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  • Motion Hub (Hardware)
    • Installation
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      • Modbus TCP Networking
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      • What are "Apps"?
      • App Types
      • Creating a Mosaic App
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      • What's a "Point"?
      • What's a "Tile"?
      • Tile Types
      • Tiles: Read-Only vs. Read+Write
      • Creating Point-Based Tiles
        • Discover BACnet Points (& Creating BACnet Tiles)
        • Configuring Modbus TCP Points (and creating Modbus Tiles)
      • Configuring Motion Tiles
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      • What are "Devices"?
      • Supported Protocols
      • Viewing Your Devices
      • Add a BACnet Device
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      • Creating Schedules
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  1. Motion Hub (Hardware)

Installation

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Last updated 2 years ago

Each Motion Hub comes with a Hub ID and an activation code in the box.

Two steps are necessary to set up a new Motion Hub:

  1. Supply power and connect to your network

  2. Activate the hub in Motion Platform

Physical Setup

Motion Hub simply needs to be plugged into an outlet using the supplied power adapter and connected to the network to which the controls with which it will communicate are also connected.

If your Motion Hub has two ethernet ports on it, either port can be used to connect to your network. Only one port should, however, ever be connected to a network. (The second port is only for backup purposes when reconfiguring static IP addresses.)

For more on networking, see our article.

Activation

Activation is the process of associating a Motion Hub with any Motion account, which becomes the owner of that Motion Hub.

Activation can take place with or without connecting the hub to the internet, but for all hub features to work, the hub will need to be connected to the internet.

To activate a hub, navigate to the Controls > Hubs view in Motion Platform. Then click Add Hubs and follow the prompts shown:

Networking