You can select up to 1000 devices of the same template and send a command from the VMware Pulse IoT Center console.

Procedure

  1. From the VMware Pulse IoT Center UI, go to Inventory > Devices.
    The Inventory - Devices page lists the registered, enrolled, and unenrolled gateway and Thing devices.
  2. Select the devices for which you want to send a command.
  3. From the ... drop-down menu, select and click SEND COMMAND.
  4. In the Send Command window, select a command to send from the Select Command drop-down menu and enter its arguments.
  5. Click SEND COMMAND to send the command to selected devices.
    The status of the command is displayed under Command History. Click the refresh button to refresh the status.
  6. From the VMware Pulse IoT Center UI, go to Tasks on the left navigation pane.
  7. To verify the progress of the command, search the device command from the Search menu option and click the device command name.
    Basic information of the task such as Task Name, Task Id, Progress (completed/Skipped/Pending/Failed), and name of the command run is displayed at the device level.
  8. To view the progress of the command on each device, select Entities.
    The list of devices on which the command is run is displayed. The status of the command such as completed, skipped, pending or failed is displayed against each device.
  9. Click the Device name.
    The Inventory - Device page is displayed.
  10. To verify the progress of the command, click ...drop-down menu and select Commands.
    Command history with the status is displayed.