Device overview in Nebula Beta

Devices are pieces of hardware such as electronic locks, gateways and controllers. They can be any item of hardware used in the Nebula system.

It's useful to consider that electronic locks are the "core" types of device in Nebula. Other devices such as gateways, encoders could be considered more "peripheral" hardware items.

This overview section refers only to generic functionality that is applicable to all device types. For a full description of how to manage devices see the sections relating to each individual device type.

Naming devices

As well as using a coherent naming pattern when naming devices in Nebula, make sure you also use a unique name for each device type. That's to say, if you create an access point called "Main entrance", you cannot create another access point in your installation called "Main entrance". However, you could create a gateway called "Main entrance", if required.

See the sections on each specific device type for more details on naming devices.

Deleting devices

You can delete devices in Nebula as long as they have not already been configured with the app.

If a device has already been configured, it must first be reset using the app.

See resetting devices for more information.

Replacing devices

You can replace broken devices with new ones without losing the information belonging to the device. This might be useful if, for example, you need to replace an electronic lock but want to maintain the device's associated access rights and activity.

To do so, once the device has been removed and when the new device is in place, an installer must use the Nebula app to configure the new device.

They need to use the "Replace a device" link on the app Configure screen. They also need to ensure that they select the name of the device they're replacing from the list of names of already configured devices.

See also replacing devices in the installer section of the user guide.