Remote Device Action Step
The Device Action step can perform some actions with the Device Automation Service running on a remote computer.
Properties
- Name
- Name of the step.
- Device
- Select the remote device to manage the service on.
- Action
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- Suspend: Suspends the device. To restore the service operation, a user or an administrator needs to manually start the Device Automation Service on the device.
- Shutdown: Stops the service, which makes the remote device unavailable.
- Restart: Stops and starts the service. A robot or Design Studio loses the connection to the device and must be reloaded to restore it.
- Lock Screen: Locks the screen on the remote device. This action requires a password as a parameter. See Use Lock Screen for more information.
- Restart Machine: Restarts a computer running the Device Automation Service.
- Shutdown Machine: Shuts down a computer running the Device Automation Service.