Configure Remote Manager features by scheduling tasks

Remote Manager provides tools to perform common management and maintenance tasks on your XBee device. A Remote Manager task is a sequence of commands that can be performed on one or more XBee Cellular devices. Tasks can then be assigned to a schedule. When a scheduled task is run it becomes an active operation and can be monitored for status and completion.

Note You must upgrade your device to the latest firmware for all features to be available. See Update the firmware.

Some typical examples of useful things that can be done with scheduled tasks include:

• Change configuration
• Update your MicroPython application and libraries to add features and capabilities
• Update your security certificates
• Perform a data service device request
• Send an SMS message to your device

Scheduled tasks can be created and performed through the following methods:

• Remote Manager Schedules user interface.
• Remote Manager API Explorer user interface
• Programming web service calls

Note For any of these methods to work properly, you must have SM/UDP enabled. See Enable SM/UDP.

Overview: Create a schedule for a set of tasks

When using the most current firmware version, the XBee Cellular devices are designed to poll Remote Manager once per day over the SM/UDP protocol to check for any active operations. In order to perform a set of tasks, the device needs to be told to connect to Remote Manager, perform the sequence of tasks, and then told to disconnect.

The following provides a template of how to create a schedule for an XBee to connect, perform a set of tasks and then disconnect:

1. Make sure that SM/UDP is enabled. See Enable SM/UDP.
2. Log into Remote Manager.
3. Click Device Management > Schedules.
4. Click New Schedule. The New Schedule page displays.

   Note The Steps to schedule a task wizard may display. Click the x in the upper left corner to close the wizard. See Schedule walk-through feature in the Digi Remote Manager® User Guide for more information.

5. In the Description field, enter a name for the schedule, such "Read Settings."
6. Add the following tasks:
   1. Click SM/UDP > SM/UDP Request Connect. A task is added to the dialog.
   2. Add other tasks as needed. For examples, refer to the Examples section.
   3. Click Device > Disconnect. A task is added to the dialog.
7. Click Schedule in the lower right corner of the dialog to schedule the tasks to run. The schedule screen displays.

   Note You can also click Save as to save this schedule for future use.

8. Select the device(s) on which you want to run this schedule. You can add more than one device.
9. Click Run Now.

Examples

The examples in the following sections assume you are using the Digi Remote Manager Schedule wizard. However, you should be aware that operations can be created and performed programmatically via web service calls or via the API explorer. The XML web service calls provide more options than are available in the GUI dashboard for some tasks.