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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 when the device first connects to Developer Center. An activation code is purchased with an expiration date. When the activation code for the device expires, a new activation code is automatically consumed. 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?
1. 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 the account, including all consumed and unconsumed activation codes.
● Available: The remaining number of activation codes available for use under the account, i.e. unconsumed activation codes.
● Consumed: The number of activation codes consumed by devices connected to Developer Center under the account.
2. Activation Code Consumption Details: Click "Resource Management” > “Activation Code 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 the account, including all consumed and unconsumed activation codes.
● Consumed: The number of activation codes consumed by devices connected to Developer Center under the account.
● Available: The remaining number of activation codes available for use under the account, i.e. unconsumed activation codes.
3. 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 Acceleronix 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 support@acceleronix.io
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: The number of OTA updates allowed per month.
- Storage duration: The storage duration for device-reported information on Developer Center.
Example: The activation code package allowance for a product: Valid for 5 years, 1500 messages/day/device, 1 OTA upgrade/month/device, 7-day storage period.
① Once a device under this product connects to Developer Center, its activation code remains valid for 5 years. After 5 years, the device will consume a new activation code.
② Devices under this product can send and receive up to 1500 messages per day. Messages consumed exceeding the limit will be charged separately.
③ Devices under this product can update once per month with a data limit of 5 MB per upgrade. Any data consumption exceeding 5 MB will be divided by 5 and rounded up as excess OTA updates for an extra charge.For example, If an OTA upgrade of a device consumes data of 6 MB, the OTA upgrade attempts consumed is 6/5=1.2, rounded up to 2.
④ The storage duration for device information under this product is 7 days, meaning uplink and downlink data are stored for 7 days. Resources consumed exceeding the package allowance will be billed collectively on the 1st day of the following month. You can purchase a corresponding top-up package to offset these charges.
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 enterprise account with 10 free activation codes for product development and debugging.
For more detailed operations on activation codes, please refer to【Resource Management】-【Activation Code Management】 in the user guide.