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description: Review and manage the company's fleet

Vehicles

The vehicle's page shows all vehicles that have been associated with your company organized into vehicle types:

Click on a specific vehicle to open up a more detailed overview containing information on the vehicle's health, vehicle summary, recent flights and more data points:

Where to find common vehicle actions

| Action | Vehicle List (All vehicles) | Vehicle Overview (Single vehicle) | Manufacturer | | --------------------------- | :-------------------------: | :-------------------------------: | :----------: | | Register | ✔ | | | | Create | | | ✔ | | Group | ✔ | ✔ | | | Rename | | ✔ | | | Identity | | ✔ | | | Update | | ✔ | | | Archive | ✔ | ✔ | | | Restore | ✔ | ✔ | |

{% hint style="info" %} Contact your Suite Administrator if any of the above options are not available {% endhint %}

Activating a Vehicle

Activating your vehicle will connect it to Auterion Suite. This will allow you to access cloud features and manage your vehicle remotely.

To activate a vehicle:

1. Power your vehicle, if you are starting with a Skynode Evaluation kit, refer to powering your Skynode for steps on how to power your Skynode.
2. Connect your vehicle to your computer via USB-C.
3. Navigate to the vehicle's WebUI (10.41.1.1).

{% hint style="info" %} To activate a vehicle make sure your vehicle is connected to the Internet using Auterion Mission Control > Connectivity tab. {% endhint %}

1. Click on Activate now or Scan the QR code.
2. You will be directed to Auterion Suite, where you'll see this pop-up window to activate your Skynode.

1. Click on Activate and your vehicle will be visible under Fleet Management > Vehicles.

Rename a vehicle

1. Select a vehicle from the All Vehicles list.
2. Click on Rename vehicle in the top bar.

1. Enter the new vehicle name and click on Rename Vehicle.

Vehicle Identity

A vehicle is a collection of parts. An airframe, a Skynode, a flight controller, and more. These various pieces of the vehicle make up the complete "vehicle identity."

To view the serial numbers and IDs of the components associated with a given vehicle, click the "fingerprint" button near the vehicle's name on the Vehicle Page.

This will open up a window that shows all of the IDs of the components that make up the vehicle in the Suite. Each ID controls a specific component. For example, the flight controller ID is how the logs coming out of a flight controller as associated with the vehicle page in the Suite.

{% hint style="success" %} Manufacturers can use the vehicle identity modal to modify a vehicle's identity. This is useful when adding values during the manufacturing process or when building prototype hardware. {% endhint %}

Update a vehicle

1. Select a vehicle from the Vehicle List.
2. Click on the Software tab.

1. You'll find the available firmware versions for your Skynode.

{% hint style="warning" %} Do not deploy updates to vehicles that are currently or scheduled to be deployed. Update in advance and in accordance with your particular drone program's guidelines. {% endhint %}

Archive / Restore

Archiving and restoring vehicles is purely an organization mechanic to keep the main vehicle list clean, and focused on the drones that are actively being used.

To archive a vehicle:

1. Select a vehicle from the Vehicles list.
2. Click on the Settings button of the vehicle in the top right corner and then select the Archive option.

To restore a vehicle:

1. You'll find the archived vehicles under the Vehicles > Vehicle groups > Archived Vehicles.
2. Select the vehicle you want to restore.
3. Click on Restore.