Device Administration
Concepts
To enable setting up of devices in Data Orchestration Engine (DOE), you must understand the following concepts related to devices:
Receiver Meta Model Definition
Any system that can connect to DOE is called a receiver. To enable different receivers, such as a mobile device or an external system, to connect to DOE, receivers have been categorized and each category is defined based on a specific set of attributes. The Receiver Meta Model (RMM) allows you to define this set of attributes based on which you can create receivers/devices in DOE. Therefore, a receiver/device in DOE is defined as a collection of attributes.
At present:
· The scope of receivers is restricted only to mobile devices.
· You must create devices only for the MOBILE RMM. You must not define a new RMM. However, you can add custom attributes to the MOBILE RMM based on your requirements.
Device Creation and Maintenance
The system administrator can create and maintain devices for a particular RMM. When the administrator creates a device, a device ID is generated. This device ID is a logical identifier for a device in DOE. DOE uses the device ID to define and calculate archive and data distribution for a particular device.
Device Registration
After the device ID is generated in the DOE, it must be assigned to the client sync framework installed on the physical device. This process is called device registration and is achieved using the device registration message. This message is created by the client sync framework and sent to DOE to register the physical device. This must be the first message from the physical device after the device is setup. This message contains the following information:
· Physical ID generated by the client sync framework
Physical ID is a unique identifier generated on the physical device by the client sync framework
· Attributes about the device calculated automatically by the client sync framework
· Attributes maintained by the user of the device
To complete the device registration process, the DOE registers the device based on the information in the device registration message and sends the device ID to the client sync framework on the physical device.
After the device registration is complete:
· The state of the logical device in the DOE changes to Registered.
The state of the device ID in the DOE before registration is Initial.
· The synchronization queues maintained for the particular device ID, are assigned to the physical device.
· The physical ID, which the physical device provides, is stored in the receiver store of the DOE. As a result, the physical device can synchronize data with the DOE as the DOE can identify the physical device.
Test Device
Before you deploy a mobile component to a large number of productive mobile devices, you must test it to check for any inconsistencies or errors. To do this, you must create a device that allows you to test the mobile components that are uploaded to the DOE. After testing the mobile component, if you do not encounter any errors or inconsistencies, then you can deploy it on client devices or assign it to device profiles.
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