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How to register devices

Introduction​

Biotz offers two ways for registering physical devices of a certain device type. This is used by Biotz to generate internal machinery for specific devices. But also as a way to have data of the collection of devices gathered together.

Prerequisites​

Before registering a device, the device type to which it belongs must be created.

Register a device​

Biotz offers two ways to register devices:

  • Using the specific UI one by one.
  • Uploading a cvs with data of 1 to n devices to register all of them in one go.

Using the UI

Follow the steps:

  • From the lateral menu navigate to 'Device management - Devices'.
  • At the right side top of this new view there will be a button that says 'New device'.
  • That will present the form for the device registration.

Using the UI

Parameters description:

  • Device type - compulsory -: select the device type already created.
  • Name - compulsory -: name of the device.
  • Description: description of the device.
  • Time Zone: time zone of the location of the device.
  • Tags: tags for device classification purpose.

Using the CSV way

Follow the steps:

  • From the lateral menu navigate to 'Device management - Devices'.
  • At the right side top of this new view there will be a button that says 'Create devices form CSV'.
  • That will present the form for the device registration.

Using the CSV way

Parameters description:

  • Device type - compulsory -: select the device type already created.
  • File droping area.

Expected file is a CSV format file that must contain the following columns:

  • name
  • description
  • timezone

And there must be at least a row with data of a device in it.