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Pinging Mobile Devices
YoucanpingdevicesthatarecurrentlyinrangeandrunningtheEnabler.Thisisnotan
ICMP-levelping,butratheranapplication-levelstatuscheck.Thisfeatureindicateswhether
themobiledeviceisactiveornot.
To ping a device:
1 IntheAvalancheConsole,selecttheInventorytab.
2 Enablethecheckboxtotheleftofthedevicethatyouwanttoping.
3 ClickPing.
TheStatuscolumnintheMobileDevicespaneldisplaysthestatusofthepingrequest.
Configuring Mobile Device Properties
Mobiledevicepropertiesconsistofpre-definedandcustomproperties.Pre-definedproperties
aredevice-specificanddependentontheversionoftheEnablerrunningonthemobiledevice.
Custompropertiescanbeassociatedwithindividualmobiledevicesorwithmobiledevice
groups.Propertiescanbeusedasselectionvariablesinselectioncriteriatocontrolwhich
devicesreceiveparticularupdates.
TheEnablerreportspropertiestothemobiledeviceserverwhenitconnectsforanupdate.The
AvalancheConsoledisplaysthesepropertiesinthemobiledevicedetails.
Thissectioncontainsinformationonthefollowing:
• ViewingandEditingProperties
• CreatingCustomProperties
• CreatingDevice-SideProperties
Viewing and Editing Properties
YoucanviewthepropertiesassociatedwithaspecificmobiledeviceintheMobileDevice
DetailspageoftheAvalancheConsole.Someofthepre-definedproperties(andallofthe
customproperties)supporteditingofvalues.Whenyouchangethevalueofaproperty,the
newvalueisdownloadedtothemobiledeviceatthenextupdate.
To view the properties associated with a mobile device:
1 IntheAvalancheConsole,selecttheInventorytab.
2 Clickthenameofthedevicewhosepropertiesyouwanttoview.
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