Connect a Device

Thanks for choosing Milesight Development Platform! In this place, we will guide you through the major steps to help you add devices to platform quickly.

Step 1. Create a Milesight account

Before you can use Milesight Development Platform, you need to go to Milesight Development Platform to create an account.

For more information, see Become a Milesight Developer.

Step 2. Add your devices to Milesight Development Platform

Note: Milesight Development Platform will generate three demo devices for every account automatically to familiar with the features or set up display demo easily even there is not any hardware device.

  1. Inquire the Supported Devices list before you start deploying devices.

    Note:
    • If your devices are not included in the list, click here to submit feedbacks.
    • If your devices are in the list but not working with supported firmware, click here to download firmware to upgrade devices.
  2. Add your devices to Milesight Development Platform.

    For more information, see Add devices individually.

  3. Select the device data storage time as Never Store or 1 Day. The data storage content is include properties, event logs and service logs.

    For more information, see Device Data Storage.

    Note: when data storage is disabled, users can only receive device data via WebHook. The platform will not save any data, but service invocation and device configuration provision will not be affected.

Step 3. Configure your devices to connect Milesight Development Platform

Click here to be familiar with the operation guides of devices first.

Non-LoRaWAN End Devices
  1. Configure the device to access Internet network.
  2. Go to web GUI of device to enable the management by Milesight Development Platform.
  3. If you need the device to receive the configuration from Milesight Development Platform, enable Auto Provision option.
    Note: If you enabled Auto Provision for this device and set it NOT to connect to Milesight Development Platform, the device's status will consistently stay Disconnected.
LoRaWAN End Devices
  1. Ensure there is already at least one LoRaWAN gateway online on the Milesight Development Platform and Milesight Development Platform LNS is enabled.

  2. Power on the end device and keep default settings. If you already changed the default settings, it is necessary to configure below parameters to connect to Milesight Development Platform:
    1. Select join type as OTAA;
    2. Configure Application Key as 5572404C696E6B4C6F52613230313823;
    3. Select supported frequency the same as LoRaWAN gateway.
      Note: it is suggested to set channel index as 8-15 for US915 or AU915, which is the same as default settings of Milesight LoRaWAN gateway.

Step 4. Explore Milesight Development Platform services

  • Have an overview of the supported devices and features.

    For more information, see Device Overview.

  • Apply custom settings for device Auto Provision, you need to create a custom Profile template.

    For more information, see Create a Custom Config Template.

  • Monitor device status and information, and invoke device services remotely.

    For more information, see View Device Details and Invoke Services.

  • Batch configure devices on Milesight Development Platform.

    For more information, see Configure Devices in Bulk.

  • Tailor your device list view according to your preference.

    For more information, see Customize Device List Columns.

  • Share devices to other Milesight Development Platform accounts.

    For more information, see Share Devices.

  • Remote access the web GUI of devices via Milesight Development Platform.

    For more information, see Remote Access Devices.

  • Upgrade devices over-the-air via Milesight Development Platform.

    For more information, seeUpgrade Devices .