Quick start

This walkthrough takes about five minutes. The demo comes with a seeded drone fleet, so you can also just explore. Reset it any time from Settings → Data.

1. Create the types

Go to Types (/types) and create three types:

Name	Prefix	Labels
GPS Module	gps	Model (choice: M8N, M9N)
Battery	battery	Capacity (number, mAh)
Drone	drone	Serial (text), Firmware (text)

The prefix is used for item codes: gps gives gps_001, gps_002, …

2. Say what a drone contains

Open Drone and add two components under Components: 1 × GPS Module and 2 × Battery.

Working top-down

You can create a component type straight from the Components editor, so you can start from the drone and fill in the parts as you go.

3. Create items

From the Items page (/items), create one drone, one GPS module and two batteries. Use bulk create for more than one at a time. Codes are assigned automatically.

drone_001 now shows three empty slots, and its rolled-up status is attention.

4. Install the parts

Open drone_001 and install the GPS and both batteries into their slots. You can also drag and drop in the tree on Assemblies (/assemblies). Once every slot is filled, the drone is operational.

5. Report a problem

Set one battery to faulty. The drone’s rolled-up status turns faulty too, and the battery is named as the cause. See Status and rollup.

6. Hand it over

On the drone’s page, hand over custody to another user. Switch to that user from the sidebar user menu and accept: tick off the components that are there and confirm the condition. See Custody handovers.