Manual provisioning of OTAA and ABP devices
The same procedure applies to the provisioning of devices by ABP or OTAA. Only the creation form differs from one activation mode to the other. Thus, you will need to enter specific parameters according to the activation of your choice.
Ensure that you have all parameters ready to be set prior to selecting your device creation form. To learn more, click Devices' parameters.
After creating your device, you can update your device location. To learn more, click Modifying the location of the device.
There are two device location modes that you can use:
Manual mode: this mode is compatible with stationary devices. In this case you need to manually configure the device position.
Network geolocation mode: this mode is suitable for moving devices but can also be used for stationary devices if the device's exact location is not known by the user. It allows you to configure the device to be within a range of at least three base stations. In this case you need to specify the motion profile of the device in order to improve the precision.This feature is subject to licensing. To learn more about your subscription license, contact your System Integrator.
If you are entitled to an Administrator role or to a Devices and Connection Manager role, then you can commission a device. Otherwise, you cannot perform the following procedure.
Case 1 - Manual provisioning of OTAA devices using a local Join Server. To learn more, see Activation modes.
Case 2 - Manual provisioning of OTAA devices using an external Join Server. To learn more, see Activation modes.
Case 3 - Manual provisioning of ABP devices. To learn more, see Activation modes.
Case 1 - OTAA device activation with a local Join Server
Click Devices > Create or from the dashboard or the device list, click the
icon.
To activate a device, select one of the Device Manufacturers displaying on your screen.
If your Device Manufacturer is not displayed on your screen, click View More Manufacturers.
-> A more complete list of configured manufacturers appears.
If the manufacturer or model is not listed, but you are familiar with LoRaWAN® protocol and know the LoRaWAN® profile supported by your device, select "Generic".
-> A form that looks like this displays:
Fill in the form as in the example above.
Note A description of the manufacturer is displayed under the logo.
This differentiates IoT activities among several manufacturers.
Associate your device to your connection. A device can be associated with several connections.
- In the Associate Your Device With Your Connections section, choose an existing connection in the list that you want to associate with your device.
Go to the next step in Suite of devices' activation tasks using the device creation form.
Case 2 - OTAA device activation with an external Join Server
Click Devices > Create or from the dashboard or the device list, click the
icon.
To activate a device, select one of the Device Manufacturers displaying on your screen.
If your Device Manufacturer is not displayed on your screen, click View More Manufacturers.
-> A more complete list of configured manufacturers appears.
If the manufacturer or model is not listed, but you are familiar with LoRaWAN® protocol and know the LoRaWAN® profile supported by your device, select "Generic".
-> A form that looks like this displays:
Fill in the form as in the example above.
Note A description of the manufacturer is displayed under the logo.
This differentiates IoT activities among several manufacturers.
Associate your device to your connection. A device can be associated with several connections.
- In the Associate Your Device With Your Connections section, choose an existing connection in the list that you want toassociate with your device.
Go to the next step in Suite of devices' activation tasks using the device creation form.
If an owner token was provided, the claim procedure is automatically triggered towards ThingPark Activation, once the device is provisioned. Otherwise, the claim procedure must be done on the Join Server.
If the claim procedure fails for any reason (for instance, the device has not been pre-commissioned on ThingPark Activation, the device is already claimed, owner token is invalid...), the device creation in ThingPark Enterprise shall fail.
Case 3 - ABP device activation
Click Devices > Create or from the dashboard or the device list, click the
icon.
To activate a device, select one of the Device Manufacturers displaying on your screen.
If your Device Manufacturer is not displayed on your screen, click View More Manufacturers.
-> A more complete list of configured manufacturers appears.
If the manufacturer or model is not listed, but you are familiar with LoRaWAN® protocol and know the LoRaWAN® profile supported by your device, select "Generic".
-> A form that looks like this displays:
Fill in the form as in the example above.
Note A description of the manufacturer is displayed under the logo.
This differentiates IoT activities among several manufacturers.
Associate your device to your connection. A device can be associated with several connections.
- In the Associate Your Device With Your Connections section, choose an existing connection in the list that you want to associate with your device.
Go to the next step in Suite of devices' activation tasks using the device creation form.
Suite of devices' activation tasks using the device creation form
If the permission segregation based on domains has been enabled by an administrator user, associate your device with domains. If your user account has domain restrictions, the associated domains must match your domain restrictions without any domain prefix (only full domains can be assigned to resources). See Domains for more details.
Set your device location
-> The default mode displays:
Depending on the device location mode:
Either choose the Network geolocation mode, if you want the network to estimate the location of your device. The device must be within the range of at least three base stations to be located.
-> The network geolocation mode display looks like this:
- Select one of the motion speeds that your device may take to improve its location precision. Example: if the device tracks a parcel, select vehicle speed.
Or choose the manual mode, if you want to manually configure the static position of your device.
-> The manual mode display looks like this:
Set the location using one of the following possibilities:
Either use the Search box on the top of the map using the geocoding service.
Place the marker on the map.
Set the latitude and longitude in text input above the map. The compass button allows the switch between decimal and degree minute second format).
Note The marker position and latitude/longitude inputs are synchronized by the GUI, that is, if you move the marker, the latitude/longitude is automatically updated.
Note You may use Google Maps, other supported maps or GPS geographical coordinates. If the location using Google Maps does not display, it means that the Google Maps API key has not been installed on the platform. In this case, only the latitude/longitude input is displayed.
Enable the roaming if you want your device to roam away seamlessly from home and uses base stations of the visited network to reach its home network.
Note The roaming functionality is optional on self-hosted ThingPark Enterprise. It may be activated via Cockpit. For activation-deactivation through Cockpit, contact your System Integrator.
-> The default roaming display looks like this:
If you want to create another device with the same model, activation mode, connections, additional information, JoinEUI and location mode and position, tick the Create another box.
Click Create to finish the creation process of the device.
-> If you tick the Create another box in step 5, you are redirected to the device creation page. Otherwise, your device has been successfully created.