Creating Generic thing

To create a Generic thing, do the following:

1. On the Things main screen, click New thing.
   
   Create a new thing screen appears.
   
2. Click Generic thing.
   
   A screen with a list of Thing definition appears.
3. Do one of the following:
   1. Select a Thing definition

      When you select a Thing definition, it shows all theAttributes ,  Thing Properties ,  Thing Alarms  and  Tunnels  associated with the  Thing definitions . If the  Attributes  and Thing Properties are auto-defined, you will notice that as shown in the image below.
      
   2. Click Create new thing definition. For more information on creating thing definition, see Creating a Thing definition.
4. Click Next.
   Create a new thing screen appears.
   
5. Click Identification.
   1. Key - It is an ASCII unique identifier that must be globally unique within the organization. The key for the thing. A key is an identifier that must be globally unique within the organization. Use one of the hardware identifiers, such as an IMEI, ICCID, MAC address, and so on.
      For more information on Thing Key formats and limitations, see Field Formats and Limitations.
   2. Name - Enter the name of the Thing.
   3. Identifier - For Things that are Connections, you need to specify a mobile identifier from the identifier drop-down. The options include ICCID (Integrated Circuit Card Identifier) or ESN (Electronic Serial Number), IMEI, MEID, or IMSI. This enables the M2M Service to Connect Device Provisioning systems (CDPs) to retrieve provisioning information and data usage from telecommunications carriers.
      To add more than one identifier, click the plus sign adjacent to the New identifier.
   4. Tags - It is used to filter the display of Things. Select any of the existing tags or enter new tags. For more information on tags, see Using Tags.
   5. Security tags - It is used to limit view access or update access to Things. Select any of the existing tags, or enter new tags. For more information on Security tags, see Using Security Tags.
   6. Control tags - Control tags are used to control the behavior of the Things. For more information on Control tags, see Using Control Tags.
      
6. Click VAR.
1. Click Billing plan code drop-down and select a Billing plan code. For more information on the Billing plan code, see Billing plans.
2. Click VAS package code drop-down and select a VAS package code. For more information on the VAS package code, see VAS packages.
7. Click Other.
   1. Enter an optional description of the thing in the Description field.
   2. Select  Location enabled, it enables the location related features for the Thing.
   3. Enter the IP address to reach this Thing from the gateway in the Tunnel actual host field. The Actual host is the IP address of the endpoint.
   4. Enter the IP address assigned to it when tunnel gets opened locally in the Tunnel virtual host field. The virtual host is the IP address of the local host on which the tunnel manager listens for active connections.
   5. Click SMS provider drop-down and select an SMS provider.
      
8. Click Add