Devices

This section is available for users with the following roles: Administrator, Viewer, Project Administrator, and RoboServer.

This section shows available automation devices that are registered with the Management Console. For more information, see Requirements for automation device mapping.

To register an automation device in Management Console, specify the Management Console details in the Desktop Automation Service. Leave the Single User option empty. See the Kofax RPA Desktop Automation Service Guide.

You can change the way the information for device/cluster is presented as follows:

  • Select the table columns to display for a device/cluster using the menu icon on the right.
  • Refresh the displayed information by clicking the refresh icon on the right.
  • Reset the custom column settings by clicking the reset icon on the right.

By default, the following information is displayed for each cluster/device.

Column

Description

Cluster

Name of the cluster.

Device

Either IP address or name of the automation device and a port used to connect to the device.

Status

For clusters

Current cluster state. See Change cluster state for more information.

For devices

Current status of the device. The status can be as follows.

  • Available: The Desktop Automation Service is running and no one is connected to the device.
  • In use: The Desktop Automation Service is running and either a Design Studio or a RoboServer is connected to the device. Note that only one connection can be established with the automation device.
  • Offline: Either the remote device is off or the Desktop Automation Service is not started.
  • Reserved: The device is marked as "Reserved" after the Management Console has passed the device to the robot and the robot is connecting to it.

Labels

Label of the device mapping. You can use the labels to filter the devices to automate with your robot.

User name

Name of user running the Desktop Automation Service.

Domain

Domain name of user running the Desktop Automation Service.

Version

Kofax RPA version last used when editing the robot.

Execution ID

Robot run ID using a given automation device.

Robot name

Name of the running robot.