Device Types Page Manual 3.0

Access to this menu in Betools through: Commons > Device Types

In this page it is possible to review all the different Device Types that can exist in GVP and associate them with the required Instance(s) (Operator must be a member of OB Administrator’s group).

Blocks

Device Types

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Device Type basic information

Field	Description	Restrictions
Name	Name informative, internal	Mandatory
Description	The description of this Device Type	Readonly
Owner	Operator that created this item.	Readonly
Device Type Group ID	The group where this device type belongs to.	-
Blackout Target Technology	Indicates the blackouts technology of your device.	- ott - iptv - both
Notification Type	Type of Notification system that is used with this device type: GCM: Google Notification system APN: Apple Push notifications. Mediaroom	Mandatory
Include Settings Partition information on GVP Token	Indicates if the gvp token information includes the settings partition info.	Mandatory

Instance Devices

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This block allows to configure the list of instances where this device type is configured and its settings for each one. This list of devices can be managed in the Instance Devices page or in the Devices block in the Instances page.

Instance Devices block

Add this Device type to an instance

1. Use the button and a new row will be added so you can configure the instance device type.
2. Fill in the required information
3. Once finished, save changes by using the in the device type page and the device type will be associated to the selected instance.
   

Add existing Instance Device type

1. Click the button and a dialog will open to select and existing Instance Device.
2. Once finished, save changes by using the in the device type page and the Instance Device will be associated. Take into account that if the Instance Device was already linked to another device type, it will be unlinked from that device type and linked to this new one.
   

Modify instance device types

1. You can edit in the list the different instance device types to update some of the information.
2. Once finished, save changes by using the in the Instance page and the updated device type will be saved.

Remove Device types from Instance

1. Use the button to remove the association of the device type from an Instance .
2. Once finished, save changes by using the in the device type page and the instance device will be deleted.

Applications

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This block allows to manage the different applications that are associated to a Device Type. This can be used to login using the [LoginApplicationToken] method of UNIAPI, that allows to login using an app token.

Applications management block

Add new Applications

• Use the button and a new row will be added so you can fill in the fields.
• Once finished, save changes by using the in the device types page and the Applications will be associated.
  

Add existing Applications

• Click the button and a dialog will open to select and existing Applications file.
• Once finished, save changes by using the in the device types page and the Applications will be associated.
  

Remove Applications from device types

• Use the button to remove the association of an device types file from the Applications.
• Once finished, save changes by using the in the device types page.

Actions

Create	Edit	Edit in List	Bulk Edit	Copy	Copy with Relateds	Delete

Create

Device Type creation is not allowed through MIB. Only global operators can do it, using the Creating New Device Types manual.

Edit

Device Type modifications is only allowed for Administrator and OB Administrator profiles.

Edit in List

Edit in list is not enabled for this page.

Bulk Edit

Bulk Edit is enabled in this page, allowing you to modify several items at the same time. However, not all the relateds blocks will be available for performing a bulk edit operation. The blocks available are:

• Basic information

Copy

Copy is not enabled in this page, as the Device Type creation is not allowed to be done through MIB.

Copy with relateds

Copy with relateds is not enabled in this page, as the Device Type creation is not allowed to be done through MIB.

Delete

Device Types cannot be deleted through MIB.