The demo allows you to monitor and manage your device remotely using Digi Remote Manager APIs.

Follow these steps to manage your device remotely using Remote Manager:

1. Add your device to Remote Manager

If your device is already registered in Remote Manager, you can skip this step.

To manage the ConnectCore device remotely, you must create a Remote Manager account if you do not already have one. Go to https://www.digi.com/products/cloud/digi-remote-manager.

Before you can monitor and manage your device, you must add it to your Remote Manager account. To do so:

  1. Log in to your Remote Manager account (https://remotemanager.digi.com).

  2. Select Devices on the left navigation bar to display a list of the devices registered in your account.

  3. Click Add. The Add Devices dialog appears.

  4. Write the Ethernet MAC address of your device and click Add Device.

    You can find the Ethernet MAC address on the front white label of the device.

  5. Click Add Device to register the device to your account. A new entry for your device appears in your device inventory.

  6. Your device automatically connects to Digi Remote Manager. Press the Refresh button located on the Remote Manager toolbar. The device appears as connected in your list of devices.

2. Set up the Remote Manager web application

Once your device is registered and connected to Remote Manager, you can launch the Remote Manager web application to control your device:

  1. Download the software package for the demo from https://ftp1.digi.com/support/digiiotdemos/connectcore/connectcore_iot_demo.zip

  2. Unzip the downloaded file.

  3. Navigate to the web_app directory.

    $ cd web_app
  4. Execute the run_web_app.py script with your Python 3 interpreter.

    $ python3 run_web_app.py

    The script starts a web server and executes the demo web application. A new tab in your preferred web browser is automatically opened with the web application.

    If the web browser is not automatically launched, open your preferred web browser and type the following address: http://127.0.0.1:8000/.

3. Explore the web application

From the web application you can:

For information on how to set up the demo, see Get started.