Devices

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This context is a container for all Devices of a certain user.

Unique Actions [?]

This action is used to add a new Device to the system. It consists of several steps:

1. User is prompted to specify Device name (i.e. name of Device Context) and type (type of Device Driver that will communicate with Device).

2. A new Device Context is created on the server.

2. The user configures the connection properties for the new Device using an Edit Properties UI Procedure.

Action Name:	create
Action Icon:
Permissions:	Accessible at Manager permission level

TUTORIAL: CONFIGURE A Device

This action starts an Interactive Guide to help connect a new Device to AggreGate Server and configure it.

This context may provide some other unique actions, depending on the Device Driver managing it. For example, if it is managed by an AggreGate Agent driver, it will contain a Configure Agent action, to configure an Agent application.

Action Name:	guide
Action Icon:
Non-Interactive Mode:	Not Supported
Permissions:	Accessible at Observer permission level

Common Actions [?]

Replicate To Children, Import, Export, Edit Context Permissions, Monitor Related Events, Search/Filter, various Grouped Actions according to child contexts.

Context States and Icons

This context has no states. It is always represented by the icon.

Advanced Information

Context Information

Context Type: devices

Context Name: devices

Context Description: Devices

Context Path: users.USER_NAME.devices

Context Mask: users.*.devices

Context Permissions: Observer

Public Variables (Properties) [?]

This context has no public variables (properties).

Public Functions [?]

Common Functions: makeCopy (Make Copy), delete (Delete)

Add Device

Creates new device account.

Function Name:

add

Permissions:

Accessible at Manager permission level

Input Records:

Input Format:

Name	Type	Description
driver	String	ID of device driver plugin.
name	String	Name of account.
description	String	Account description.

Output Records:

Output Format:

None

Public Events [?]

Common Events: info (Information)