Product Features
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DeviceHub
Devices

Manage Devices

9min

After you connect devices to Manufacturing Connect Edge (MC Edge), you can navigate to DeviceHub > Devices to manage them.

Change Device View

Click the icons for Show devices grid or Show devices table to change how you view your devices.

The icons that change the device view
The icons that change the device view


Manage Individual Devices

From the Show devices grid view, you can use device tiles to access management options. Refer to the image and callouts below.

Note: If MC Edge is rebooted, the status of devices is maintained. For example, if a device is stopped and you MC Edge reboots, the device will remain in a stopped state when MC Edge restarts.

Options to manage individual devices
Options to manage individual devices


[1] Action menu

  • Edit device configuration
  • Stop/Start device
  • Remove device
  • Copy topics

[2] Copy Driver Name

[3] Copy Device ID

Access Device Information

You can access device information and edit options by doing one of the following:

  • In the Show devices grid view, click the device tile.
  • In the Show device table view, click the device name.

View Device Data

By clicking the Data tab, you can view dynamic information (data for the device).

Note: To access the Data tab, you must select the Enable Data Store option for the device.

The Data tab displays the following values:

  • Last value
  • Last Updated time of the tag

You can also download a CSV file with tag data for the last 24 hours.

Data tab
Data tab


View Device Configuration

By clicking the Configuration tab, you can view and edit parameters for the device.

View Device Tags

By clicking the Tags tab, you can view tag information and manage them.

For each tag, you can click the Action menu icon and do the following:

  • Edit the tag
  • View and copy a Write Topic
  • View and copy a Poll Topic
  • Remove the tag
  • Clone & Edit the tag

You can also click the Copy icon to copy the raw topic.

Copy icon and Action menu for device tags
Copy icon and Action menu for device tags


View and Download Logs

Note: If you view or download a log file, it will only display a maximum of the 50 most recent log entries.

Click the Logs tab (only available for Gen 2 drivers) to view log information for the device. You can also download a file of logs. You need to select the Enable Logging check box in the device configuration to view this tab.

Logs tab
Logs tab