Devices

In this area, the devices assigned to the space and gateway are created and displayed.

Device list

devices
Module Description

refresh Refresh

Refreshes the device list

plus Plus

Create a new device; if a device is selected, the new one is added below it

edit Edit

Edit the selected device

delete Delete

Delete the selected device

reboot Reboot

Restart the selected device

onboard Onboard

Onboard the selected device

sync Sync

Synchronize the selected device

The remaining device actions — assign profile, open web interface and install software — are in the context menu of the respective row.

Columns

Field Type Description

Name

Text

Name of the device; the list is a tree and shows the device hierarchy

Device Id

Text

Unique ID of the device

Type

Text

Device type; the types are described under Types

State

Text

Connection state of the device (Online/Offline)

Messages

Icon

Warning icon with the number of open messages of the device

Connected Since

Timestamp

Point in time since which the device has been connected

Version

Text

Software version of the device

Configuration

Text

Assigned configuration profile

Perspectives

Perspective Description

Devices

The device hierarchy

Device profiles

The configuration profiles that can be assigned to devices

Device

A piece of equipment with a unique identifier, installed in a space — an anchor, an anchor+, an edge or a client. It reaches the cloud through a gateway. A device belongs either to a single space or to the tenant as a whole; in the latter case every space of the tenant sees it (see Tenant devices).

Attributes

Field Type Description

Device ID

Text

Unique ID of the device

Name

Text

Name of the device

Hostname

Text

Designation of the device within the network

Type

DropDown

Selection of the device type

Gateway

DropDown

The gateway used for the device to connect to the Spaces application

Active

Switch

Enables/Disables the device

Types

Types Description

xAnchor+ LTE

xAnchor+ with LTE connection

xAnchor+

The hardware component is an anchor with a computing board on which the xHub software can be executed.

xEdge

The xEdge gateway. It acts as a bridge between the physical IoT hardware and the cloud platform.

Client

Client-based connection