Central Management registration flow: Activation Code

This registration flow is designed for IT Admins who need to register multiple Montage receivers remotely and at scale. Rather than configuring each device manually, IT Admins generate a single Activation Code via the Central Manager (CM) web panel and distribute it to receivers using an MDM-like tool (e.g. Radix).

Once the code is detected by a receiver, Montage automatically initiates the registration process with the CM.

Prerequisites

• Access to the CM web panel to generate a Activation Code (https://manage.displaynote.com)
• An MDM-like deployment tool (e.g. Radix) to push the code to target receivers
• Montage receivers running a version that supports code -based registration

Registration Process

Step 1: Generate a Activation Code

An IT Admin logs into the CM web panel Fand generates a Activation Code. This code uniquely identifies and authorises incoming registration requests from Montage receivers.

How to generate an Activation Code:

• User Menu (top right) > Account Settings > Activation Code

Step 2: Distribute the code to Receivers

Use your MDM tool to push the Activation Code to all target receivers by setting the appropriate system property or registry entry for the receiver's platform. The value of the property set needs to be the code generated in the step 1:

Android Receivers

• persist.montage.cm.registrationToken -> Can be used when the administrator or administrative application has privileged access to the Android System. Persists upon system reboots.
• debug.montage.cm.registrationToken -> Can be used when the administrator or administrative application does not have privileged access to the Android System. Does not persist upon system reboots.

Windows Receivers

Set the following Windows Registry Entry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Montage/CM/RegistrationToken

All new activation codes can be generated from the panel. Any previously generated codes are deemed invalid in favour of the new one.

Step 3: Code Detection by Montage

Once the system property or registry entry is in place, Montage detects the Activation Code. After a short time, the receiver will appear in the CM Portal and can be managed from here. 

Step 4: Activation Code removal 

Once the Montage receiver appears in CM Portal, the properties from Step 2 need to be removed from the receivers via the MDM tool.