Device management · M2M

M2M

Platform

Central supervision and group administration of Intelliport routers through a clear, shared interface

Central supervisionGroup administrationScheduled updates
M2M Platform

Product role

A shared interface for the router fleet

The platform supports administration and group management of any number of Intelliport routers its interfaces were designed to improve system-administrator productivity while minimising network traffic generated by management operations

Typical applications

Day-to-day router operations

Supervision, search, updates and status analysis in a shared administration interface

Status monitoring

Review current device status and changes.

Device search

Find routers and device groups quickly.

Group updates

Centrally manage and schedule firmware and configuration changes.

Issue investigation

Analyse device-status time series with BI tools.

Map supervision

Display device locations, data and status.

Key capabilities

Central device-management capabilities

From fleet overview to group operations

Dashboard

Overview of status, traffic and technical parameters.

Time-series storage

Timestamped device-status records for analysis.

Hierarchical groups

Tree structures and group-level router parameters.

Configuration management

Full or partial updates for individual devices or groups.

Permission management

Manage administrator passwords and device certificates.

Log management

Query logs and forward them to processing systems.

Technical specification

Functions and operational actions

Device-supervision and administration functions of the platform

Device supervisionDashboard · time series · map
Overview and searchCurrent network-component status, traffic, location and technical parameters; change monitoring and quick searches for devices or groups.
Status time seriesSignal strength, cell ID and other device-status readings are stored with timestamps. BI tools can analyse them to identify potential issues, including frequent cell changes.
Map viewDevice data and status on a map; automatic coordinates for GPS-capable devices and manual coordinates for other devices.
Device and group administrationRegistration · firmware · configuration
Device registryAutomatic device login after joining the network, registration of unregistered devices, deletion and organisation into groups.
Firmware and configurationUpload and assignment to a variant; individual or group updates, partial configuration updates and scheduled firmware or configuration updates.
GroupsTree-structured groups, router-parameter assignment and allowlist or blocklist management.
Permissions and operationsPassword · certificate · log
Passwords and certificatesIndividual or group updates of device-administrator passwords with compulsory review; individual device-certificate management.
LogsDevice-log queries including connection logs of attached devices; forwarding received logs to configurable processing systems.
Operational actionsRemote device restart and list export to Excel.

Next step

Select the right M2M configuration

Discuss the router fleet, group operations and administration tasks

Useful for the consultationRouters and device groupsFirmware and configuration-update tasksLog-processing and status-analysis needs