Share Devices

This topic describes how to share operation permissions of devices to other accounts.

Prerequisites

  • There are devices in the owner's account.
  • The recipients already have Milesight Development Platform accounts.

Procedure

Milesight Development Platform supports to share devices with three modes:
Share Specific Devices
You can share the operation permission of specific devices to other accounts.
  1. Log in to Milesight Development Platform.
  2. On the top bar, select the Device tab.

  3. Click Share.
    • Share devices in bulks: Select the devices you need to share, then select Share.
    • Share devices individually: double-click the desired device, click Share.
  4. Select Share Specific Devices tab, then fill in the parameters.

    1. Click the box or type information (SN, DevEUI, Device Name, IMEI) to search for devices, then select devices.
      Note: not support to select devices which the owner belongs to other accounts.
    2. Type the full email address to add the recipient account. One device can be shared to 10 accounts at most.
    3. Select the operation permission desired to share.
    4. Select the expiration time to share the devices. The supported time range is between 1 day to unlimited.
Share with Application
You can share the operation permissions of devices within specific applications. When there is a device added to this application, the device will be shared automatically.
  1. Log in to Milesight Development Platform.
  2. On the top bar, select the Device tab.

  3. Click Share directly or double-click any device, click Share.

  4. Select Share with Application tab, then fill in the parameters.

    1. Click the box or type name to search for applications, then select the application.
    2. Type the full email address to add the recipient account.
    3. Select the operation permission desired to share.
    4. Select the expiration time to share the devices. The supported time range is between 1 day to unlimited.
Share via Project Tag
You can share the operation permissions of devices with the same project tag. When there is a device added with this project tag, the device will be shared automatically.
Note: The project tag is added to device via Add a Device API.
  1. Log in to Milesight Development Platform.
  2. On the top bar, select the Device tab.

  3. Click Share directly or double-click any device, click Share.

  4. Select Share via Project Tag tab, then fill in the parameters.

    1. Click the box or type name to search for project tags, then select the project.
    2. Type the full email address to add the recipient account.
    3. Select the operation permission desired to share.
    4. Select the expiration time to share the devices. The supported time range is between 1 day to unlimited.

Result

Owner

The sharing information will be shown besides device status tabs.

Recipient

The recipient will receive the sharing notification in Dashboard page.

Click this notification check the basic sharing information of device. This can also be found under Basic Info page of device. The recipient can operate the device according to the operation permissions.

Share Log

Double-click the desired device to check share or unshare details under Log page.