User guided setup to onboard and operate devices - Managed integrations for AWS IoT Device Management
Prerequisites

User guided setup to onboard and operate devices

Set up your devices to be onboarded to your managed integrations hub by creating a managed thing an connecting it to your hub. This section describes the steps to complete the device onboarding process using user guided setup.

Prerequisites

Complete these steps before attempting to onboard a device:

Prerequisite: Enable pairing mode on your Z Wave device

Enable pairing mode on the Z-wave device. The pairing mode can vary for each Z-Wave device, so refer to the device's instructions to properly set up the pairing mode. It is usually a button that the user must press.

Step 1: Start device discovery

Start device discovery for your hub to obtain a discovery job ID which is used to onboard your device.

To start device discovery

  • Use the start-device-discovery command to obtain the discovery job ID.

    start-device-discovery example

    #For Zigbee
  aws iot-managed-integrations start-device-discovery --discovery-type ZIGBEE \
  --controller-identifier HUB_MANAGED_THING_ID
  
  #For Zwave
  aws iot-managed-integrations start-device-discovery --discovery-type ZWAVE \
  --controller-identifier HUB_MANAGED_THING \
  --authentication-material-type ZWAVE_INSTALL_CODE \
  --authentication-material 13333
  
  #For Cloud
  aws iot-managed-integrations start-device-discovery --discovery-type CLOUD \
  --account-association-id C2C_ASSOCIATION_ID \
  
  #For Custom
  aws iot-managed-thing start-device-discovery --discovery-type CUSTOM \
  --controller-identifier HUB_MANAGED_THING_ID \
  --custom-protocol-detail NAME : NON_EMPTY_STRING \

    Response:

    {
      "Id": DISCOVERY_JOB_ID,
      "StartedAt": "2025-06-03T14:43:12.726000-07:00"
  }
    Note

    There are separate commands for Z-wave and Zigbee devices.

    For more information, see the start-device-discovery API in the managed integrations AWS CLI Command Reference.

Step 2: Query the discovery job ID

Use the list-discovered-devices command to get the authentication material of your device.

To query your discovery job ID

  • Use the discovery job ID with the list-discovered-devices command to get the authentication material of your device.

    aws iot-managed-integrations list-discovered-devices --identifier DISCOVERY_JOB_ID

Response:

"Items": [
    {
        "DeviceTypes": [],
        "DiscoveredAt": "2025-06-03T14:43:37.619000-07:00",
        "AuthenticationMaterial": AUTHENTICATION_MATERIAL
    }
]

Step 3: Create a managed thing for your device

Use the create-managed-thing command to create a managed thing for your device. Each device requires its own managed thing.

To create a managed thing

  • Use the create-managed-thing command to create a managed thing for your device.

    create-managed-thing example

    aws iot-managed-integrations create-managed-thing \
  --role  DEVICE --authentication-material-type DISCOVERED_DEVICE \
  --authentication-material "AUTHENTICATION_MATERIAL"

    Response:

    {    
    "Id": "DEVICE_MANAGED_THING_ID"
    "Arn": "arn:aws:iotmanagedintegrations:AWS_REGION:AWS_ACCOUNT_ID:managed-thing/DEVICE_MANAGED_THING_ID"
    "CreatedAt": "2025-06-09T13:58:52.977000+08:00"
  }

    For more information, see the create-managed-thing command in the managed integrations AWS CLI Command Reference.

Step 4: Query the managed thing

You can check if a managed thing is activated by using the get-managed-thing command.

To query a managed thing

  • Use the get-managed-thing command to check if the managed thing's provisioning status is set to ACTIVATED.

    get-managed-thing example

    aws iot-managed-integrations get-managed-thing \
  --identifier "DEVICE_MANAGED_THING_ID"

    Response:

    {
      "Id": "DEVICE_MANAGED_THING_ID",
      "Arn": "arn:aws:iotmanagedintegrations:AWS_REGION:AWS_ACCOUNT_ID:managed-thing/DEVICE_MANAGED_THING_ID,
      "Role": "DEVICE",
      "ProvisioningStatus": "ACTIVATED",
      "MacAddress": "MAC_ADDRESS",
      "ParentControllerId": "PARENT_CONTROLLER_ID",
      "CreatedAt": "2025-06-03T14:46:35.149000-07:00",
      "UpdatedAt": "2025-06-03T14:46:37.500000-07:00",
      "Tags": {}
  }

    For more information, see the get-managed-thing command in the managed integrations AWS CLI Command Reference.

Step 5: Get managed thing capabilities

You can view a list of a managed thing's available actions by using the get-managed-thing-capabiltiies.

To get a device's capabilities

  • Use the get-managed-thing-capabilities command to obtain the endpoint ID. Also note the list of possible actions.

    get-managed-thing-capabilities example

    aws iot-managed-integrations get-managed-thing-capabilities \
  --identifier "DEVICE_MANAGED_THING_ID"

    Response:

    {
      "ManagedThingId": "DEVICE_MANAGED_THING_ID",
      "CapabilityReport": {
          "version": "1.0.0",
          "nodeId": "zb.539D+4A1D",
          "endpoints": [
              {
                  "id": "1",
                  "deviceTypes": [
                      "Unknown Device"
                  ],
                  "capabilities": [
                      {
                          "id": "matter.OnOff@1.4",
                          "name": "On/Off",
                          "version": "6",
                          "properties": [
                              "OnOff",
                              "OnOff",
                              "OnTime",
                              "OffWaitTime"
                          ],
                          "actions": [
                              "Off",
                              "On",
                              "Toggle",
                              "OffWithEffect",
                              "OnWithRecallGlobalScene",
                              "OnWithTimedOff"
                          ],
                          ...
  }

    For more information, see the get-managed-thing-capabilities command in the managed integrations AWS CLICommand Reference.

Step 6: Send a command to the managed thing

You can use the send-managed-thing-command command to send a toggle action command to your managed thing.

Send a command to the managed thing using a toggle action.

  • Use the send-managed-thing-command command to send a toggle action command.

    send-managed-thing-command example

    json=$(jq -cr '.|@json') <<EOF
  [
    {
      "endpointId": "1",
      "capabilities": [
        {
          "id": "matter.OnOff@1.4",
          "name": "On/Off",
          "version": "1",
          "actions": [
            {
              "name": "Toggle",
              "parameters": {}
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
  EOF
  aws iot-managed-integrations send-managed-thing-command \
  --managed-thing-id ${device_managed_thing_id} --endpoints ENDPOINT_ID
    Note

    This example uses jq cli to but you can also pass the entire endpointId string

    Response:

    {    
  "TraceId": TRACE_ID
  }

    For more information, see the send-managed-thing-command command in the managed integrations AWS CLI Command Reference.

Step 7: Check the managed thing state

Check the managed thing's state to validate the toggle action succeeded.

To check a managed thing's device state

  • Use the get-managed-thing-state command to validate the toggle action succeeded.

    get-managed-thing-state example

    
  aws iot-managed-integrations get-managed-thing-state --managed-thing-id DEVICE_MANAGED_THING_ID

    Response:

    {
      "Endpoints": [
          {
              "endpointId": "1",
              "capabilities": [
                  {
                      "id": "matter.OnOff@1.4",
                      "name": "On/Off",
                      "version": "1.4",
                      "properties": [
                          {
                              "name": "OnOff",
                              "value": {
                                  "propertyValue": true,
                                  "lastChangedAt": "2025-06-03T21:50:39.886Z"
                              }
                          }
                      ]
                  }
              ]
          }
      ]
  }

    For more information, see the get-managed-thing-state command in the managed integrations AWS CLI Command Reference.

Step 8: Remove managed thing from your hub

Clean up your hub by removing the managed thing.

To delete a managed thing

  • Use the delete-managed-thing command to remove a managed thing.

    delete-managed-thing example

    aws iot-managed-integrations delete-managed-thing \
  --identifier MANAGED_THING_ID

    For more information, see the delete-managed-thing command in the managed integrations AWS CLI Command Reference.

    Note

    If the device is stuck in a DELETE_IN_PROGRESS state, append the --force flag to the delete-managed-thing command.

    Note

    For Z-wave devices, you need to put the device into pairing mode after executing the command.