Devices Module
Device List
It is used to add devices to the database and group them according to the selected attribute. Further, when using other modules of mupsbox, we will work with groups of devices.
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On the Device List tab, there are buttons (from left to right):
- Add device
- Remove device
- Enable device
- Disable device
- Device settings
- Start winbox
- Start ssh
- Refresh
- Check the availability of a dedicated device
- Check the availability of all devices
- Kill threads
- Export the list of devices (including their data, such as un, login, password, etc.)
- Import the list of all devices (including their data, such as un, login, password, etc.)
- Update the ROS version
- Upgrade the BIOS
- Send a command to the selected device
- Export the visible list of devices in Excel
- Geolocation by coordinates
Add device
To add a device, press 
, a window will appear where you need to enter device data.
- Hostname - Any convenient device name.
- Host IP - Device IP address.
- Use default port - Your api or api-ssl port that you opened on RouterOS.
- Username - Username to login to device.
- Password - Password to login to device.
- Winbox port - Your winbox port, which you registered in Ip -> Services
- SSH port - Your ssh port, which you registered in Ip -> Services
- FTP port - Your ftp port, which you registered in Ip -> Services
- Join in group - Select the groups to which the device will belong.
- Available groups - Existing groups created in the Groups tab.
- Add device - After entering all the data, click the add device button. All data will be applied and you will see your device in the device list.
- Copy - If you have many devices with the same data, and differ only in Hostname and IP address, use the copy button to speed up the process of making devices.
- Comment - Comment on the device.
Export and import devices
To export all devices with their data, click the 
button. A confirmation window will appear.
If you want to export all data including passwords, click yes. If you want to export all data without passwords, click no. (All passwords in the program are encrypted.)
To import all devices with their data, click the 
button. A confirmation window will appear.
If your file contains encrypted passwords, click yes; otherwise, click no.
Command line
To send a ROS command to a specific router, select the router using the navigation keys or click on it with the mouse and click the 
button. The following window will appear:
Enter the command in the field and click Enter. Don`t use SSL checkbox is used to ignore the API-SSL port and send commands on the API port.
If you entered several commands in a row, you can navigate between them using the up and down arrows
Also, you can load the RSC file with the settings. Select the file by clicking .. and press the GO button
Working with device lists and filtering
If you have a lot of devices and you need to filter the device (s) by a specific attribute (Hostname, IP address, board-name, etc.), start typing this character in the Search field.
Having sorted the devices by a certain attribute, you can export the sorted list to Excel by pressing the 
button.
To filter devices by groups, check the box to use group filtering. To select filtering conditions by group, click the Select groups button. The following window will appear:
Check the box next to the group (s) you want to display. If you check a NOT IN, it will show all devices that are not included in the marked group.
To navigate through the devices, you can use the up and down navigation keys. Clicking Enter on the selected device opens a window with its data. Clicking delete the program will prompt you to delete the selected device or selected devices. To select devices, use shift and ctrl keys. You can select devices with the left mouse button, deselect with the right.
Customize Device List
To turn off unnecessary columns, click the down arrow next to the hostname column. As shown in the picture below. Use the mouse to select the columns you want to disable or enable for viewing.
Add device from Net
Search and add Mikrotik devices in automatic mode.
- IP - subnet.
- Prefix - Mask.
- Username - Username to login to device.
- Password - Password to login to device.
- Port - Your api or api-ssl port that you opened on RouterOS.
- New Group - Create new group.
- Group name - Select the group to which devices will be added.
Groups
This tab is intended for creating groups, sending commands to a group of devices and for modifying the data of a group of devices in the device list.
Add group
To add a group, click the button and the following window will appear:
- Name - Any convenient group name.
- Description - Group description.
Remove group
To remove a group, click the 
button. A query will appear:
Click Yes to delete or No to cancel.
Command line
To send a ROS command to a group of devices, select the group using the navigation keys or click on it with the mouse and click the button. The following window will appear:
Enter the command in the field and click Enter. Don`t use SSL checkbox is used to ignore the API-SSL port and send commands on the API port.
If you entered several commands in a row, you can navigate between them using the up and down arrows
Settings for groups
When you need to change data such as login, password, port, type of port for a group of devices, click on the 
button. The following window will appear:
Enter the new data and tick the changes that you want to apply for the selected group of devices. Click OK and in the device settings for the selected group the data that you noted will change.