Station / Device set up / registration with QR code

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Hi All,

I found a neat work around for registering a device / station using a QR code.

PROBLEM - I was a using a device that was connected to the internet but I was not able to easily send a station link to the device. AND ideally i didn’t want to use my SSO details and 2 factor authentication on each device.

SOLUTION

  • I created the station links like normal
  • Used a Tulip app to translate these links in to a QR code using the bar code widget
  • I used the camera on the device to scan the QR code, the QR code opened a link in the browser and registered the device. :grinning:

Sure others have found this before because it is pretty simple but thought it would be good to document for others.

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Hi Eddy,

This is great, thanks for posting!

Do you know if it is possible to get the registration link into an app through a variable/connector? Rather than hard-coding it.

Cheers,
Joe

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Hi Joe, I know the stations and device api is something that is in the works. Not sure of the release time line though. Let me see what I can find out

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Hey Crew -

The Stations API is actually public now, and this dynamic registration can now be done with a connector function.

We use this technique internally now to create stations on the fly, and we do this with 2 functions:

  1. Create station - Returns a station ID
  2. Register Device - Returns the registration links. These registration links can be fed into the barcode widget to render them as QR codes.
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Pete

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Hi Pete,

That is exactly what I was looking for. Tested it and it works perfectly, thanks so much!

Best,
Joe