Console Guides
Actions
Triggering an Action
2 min
to trigger an action step 1 navigate to the devices tab under device management step 2 select the list of devices you want to trigger the action on by clicking on the checkboxes in each device row step 3 click on the action button you want to trigger in this screenshot, we have selected four devices and triggered the ' lock' action on them it will ask for confirmation before triggering the action the action will be sent to the selected devices now if the device is offline when the action is triggered, the system will retry sending actions to the device every 5s on the device, you can receive actions using the bytebeam sdk and send progress back to the cloud you can monitor the progress of the action from the devices tab itself optionally, you can also monitor the progress of the action from the action status tab, see docid\ nulqepaynrndfmqwjfogd to trigger actions on all devices, select the all check box at the top of the devices table this will send the action to all devices including those not being shown on the current page on the ui you can also use the search box to the top right to filter devices before sending an action

