Assigning an Update Package for Onboarding to a Device

To enable an SDO-compliant device to connect to Device Cloud, it must be associated with an update package for onboarding that contains the Device Cloud agent and other required files.

You can assign a package to one ore more devices that have not onboarded successfully.

You need the following

  • the onboarding package created in Device Cloud through the Update Packages link on the LaunchPad

  • your ownership receipt file that contains the device information uploaded to Device Cloud

  • a user name and password for Device Cloud.

  1. In your browser's address bar, type the URL you were given when you received your Device Cloud account, and then on the Sign In page, type your user name and password in the boxes and click SUBMIT.
  2. If the devices to which you want to assign the package are not in your default organization, select Switch organization on the LaunchPad and select the organization into which you uploaded your ownership certificate.
    Device Cloud - LaunchPad with SDO and Update Packages
  3. On the LaunchPad, click Secure Device Onboard.
  4. On the Add New SDO-Compliant Devices page, select the devices to which you want to assign a package, and then click ASSIGN PACKAGE.
  5. In the Select Package window, select the name of the package you want to assign, and then click ASSIGN.

In the Current Package column for each device, the package identifier appears and the Status column shows Assigned. The devices to which you assigned to package can now onboard successfully with Device Cloud.

When your devices onboard, they appear on the Things page on the Management Portal, which you access through the Development Tools link on the LaunchPad.