SIT-IoT manual

SIT-IoT is two tools sharing one platform: a web console for managing at scale, and a mobile app for work in the field. This manual explains what each does, when to reach for which, and how they divide the work.

Two tools, one ecosystem

Web console Mobile app console.sit-iot.com Android · iOS · Manage the whole fleet · Users, roles and billing · History and analytics · Operator administration · Commissioning over Bluetooth · Control on site, no laptop · Live telemetry · Diagnosis on the spot sameaccount

The rule of thumb: the console is the office and the app is the van. What you do in one shows up in the other, because the data is the same.

Everything is organised into projects

A project is a client or a site. Its devices, its data and its permissions all live inside it.

Your company Project · Client A Project · Client B Project · Client C Devices + data Devices + data Devices + data

A design detail that matters more than it sounds: a device is registered against a project, never against a person. That is why a whole project can be handed to a new owner with all its data, and why an employee leaving does not strand any devices.

Who can do what: the six roles

RoleWho it is for
OwnerThe project’s owner. Not assignable: you either are one, or you receive it through a transfer.
Billing adminManages the plan and the billing without touching devices.
AdminAdministers the whole project: devices, users and settings.
TechnicianThe installer. Commissions devices and operates them.
ViewerRead-only. Useful for giving visibility without risk.
End userThe end customer: controls their own and nothing else.

How a device is commissioned

This is the part that sets the platform apart, so it is worth understanding even though the app’s wizard does it for you.

App Device Platform 1 · Scan the QR → get the PoP 2 · List of Wi-Fi networks it can see 3 · You hand it the Wi-Fi 4 · The app asks the platform to register it 5 · The platform mints the MQTT credentials 6 · It passes them on and the unit reboots 7 · The device connects by itself and shows as online

Three things worth knowing about that process:

  • The app never invents passwords. The platform mints the credentials and the app only carries them. Which means neither the installer nor the phone keeps a reusable secret.
  • The QR on the label is the key. Every unit leaves the factory with its own unique proof-of-possession code. There is no default password on any unit, ever. Without the device in your hand it cannot be commissioned.
  • A half-finished commissioning never leaves a brick. If the process is interrupted the device goes back to advertising after ten minutes and you can try again.

What each tool can do

Nearly everything is in both. This table covers where it is not:

FeatureConsoleApp
Fleet status dashboardYesYes
Projects: create, edit, transferYesYes
Devices: list and filtersYesYes
Controls (switch, dimmer, cover)YesYes
Live telemetryYesYes
Users, team and rolesYesYes
Alerts and notificationsYesYes
MQTT credentialsYesYes
Connectivity statusYesPartial
Aggregated historyYesPartial
Billing and plansYesView only; upgrading opens the web
Operator administrationYesNot applicable

Manuals by tool

Both work with Gen2, Gen3 and Gen4 devices, as well as our own SIT-C3 units.

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