Register Wildfire Sensors

Before mounting the Wildfire Sensor, scan the Device ID using the Deployment app to register the Sensor and provide its GPS location with the Silvanet Cloud.

Device ID

Each Silvanet Wildfire Sensor has its own unique Device ID (also referred to as Serial ID). It is provided as a unique text string as well as a QR Code printed on a label attached to the Sensor.

Register Device ID

1. In the Silvanet Deployment app, tap a Site.

Select a Site

1. In the list of devices that appears, tap a Wildfire Sensor. Alternately, tap Show Devices on Map.

Select a device

1. On the page that appears, tap Register Device. The blue dot on the map show your current location.

Tap Register Device

Finding the deployment location

Note the Sensor is 120 m away from the user. Use this map to move towards the deployment location.

1. If you tapped Show Devices on Map, the map shows an overview of the Site on the map. Your location is indicated by a blue dot.

Map showing current location

1. Once the deployment location is found, scan the device's QR Code which is attached to the back of the Sensor. The Deployment app automatically fills in the Sensor's latitude and longitude using the Smartphone's GPS location.

Scan QR Code

1. The Deployment app automatically fills in the Sensor's latitude and longitude using the Smartphone's GPS location.

Entering Device ID (Serial ID) manually

If the QR Code cannot be added, the information can be entered manually. Tap Enter Serial ID Manually to continue.

1. After successfully scanning the QR Code, the Deployment app shows a Registration successful screen. The device icon changes from Planned to Deployed. For more information, see Status icons.

Registration successful

Confirm mounting in Deployment app

1. After the Registration successful message appears in the Deployment app. Brief instructions are provided for mounting correctly the Wildfire Sensor.

Mounting instructions

1. Tap Confirm.

2. After you have correctly mounted the Wildfire Sensor (see mounting instructions below) and is fully charged, an Installation successful message appears.

Installation successful

1. Dismiss the dialog by tapping Close or you can view the Device Details by tapping Show Device Details.

Device Details

See Also

For details, see Mount Wildfire Sensors.