Send downlink commands

Owned by Brent Meriwether (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Aug 10, 2022 by Rob Siegel
2 min read

Downlink commands are supported by the following operations:

  1. Manually sending downlink commands via the Console.

    1. You can send whatever command you want.

    2. You must know the command/port info to send.

  2. Using the commands we’ve added to the device Template.

    1. Users can adjust these settings themselves by simply going to the Settings screen for their device.

    2. Only certain supported commands have been added. In order for commands to be supported they must be added into the Device Template being used.

  3. Directly via your myDevices LNS Instance

    1. Requires that we set up a private LNS instance for you first.

    2. You can send whatever command you want.

    3. You must know the command/port info to send.

Sending downlink commands can be done from the Console > Device Registry screen.

  1. Log into the Console and go to the Device Registry screen.

  2. Use the search fields to find the devices you want to send the commands to.

    1. You can use the individual search fields or you can use the Bulk search option.

    2. Either way, make sure the devices you want to send the command to are selected.

  3. Expands the Bulk Actions and select Send downlink command.

  4. In the dialog that follows, you can enter the downlink command and port information and send the payload to the selected devices.

 

 

  1. Log into your myDevices LNS instance: https://lns.mydevices.com/#/login

  2. Search the device’s DevEUI in the search box at the top of the page.

  3. Click the DevEUI from the search results to go to the device’s page.

  4. On the Details tab, scroll down to the Enqueue Downlink Payload area:

     

  5. In the Port field, enter the port number to send the downlink command on.

  6. Check the box to send a confirmed downlink command

  7. In the Base64 encoded String field, enter a Base64-encoded downlink payload

  8. Click Enqueue Payload to send the payload to the device. Please note that most devices will not pick up the Enqueued Payload until their next check-in.