Avalanche User Guide - Wavelink

Chapter 13: Managing Mobile Device Groups 150Chapter 13: Managing Mobile Device GroupsTo better organize your wireless network, use the Avalanche Console to create collections ofmobile devices called mobile device groups. These groups allow you to manage multipledevices simultaneously, using the tools available for managing individual mobile devices. Amobile device group can include devices assigned to the group's home location or associatedsub-locations. Each mobile device can be a member of multiple mobile device groups.A mobile device group will be available at its home location and inherited by any sub-locations.When a mobile device group is created, the home location is set by default to the location youcurrently have selected.You can add authorized users for all mobile device groups or enable a user for a specificmobile device group. For information on adding an authorized user, see Assigning AuthorizedUsers to Mobile Device Groups on page 42.The topics in this section include:• Creating Mobile Device Groups• Viewing Devices in a Mobile Device Group• Sending Messages to Mobile Device Groups• Editing Properties for Mobile Device Groups• Additional Mobile Device Group FunctionsCreating Mobile Device GroupsMobile device groups allow you to group devices together based on selection criteria youconfigure. You can create dynamic or static groups. In both group types, new devices can beadded to the group based on changes to the selection criteria.• Dynamic Mobile Device Groups. When you create a dynamic group, you configureselection criteria to define which devices you want to belong to the group. The devicescurrently in the Mobile Device Inventory that match the selection criteria are added to thegroup.When a new device that matches the selection criteria for a dynamic mobile device groupconnects to the Avalanche Console, it is automatically placed in the mobile device group.Dynamic mobile device groups will continually add and remove mobile devices based onthe selection criteria, without further management.