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Activation Code Introduction
What Is an Activation Code?
Device activation code, also known as "license", is the only valid credential for devices to connect to Developer Center. An activation code is consumed once a device goes online on Developer Center. An activation code is purchased with an expiration date. When a device's activation code expires, it will automatically consume a new activation code. If there are insufficient activation codes available, the device will be taken offline and reset to an inactive state, unable to connect to the platform.
How to View an Activation Code?
- Activation Code Overview: On the "Product Management” page, you can view an overview of activation code consumption for your account.
Fields:
● Total: The total number of activation codes under this account, including all consumed and unconsumed activation codes.
● Remaining: The number of activation codes that are still available for consumption under this account, i.e. unconsumed activation codes.
● Used: The number of activation codes consumed by devices connected to Developer Center under this account.
- Activation Code Consumption Details: Click "Resource Management" > "License Management", and you can view detailed information about the consumption of activation codes under your account. (Only the activation codes of the data center to which the account belongs are displayed.)
Fields:
● Total: The total number of activation codes under this account, including all consumed and unconsumed activation codes.
● Used: The number of activation codes consumed by devices connected to Developer Center under this account.
● Remaining: The number of activation codes that are still available for consumption under this account, i.e. unconsumed activation codes.
- Activation Code Consumption for a Specific Product: On the "Product Management" page, the product card displays the total number of activation codes and the remaining available activation codes for each product.
How to Purchase an Activation Code?
When your devices enter the mass production stage or when existing activation codes expire, you need to purchase activation codes to support continuous device connection with Developer Center.
You can contact Quectel sales or business personnel to assist you with activation code purchase. When purchasing activation codes, please specify the product information (i.e., PK).
You can also contact us through email for activation code purchase at csc@quectel.com.
Once the purchase is completed, the activation codes will be credited to your Developer Center account.
Activation Code Package Allowance Each product's activation code comes with a corresponding package allowance which includes the following resource allocations:
- Activation code validity period: The validity period for device connectivity to Developer Center.
- Device messages: The number of uplink and downlink messages per day through Developer Center.
- Device OTA upgrade: Each device is entitled to 12 OTA upgrades per year. Each annual cycle consists of 360 days, starting from the device activation date.
- Storage duration: The storage duration for device-reported information on Developer Center is 7 days by default.
Example: The activation code package allowance for a product: Valid for 5 years, 1500 messages/day/device, 12 OTA upgrades/year/device, 7-day storage period. ① After devices under this product connect to Developer Center, their activation codes remain valid for 5 years. After 5 years, these devices will consume new activation codes.
② Devices under this product can send and receive up to 1,500 messages per day. Once the daily limit of 1,500 messages is reached, no further message transmission is allowed. The message quota will reset the next day.
③ Devices under this product are entitled to 12 OTA upgrades per year, with a maximum firmware package size of 5 MB per upgrade. Example: If a device performs an OTA upgrade with a firmware package size of 60.5 MB, the number of OTA upgrades consumed is calculated as 60.5 ÷ 5 = 12.1, which is rounded up to 13. In other words, the device consumes 13 OTA upgrades. Since this exceeds the annual allowance of 12 upgrades, the device must purchase an OTA top-up package in advance to ensure sufficient upgrade allowance.
④ The data storage duration for devices under this product is 7 days, meaning that Developer Center retains the original uplink and downlink log data for 7 days and automatically deletes it afterward.
Note: Each product can only have one activation code package allowance. Once an activation code has been assigned to a product, the allowances of subsequent activation codes must be consistent with that of the assigned one. If you want to upgrade your activation code packages, the activation code allowance for all devices under this product will be uniformly upgraded.
Free Activation Codes
Developer Center provides each account with free activation codes for product development and debugging, and the specific allocation is as follows:
| Enterprise Account | Individual Account |
|---|---|
| 10 Free Activation Codes | 5 Free Activation Codes |
When an individual account is verified as an enterprise account, 5 additional activation codes will be provided, bringing the total to 10 free activation codes.
For more detailed operations on activation codes, please refer to【Resource Management】-【License Management】 in the user guide.