The Devices Table is where the per-device settings are configured. Larger tables are split across multiple pages (up to 40 devices per page). Each row corresponds to the settings for one device. Each column is for a particular type of setting as follows:

ID

This column is for information only. It is the unique ID of the node.

Name

Friendly user configurable name for the device. When the settings are "Applied" the name is saved to the system configuration and is persistent between restarts.

The coordinator in S500 networks is highlighted yellow and Gateways are highlighted green so that their roles are obvious to the user.

Profile

Devices are linked to Profiles. The list box allows any of the pre-defined Profiles to be assigned to devices. Profiles are defined elsewhere.

Role

Device roles may be 'Fixed', 'Static', 'Movable', 'Slow', 'Pedestrian', 'Active', 'Athletic', 'Vehicle', 'Sport', or 'Unconstrained'. The role is used to automatically map device behaviour to optimise performance for the desired function.

Operating Mode (Mode)

Devices modes may be 'Gateway', 'Router', 'Active', 'Balanced', 'Low Power', or 'Adhoc'. Gateways provide connectivity to the whereBox and they are automatically detected. The rest of the Roles are ordered from highest to lowest power, which also tends to correlate with higher to lower performance.

Enable (En)

Used to Disable devices. When disabled it plays no further part in the system operation.

Reportable (Rp)

Devices that are reportable generate output that is available to applications via the API. Devices that are not reportable play an active role in the network, but do not generate outputs for applications.

Interval (Update interval)

Sets the reporting interval on a per-device basis. Not supported by S500 yet.

Set X, Set Y, Set Z

Reference coordinates assigned to the device. In the case of Fixed and Static devices they represent the known position of the device (with different tolerance) and for other Roles this is the centre point of any applied constraints.

Sensor Mode (S)

For Nanotron swarm bee this turns on MEMs reporting, for S500 it defines the sensor operating mode in combination with the designated Role.

Firmware

Firmware version of device - information only.

Temperature

Reported temperature - information only.

Battery

Battery status - percentage remaining or battery voltage - information only.

Last Seen

Time since last seen - information only

Advanced (Ad)

This button calls up the Advanced settings dialogue allowing manual adjustment to any device settings.

Delete (De)

Pressing this red button will delete the node from the table. The user is prompted via a pop-up dialogue box to guard against accidental node deletion.