Edit a device

Edit a device to correct its details — a renamed site, an instrument moved to another location, a replaced network card — or to change how Cytometa Cloud reads the instrument.

Where

Devices › (device) › ⋮ › Edit

Who

ManagerAdmin

1. In the left navigation, open Devices and select the device.

2. Open the menu (⋮) at the top right and select Edit.

3. On the Details tab, change the fields you need (see the table below).

4. Select Save. The button stays disabled until you change something and every field is valid.

The Details tab. What the Configuration tab holds depends on the device type.

Field	What it is
Device name	The name shown in lists, charts and notifications. Unique within the workspace.
Type	The instrument model. Correct it only if it was chosen wrongly: the type decides which Configuration tab and status cards appear.
Serial number	From the instrument’s label.
Location	Where the instrument stands. Search by name.
MAC address	Six pairs of hexadecimal digits separated by colons, AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. Locked while the device is online; set it to Disabled first.

All five fields are required, as when you create a device.

Result: the message Device updated successfully appears, the dialog closes and the page shows the new details.

The Configuration tab

The Configuration tab holds the settings for this type of instrument. It has its own Save button: saving one tab does not save the other. The fields differ per type:

• Bactosense
• Sigrist AquaScat 2
• Sigrist Sicon / AquaMaster - also Sicon XX 40
• Cytometa FlowControl

The ATi Metrinet and the s::can con::line have no settings and no Configuration tab.

A saved configuration shows Settings updated successfully.

Unsaved changes

If you switch tabs or close the dialog while a tab has unsaved changes, the app asks You have unsaved changes. Do you want to discard them? Select Discard to drop them, or Cancel to stay.

The Cancel button on a tab closes the dialog and drops unsaved changes without asking.

What changing location or MAC address does

Caution

Location. A series belongs to one device at one location under one tag. After you move a device, new values go into series at the new location; the history stays with the series at the old location. Move a device only when the instrument has really moved.

MAC address. The router links an instrument to its device record by MAC address. After you change it, the router links the instrument that has the new address. If you enter a wrong address, the device stops receiving data. While the device is online, the field is locked and says Disable the device to change its MAC address. An offline or disabled device can be changed. To link a record to a device the router found, see Add discovered devices.

If it does not work

Message	What to do
A device with this name already exists.	Choose another name.
A device with this serial number already exists.	Another device of the same type already has this serial number. Check both labels.
A device with this MAC address already exists.	Another device record uses this MAC address. Correct the other record first if it was entered wrongly.
Disable the device before you change its MAC address.	The device came online while the dialog was open. Set it to Disabled, then try again.
Invalid MAC address format (use XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX)	Use six pairs of hexadecimal digits separated by colons.
Failed to update device. Please try again.	Something else went wrong. Try again; if it keeps failing, reload the page.
Edit is not in the menu	You are a Viewer or Operator. Ask a Manager or Admin.

Related

• Devices — the device page
• Create a device
• Change a device’s state