device page and Application page of Milesight Development Platform, the Status column displays the connectivity status. The devices initial connectivity status is displayed as Not Activated, which will be automatically transitioned to Online upon the transmission of the device's heartbeat or data through the platform.

    The initial configuration records will be generated under RPS page when Device Initial Configuration are Enabled.

    Note: If you only require initial configuration for this device and set it NOT to connect to Milesight Development Platform, please go to RPS tab to add the device initial configuration record.
  2. The added devices are removed from Unmanaged Devices list. And the added status are changed to Added in the order detail page.