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# Pi.Alert - Device Management
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To edit device information:
- Select "Devices" in the menu on the left of the screen
- Find the device you want to edit in the central table
- Go to the device page by clicking on the device name or status
- Press "Details" tab of the device
- Edit the device data
- Press the "Save" button
> [!NOTE]
>
> [Bulk-edit devices](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/blob/main/docs/DEVICES_BULK_EDITING.md) by using the `CSV Export` functionality in the `Maintenance` section.
![Device Details][screen1]
## Main Info
- **MAC**: MAC addres of the device. Not editable.
- **Name**: Friendly device name
- **Owner**: Device owner (The list is self-populated with existing owners)
- **Type**: Select a device type from the dropdown list (Smartphone, Table,
Laptop, TV, router, ....) or type a new device type
- **Vendor**: Automatically updated by Pi.Alert when empty or unknown
- **Favorite**: Mark the device as favorite and then it will appears at the
begining of the device list
- **Group**: Select a grouper ('Always on', 'Personal', Friends') or type
your own Group name
- **Comments**: Type any comments for the device
## Session Info
- **Status**: Show device status : On-line / Off-Line
- **First Session**: Date and time of the first connection
- **Last Session**: Date and time of the last connection
- **Last IP**: Last known IP used during the last connection
- **Static IP**: Check this box to identify devices that always use the
same IP
## Events & Alerts config
- **Scan Cycle**: Select the scan cycle: 0, 1', 15'
- Some devices do not respond to all ARP packets, for this cases is better
to use a 15' cycle.
- **For Apple devices I recommend using 15' cycle**
- **Alert All Events**: Send a notification in each event (connection,
disconnection, IP Changed, ...)
- **Alert Down**: Send a notification when the device is down
- *(Userful with "always connected" devices: Router, AP, Camera, Alexa,
...)*
- **Skip repeated notifications during**: Do not send more than one
notification to this device for X hours
- *(Useful to avoid notification saturation on devices that frequently
connects and disconnects)*
# Privacy & Random MAC's
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The latest versions of some operating systems (IOS and Android) incorporate a
new & interesting functionality to improve privacy: **Random MACs**.
This functionality allows you to **hide the true MAC** of the device and
**assign a random MAC** when we connect to WIFI networks.
This behavior is especially useful when connecting to WIFI's that we do not
know, but it **is totally useless when connecting to our own WIFI's** or known
networks.
**I recommend disabling this operation when connecting our devices to our own
WIFI's**, in this way, Pi.Alert will be able to identify the device, and it
will not identify it as a new device every so often (every time IOS or Android
decides to change the MAC).
### IOS
![ios][ios]
- [Use private Wi-Fi addresses in iOS 14](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227)
### Android
![Android][Android]
- [How to Disable MAC Randomization in Android 10](https://support.boingo.com/s/article/How-to-Disable-MAC-Randomization-in-Android-10-Android-Q)
- [How do I disable random Wi-Fi MAC address on Android 10](https://support.plume.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360052070714-How-do-I-disable-random-Wi-Fi-MAC-address-on-Android-10-)
### License
GPL 3.0
[Read more here](../LICENSE.txt)
### Contact
Always use the Issue tracker for the correct fork, for example:
[jokob-sk/Pi.Alert](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/issues). Please also follow the guidelines on:
- [Pull Request guidelines](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/tree/main/docs#-pull-requests-prs)
- 🙏 [Feature request guidelines](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/tree/main/docs#-feature-requests)
- 🐛 [Issue guidelines](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/tree/main/docs#-submitting-an-issue-or-bug)
***Suggestions and comments are welcome***
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[main]: ./img/1_devices.jpg "Main screen"
[screen1]: ./img/2_1_device_details.jpg "Screen 1"
[ios]: https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/08/how-to-use-private-wifi-mac-address-iphone-ipad.png?resize=2048,1009 "ios"
[Android]: ./img/android_random_mac.jpg "Android"