Devices in the IoT menu is where you find, add and manage every device of your organisation: sensors, controllers, cameras, LoRaWAN gateways and sensors, gateway children and polled boxes. Selecting a device opens its quick view or its full page. This page describes both.
The Devices list
The header says “Every device of this workspace, its connection and firmware.” A small note shows Live when the list is updated by push, or Updates every 30 s.
Columns
| Column | Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The device name, with a Gateway badge for gateways, and Quarantined or Disabled when it applies. |
| Connection | Online, Offline, Last seen time (profiles with Last seen only), or Never connected. |
| IP address | The address of the newest connection (for HTTP and polled devices, of the newest activity). |
| Profile | The device profile. Hidden on narrow screens. |
| Firmware | The title and version the device reports. Hidden on narrow screens. |
| Last seen | When the device was last heard from. |
| Row action | Edit opens the edit drawer. |
Sort by the column headers. Choose the rows per page (20 by default).
Search and filters
- Search by name, serial or IP address.
- Filters: Profile, Connection (Online, Offline, Last seen only), Status (Active, Quarantined, Disabled), Gateway (Yes, No).
- The search, filters, sort and page are kept in the page address. Copy it to share the exact list.
Header buttons
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| Awaiting approval (n) | Opens the list of quarantined devices to activate. Without the approval module it is a Quarantined (n) quick filter. See Quarantine for self-registered devices. |
| New device | Opens the New device drawer. |
| ⋯ (More actions) | Opens the menu below. |
The New device drawer
The drawer asks What are you adding? and offers one choice per way your organisation has (each only when its module is on and you hold its permissions):
| Choice | See |
|---|---|
| The licensed-device choice (“With the code on its Cloud page: scan it or type it.”) | Adding and claiming devices |
| Camera or recorder | Add a camera or recorder |
| Network device | Protocol endpoints |
| LoRaWAN gateway | Add a LoRaWAN gateway |
| LoRaWAN device | Add an OTAA device |
| Other device | Adding and claiming devices |
The ⋯ menu
| Entry | Opens |
|---|---|
| Readings mapping | Reading bindings: device keys that feed business records (an asset’s meter, a cold room’s temperature). |
| Settings | Device settings: credentials of new devices (Issue an access token for new devices, Minimum length of a chosen MQTT password), reading bindings per device, and the connection webhooks. |
| Gateway map | The LoRaWAN gateways on a map. See Gateway status, health and the map. |
| LoRaWAN frames | The live frames log. See The frames log. |
| LoRaWAN codecs | The codec library and your own codecs. See The codec library. |
| Certificates | Device certificates. See Device certificates. |
Entries appear only when their module is on and you hold the permission.
The quick view
Selecting a row opens the device’s quick view on the right (Device name): its profile, address, recent activity and the latest events. ↑ and ↓ move between devices (“n of total“), Esc closes, Open full page opens the device page, and Open the log jumps to its Log tab. The browser’s Back button closes the quick view.
The device page
Header
The header shows the name with its badges, the Serial, Profile (a link to the profile), Firmware, Protocol and IP address, and these buttons:
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| Copy ID | Copies the device ID for the API. |
| Edit | Opens Edit device (below). |
| Activate | For a quarantined device: approves it. |
| Delete device | Asks “Delete this device?”: “Its credential is revoked at once and its session ends.” |
Other modules add buttons here, for example opening a licensed router’s web panel, eSIM (in development), or setting up a 3D or 2D view.
Edit device
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Name | Required. “A new name ends the device’s live connection; it connects again by itself.” |
| Label | Free text. |
| Type | “A free word the lists can show (a pump, a meter, a camera). Leave it empty for none.” |
| Profile | “The profile sets the online rule and the telemetry keys; a new profile ends the live connection.” |
| Status | Active or Disabled. “A disabled device is refused when it connects.” A quarantined device is approved with Activate instead. |
| Additional info | “A small JSON object (a location, a note)”, for example {"room": "B2"}. Up to 50 keys and 8 KiB. |
A change that ends the live connection asks Save changes to name? first; disabling asks Disable name?
Tabs
The device page’s own tabs are always there. Other tabs appear when their module is on, you hold their permission, and they apply to the device’s profile.
| Tab | Shows | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | Label, type, serial, firmware, gateway flag, last activity, last connected and disconnected, created. | — |
| Attributes | Server, shared and client attributes; add, edit and delete. | Attributes |
| Credentials | The credential type and identifiers, Rotate secret, and the Connection details card. Administrators only, and only for devices that log in themselves. | Device credentials |
| Log | Connections and changes in one timeline (Show: All, Connections, Changes). | Connection status and activity |
| Telemetry | Latest values, history and a chart. | The device’s Telemetry tab |
| Ownership | Serial, model and release, for licensed devices. | Adding and claiming devices |
| Views | 2D drawings and 3D views of this device. | Binding symbols to live data |
| Alarms | The device’s alarms. | Working with alarms |
| Commands | Send commands and see their history. | Sending commands to devices |
| Feeds | The business records this device’s keys feed. | — |
| LoRaWAN | Radio details of a LoRaWAN device or gateway. | The device’s LoRaWAN tab |
| Connection | The endpoint of a polled device, with Edit endpoint. | Protocol endpoints |
| Certificate | The device’s X.509 certificate. | Device certificates |
| Watch, Camera, Snapshots, Recordings | Camera live view and camera data. | Cameras |
| Firmware | Running version, update and history. | Firmware updates (OTA) |
| Placement | The site or asset the device is on. | Placing devices |
| Settings | Remote settings of licensed devices. | Remote device settings |
The open tab is kept in the page address (?tab=), so you can link to it.
Disable or delete
| Disable | Delete | |
|---|---|---|
| Live connection | Ends now | Ends now |
| Credential | Kept | Revoked at once |
| Can come back | Yes: set Status to Active | No |
| Readings | Kept | Removed in the background; they age out with your retention anyway |
| Counts toward the device limit | Yes | No |
A delete is refused while another part of Hermetry still refers to the device, or cannot confirm that nothing does; the message names what refers to it. Cards that pointed at a deleted device show no data.
Tip
To pass a licensed device to another organisation, release it on its Ownership tab instead of deleting it.