Devices
Lightbug devices follow a common technical internal and external architecture.
You can find more information about current devices in the devices section
Identity
There are various ways to identify our devices
Serial number
Every Lightbug device has e a single unique serial number.
You should find this printed on a sticker on your device, along with a QR code that can be scanned.
⚠️ Warning
On older Lightbug products, a barcode might be on the outside of the device, instead of a QR code, and may show the device ID, rather than serial number.
Other IDs
You might find other unique identifiers exposed in various interfaces.
- ID, internal Lightbug cloud (or silo) id for the device
- IMEI number, associated with the mobile device, that identifies the device to the network (Wikipedia)
- ICCID number, associated with the SIM (Wikipedia)
- Bluetooth MAC Address, associated with the Bluetooth radio (Wikipedia)
Modes
Our devices can general be in one of two modes.
Sleep mode
Will send updates based on the beacon period set in device configuration, by default 12 hours.
If motion detection is enabled, the device may wake up.
Wake mode
Will send updates based on the update rate set in device configuration, by default 5 minutes.
⚠️ Warning
If your device battery level is critical, wake mode may be disabled. Generally this is 20% or less.
Tags
Within the platform, a device can have one or more tags associated with it.
Every tag has a name and a value, such as location: office, or group: John.
Tags can be used to filter devices in the platform, and are useful for grouping devices together.