Add devices individually

This topic describes how to add devices individually to Milesight Development Platform.

Restrictions

Confirm with your enterprise administrator whether current account role permits access to this feature and the left number of devices that can be added to the enterprise.

Prerequisites

  • You have collect the device's SN or EUI.
  • You have upgraded the firmware version of device model to a supported version.
    Note: You need to reboot the device after the SN is added to platform.
  • If you want to apply custom settings to devices that support RPS, you need to create custom Profile templates for the devices or export the configuration file from the devices.

Procedure

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

  3. Select the desired organization or sub-node from the list on the left.
  4. Move to Add Device button, select Add Device.
  5. In the pop-up window, fill in the basic information.

    1. In the SN/DevEUI field, enter the device's SN (Serial Number) or EUI (Extended Unique Identifier).

      If the SN/EUI is correct, the system automatically detects the device type.

    2. In the Name field, specify a name to help you identify this device.
    3. Optional: Enter the device description.
    4. In the Organization drop-down list, select the organization to which the device belongs.
    5. Optional: Select one or more tags for marking. You can also add, edit or delete the tags here.
  6. If this device supports RPS, you can configure the RPS for it.

    1. Enable RPS.
    2. Select the configuration type and configure the related parameters. If you require device to receive configurations from configuration URL, see Add RPS Records Individually.
      • 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: The listed files include the default Config template and the custom Config templates you created.
      • Configuration File:Upload the .dat format configuration file from the device by clicking upload button or dragging it to the file box. This file can be exported from the device.
        Note: Ensure that the hardware and firmware versions of the device from which the configuration file is exported match those of the target device.
  7. Click Confirm.

Result

The device is added to both Device page and Application page of Milesight Development Platform, the Status column displays the connectivity status and the RPS Status column displays the RPS status.

The device's initial connectivity status is displayed as Disconnected, which will be automatically transitioned to Online upon the transmission of the device's heartbeat or data through the platform.

A RPS record will be generated when RPS status is Enabled.

Note: If you only require RPS for this device and set it NOT to connect to Milesight Development Platform, please go to RPS tab to add the device RPS record.