Activate a Device

A device can be activated after it is registered and an application has been created and run on the device. During activation, the device indicates support for indirect enrollment. A device indicating indirect enrollment capability is automatically changed from DCD to Gateway.

1. Register your directly connected device. See Registering a Single Device.
2. Create an application for the device using the Oracle Internet of Things Cloud Service Client Software Library APIs. See Developing Device Software Using the Client Software Libraries.

   When using the Java Client Library, for example, use the following steps to initialize and activate the device:

   1. Add this statement to the device application code to initialize the device:

      DirectlyConnectdDevice dcd = new DirectlyConnectedDevice(configFilePath, configFilePassword);

   2. Add this statement to the device application code to activate the device:

      if (!dcd.isActivated())
      { dcd.activate(deviceModelUrn); }

3. Verify the device has been activated:
   1. Open the Oracle Internet of Things Cloud Service Management Console.
   2. Click the Menu () icon adjacent to the Oracle Internet of Things Cloud Service title on the Management Console.
   3. Click Devices.
   4. Click Management.
   5. Locate the device in the device table or use the Property and Value fields at the top of the table to search for a specific device.
   6. Verify Activated and not Registered is displayed in the State column.