After claiming, the device must contact the provisioning service to fetch its credentials. To trigger this immediately:
- Thingy:91 X: Press and hold the button on the top of the device (Button 1) for about three seconds.
- nRF9151 DK: Press and hold Button 1 for about three seconds.
The device will poll the provisioning service, receive its credentials, and connect to nRF Cloud over CoAP. Provisioning can take up to a minute. Once complete, the device appears under Device Management → Devices in the nRF Cloud portal.
Note
It is normal for the LTE connection to disconnect and reconnect during provisioning. The modem must go offline temporarily while credentials are written to its secure storage. See the "What happens during provisioning" section at the top of this page for details.
What can you do after connecting
After your device is connected to nRF Cloud, you can perform the following:
- Monitor device data: View real-time data from your device, including location, temperature, battery percentage, and other sensor readings in the nRF Cloud portal.
- Retrieve data programmatically:
- Use the Message Routing Service to automatically forward device messages to your own cloud infrastructure or application endpoints.
- Query historical device messages using the REST API. For complete endpoint details, see the REST API documentation and OpenAPI specification.
Retrieve historical messages
curl -X GET "https://api.nrfcloud.com/v1/messages?device_id=${DEVICE_ID}&pageLimit=10" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}" \
-H "Accept: application/json"
- Perform firmware updates: Deploy over-the-air firmware updates to your device. See Firmware Updates (FOTA) for detailed instructions on preparing and deploying firmware updates through nRF Cloud.