Send Directive

The Send Directive Action causes the system to send out a message to a registered device. The platform only supports outbound messaging to certain device types, so this action requires that the current account have one such supported device. Furthermore, the device profile of this device must contain at least one enabled outbound message. Some device profiles contain outbound messages by default, but these can be disabled; others allow the user to add new message types, and the user can specify whether a message type is used for inbound or outbound communication. If these prerequisites are met, a Send Directive action can be created using the following panel:

This panel contains a number of fields that must be set in order to send a directive:

• Device Type, the type of device to which the system will send a directive. All device types for which the account has a registered data gateway and that allow outbound communication are possible options.
• Device Code, the code of the device to which the system will send a directive.
• Account Namespace,the unique device prefix for this account. This value is configured at account level, appearing hear as a read only value for reference
• Device Profile, the device profile used by the desired device.
• Directive, the type of outbound message the system will send. All outbound messages contained in the specified device profile are listed.
• Property Mappings, the values of the fields of the selected directive type.