Solution administrator workflow

1 Welcome

Welcome to Glopos!

You’ve just received an email with the link to setup your password to finalize your user account as a Solution Administrator. Once the password is set, log on into the Glopos portal.

1.1 Familiarize with the concept

Before you start configuring your solution look at the Glopos concept to understand the wording and organization.

2 Setup Network

2.1 Create Engine

Engine is a corrections source accessible as a NTRIP Caster. Example of an engine is reference station providing corrections as NTRIP caster, or a VRS engine.

Please see How to create an engine

2.2 Create reference station

One reference station can generate multiple corrections streams. Reference station provides position which is used to visualize the station on the map and to select the nearest station for Nearest service.

Please see How to create a reference station

2.2.1 Create corrections stream

Currently Glopos supports NTRIP Caster and NTRIP Server type of connection.

Please see How to create a corrections stream

2.2.2 Create stream labels

Streams can be labeled. The labels are used for user convenience, but more importantly to identify streams to be used in the Nearest service.

Please see How to create a stream label

3 Create service

A service is defining how corrections streams or external engines are mapped and provided to the end users. Service is built using one of the service agents, defining which corrections sources and streams are used and in what mode. Service is an analogy to the NTRIP mountpoint. Available service agents:

• Single stream
• Nearest stream
• NTRIP Proxy
• Multiservice

Please see How to setup Services

Service can be geofenced using a Service zone. Devices outside of the service zone are not able to consume corrections.

Please see How to setup a zone and How to apply multiple zones

4 Test service with an internal device

Internal devices is a special type of device. It can be assigned directly a service, without a need to create plan and assigning it a subscription. There is no limit in corrections consumption for the internal devices.

4.1 Create internal device

Create a device directly under solution.

Please see How to create internal device

4.2 Test service

Assign to the internal device a service you want to test. Use the NTRIP connection information provided on the device detail page to connect the device and start a session.

4.3 Inspect sessions

See live and ended sessions to examine the trajectory, see the session termination reason, or check the fixed state.

Please see How to view device sessions

5 Plans

Plans define way to monetize solution services. You can sell plans to solution's direct clients, or to authorize resellers to sell plans to its hierarchy of clients and resellers.

There are two types of plans:

• Subscription plans as flat subscriptions with unlimited corrections consumption in a given period.
• Credit plans consisting of credit service and credit package. Credit package represents configured amount of credits, which the client can use to charge its credit balance. With a positive credit balance the client’s devices can consume credit services.

Each plan has its availability defining who can create new plan instance.

Please see How to create flat subscription plans, How to create credit services, and How to create credit packages.

6 Resellers

A reseller is a solution representative selling plans. You must authorize each plan you want the reseller to be allowed to sell.

6.1 Create Reseller

Please see How to create a reseller

For each reseller you can set a global discount which is applied on the plan's pricing. It can be seen as reseller's margin. Please see How to set discounts.

6.2 Manage resellers plans

List of plans the reseller is authorized to sell are shown in the resellers plan tab. Please see How to view available plans.

6.2.1 Authorize reseller to sell Plan

This can be done in two ways

1. Go to plan details and in the tab Authorized resellers add one or more resellers
2. Go to specific reseller's Plans tab and add one or more plans

Please see how to authorize a reseller

6.2.2 Unauthorize reseller to sell Plan

This can be done in two ways

1. From plan's list of Authorized resellers remove one or more resellers
2. From Reseller's plans remove one or more plans

Please see how to unauthorize a reseller

6.3 Reseller's clients

Resellers can create and manage own hierarchy of clients with devices in the same way as solution. Resellers' clients can be assigned only those plans, which the reseller is authorized to sell.

7 Clients

7.1 Create Client

Clients are customers with devices. A client is typically a company. Client can be authorized or unauthorized, defining the level of autonomy when purchasing subscriptions.

Please see How to create clients. Please see Subscription lifecycle to better understand the relationships between subscription states.

7.1.1 Create Device

Devices (rovers) are consumers of the corrections. Client devices must have a valid plan to be allowed to consume corrections.

Please see How to create device

7.1.2 Assign subscription to device

You can create assign any of the Subscription plan with availability public or private. Select a start date. You can create multiple subsequent instances of the subscription plan, or an auto renew subscription. If the subscription plan is linked with multiple services, select the service which should be provided to the device. Users can change to other service anytime later via the Glopos portal. This is analogy to changing Mountpoint.

7.1.3 Assign credit service to device

Device can be assigned a credit service. Assuming the client has positive credit balance, the device can start consuming corrections.

7.1.4 Create Client administrator

Client can have multiple administrators, who after login to the Glopos portal get limited view allowing them to manage their fleet of devices and subscriptions.

Client administrators can

• manage their devices
• buy (authorized clients) or plan (unauthorized clients) subscriptions and credit packages
• assign subscriptions and credit services to devices.
• manage other Client administrators

How to create clients

7.2 Inventory

Subscriptions are owned by client. Subscription can be assigned to a device or it can be unassigned. Subscription must be assigned to a device to enable corrections consumption. Unassigned subscriptions are stored in the client's inventory. Users can freely move the subscriptions between devices and the inventory. There is a Plans view listing all client's purchased subscriptions including those which are not assigned to any device.

7.2.1 Create subscriptions to Inventory

You can create (sell) multiple identical subscriptions with selected start date which will be inserted into Client’s inventory as Unassigned. Subscriptions will be immediately granted and listed in a Client reports as sold to client. Subscription must be assigned to a device in order to consume services. Assignment to the device can be done by you or client administrator.

7.2.2 Unassign and reassign subscription

It is possible to unassign a subscription from a device. Unassigned subscription goes to the Inventory. From there it can be assigned to any Device again.

7.3 Client Reports

Use this view to see Plans the Clients have purchased (set to granted) in the selected time range. This view also allows you to see the sold plans, total income in a table view or chart diagram.

Please see How to view client reports

8 Advanced topics

8.1 Subsolution

Subsolution is a branded solution with own Services and Plans. It si available only in the PRO version.

Please see How to create resellers