Provisioning Devices (Release 3.3 and Prior)
For SmartServer 3.4 and higher, see Provisioning, Deprovisioning, and Replacing Devices.
This page includes the following tasks:
- 1 Provisioning and Deprovisioning a Device
- 2 Provisioning and Deprovisioning Multiple Devices
- 3 Provisioning Devices in a Group
- 4 Deprovisioning Devices in a Group
- 5 Reprovisioning LON Devices
- 6 Replacing a Device
- 7 Updating Device Firmware
- 8 Monitoring Events (Putting a Device in Onnet / Offnet Mode)
- 9 Removing a Device
Provisioning and Deprovisioning a Device
Depending on the device state, a menu option will appear providing the ability to provision or deprovision a device from the Devices widget.
To provision or deprovision a device, click the Action button () on the Devices widget for the desired device.
Select the Provision Device or Deprovision Device action as appropriate.
For devices that are not yet provisioned, the Provision Device action will appear.
For devices that are provisioned, the Deprovision Device action will appear.
The device state will be updated as appropriate.
Provisioning and Deprovisioning Multiple Devices
Multiple devices may be provisioned or deprovisioned at the same time.
To provision or deprovision multiple devices, select the desired devices.
A checkmark will appear for the selected devices.Click the Action button () on the Devices widget, and select the Provision Selected Edge Devices or Deprovision Selected Edge Devices action as appropriate.
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The device state will be updated as appropriate.
Provisioning Devices in a Group
To provision all devices in a group, click the Action button (
) for the selected group on the Groups widget, and select the Provision All Devices action.
Click OK in the Confirmation dialog box to provision devices in the selected group.
Deprovisioning Devices in a Group
To deprovision all devices in a group, click the Action button (
) for the selected group on the Groups widget, and select the Deprovision All Devices action.
Click OK in the Confirmation dialog box to deprovision devices in the selected group.
Reprovisioning LON Devices
Once devices are provisioned, they appear green in the Devices widget.
It is good practice to reprovision LON devices that have been discovered and appear green (already provisioned) in the Devices widget to ensure that the LON devices are actually provisioned with the current configuration.
This scenario, where a LON device appears provisioned but may not be provisioned with the current configuration, may occur when a LON device is created and provisioned, and then the SmartServer IoT is reset to defaults using, for example, the configuration pages described in Resetting the SmartServer IoT to Factory Defaults. When the LON device is discovered after the reset, it will appear green even though the device was not subsequently provisioned.
Additionally, this scenario may occur when a LON device is defined and provisioned using LNS, and then the SmartServer is installed and the device is created in the CMS.
In these cases, the LON devices may appear green, but still require reprovisioning to ensure that they are provisioned with the current configuration.
To reprovision a device, perform the following steps:
Click the action button () on the Devices widget for the selected device.
Select the Reprovision Device action.
Click OK in the Confirmation dialog box to reprovision the selected device.