ChangeDeviceState - Suspend

Suspends service to one or more devices.

Uses and Requirements

You should be familiar with the M2M Service Provisioning Rules before suspending and restoring service for devices.

A suspended device continues to be billed in accordance with the service plan associated with that device. A device cannot be suspended indefinitely, and the CarrierService callback message for this API includes information about when the device will automatically return to the Active state due to reaching the maximum number of days allowed by the account contract.

You can specify a list of individual devices, or work with all devices in an account or device group. You can filter the account or device group by service plan or custom field value to limit the devices affected.

The ThingSpace Platform sends an asynchronous CarrierService callback message for each device in the request when service for the device has been suspended, or if there was a problem and the service suspension failed.

Request Parameters

Parameter Type Description
DeviceList
optional
DeviceIdentifierCollection A list of the devices for which you want to suspend service, specified by device identifier. You only need to provide one identifier per device. Do not pass DeviceGroupName, AccountName, DeviceCustomFieldFilter, or DeviceServicePlanFilter if you use this parameter.

You can use GetDeviceList to get a list of all devices in the account.

For each device in DeviceList, use this structure of nested parameters:

<DeviceIdentifierCollection>
  <DeviceIndentifiers>
    <DeviceIdentifier>
      <Kind></Kind>
      <Identifier></Identifier>
    </DeviceIdentifier>
  </DeviceIndentifiers>
</DeviceIdentifierCollection>
Kind
required for DeviceList
string The type of the device identifier. Valid types of identifiers are:
  • ESN (decimal)
  • ICCID (up to 20 digits)
  • IMEI (up to 16 digits)
  • MDN
  • MEID (hexadecimal)
  • MSISDN
Identifier
required for DeviceList
string The value of the device identifier.
DeviceGroupName
optional
string The name of a device group if you want to suspend service for all devices in that group.
AccountName
optional
string The name of an account, which can serve one of two purposes:
  • Indicates that you want to change all devices in that account. Do not also pass DeviceList, DeviceGroupName, or any of the filters.
  • This parameter is required if you are passing DeviceGroupName and you have access to multiple accounts, since a device group name can exist in multiple accounts.

An account name is usually numeric, and must include any leading zeros.

DeviceServicePlanFilter
optional
string The name of a service plan, if you want to only include devices that have that service plan. You can use GetServicePlanList to get a list of all service plans in the account.
DeviceCustomFieldFilter
optional
CustomFieldFilterObject The names and values of custom fields, if you want to only include devices that have matching custom fields.
Name
required for DeviceCustomFieldFilter
string The name of the custom field. Valid names are CustomField1, CustomField2, CustomField3, CustomField4, and CustomField5.
Value
required for DeviceCustomFieldFilter
string The value of the custom field.

Allowed characters in custom field values

  • Alphanumeric characters
  • / (forward slash)
  • SPACE
  • @ (at sign)
  • . (period)
  • , (comma)
  • : (colon)
  • - (hyphen)
  • _ (underscore)
  • ( (open parenthesis)
  • ) (close parenthesis)
  • [ (open bracket)
  • ] (close bracket)
  • # (number sign or hash)
Suspend
required
SuspendDeviceRequest Suspends service for the specified devices.

* You can either specify individual devices with the DeviceList parameter, or you can run the request on all devices that have a specified account name, device group name, service plan name, or custom field value. You can specify an AccountName or a DeviceGroupName plus one or both filters to identify only those devices that match all criteria.

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
RequestId string A unique string that associates the request with the results that are sent via a callback service.

The ThingSpace Platform will send a separate callback message for each device that matched the request criteria, indicating whether the operation succeeded for that device and containing any requested information. All of the callback messages will have the same RequestId.

Callback Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
CallbackRequest CallbackRequest Wrapper element for all callback elements.
Username string The username defined when a URL was registered for the callback service, or an empty element if no username was defined.
Password string The password defined when a registered for the callback service, or an empty element if no password was defined.
RequestId string A unique string that matches the RequestId returned in the synchronous response to the original API request.

A separate callback message is sent for each device that matched the request criteria, indicating whether the operation succeeded for that device. All of the callback messages will have the same RequestId.

Device DeviceIdentifier The device that was changed.
Kind string The type of the device identifier. Valid types of identifiers are:
  • ESN (decimal)
  • ICCID (up to 20 digits)
  • IMEI (up to 16 digits)
  • MDN
  • MEID (hexadecimal)
  • MIN
  • MSISDN
Identifier string The value of the device identifier.
Data CallbackData The data elements for this callback.
CarrierService CarrierServiceCallbackRequest The data returned from a CarrierService API request.
ChangeDeviceState ChangeDeviceStateResponse Contains child elements for successful ChangeDeviceState requests. Null for other CarrierService requests.
Activate ActivateDeviceResponse Null in ChangeDeviceState - Suspend callback messages.
Deactivate DeactivateDeviceResponse Null in ChangeDeviceState - Suspend callback messages.
Restore RestoreDeviceResponse Null in ChangeDeviceState - Suspend callback messages.
Suspend SuspendDeviceResponse Contains information about when the device will automatically return to the Active state due to reaching the maximum number of suspend days allowed by the account contract.
ExpectedResumeDate string The date that the device will auto-resume based on the suspend reason code, the account contract, and the number of days that it has already been suspended in the last 12 months.
MaxSuspendDaysAllowed int The number of suspension days associated with the suspend reason code.
NumDaysSuspendedLast12Months int The number of days that the MDN has been suspended in the past 12 months.
NumDaysSuspendAllowedCurrent12Months int The remaining number of days in the current 12-month period that the MDN is allowed to be suspended.
Reconnect ReconnectDeviceResponse Null in ChangeDeviceState - Suspend callback messages.
ChangeDeviceFeatureCodes ChangeDevicefeatureCodesResponse Null for ChangeDeviceState requests.
ChangeDeviceServicePlan ChangeDeviceServicePlanResponse Null for ChangeDeviceState requests.
ChangeDeviceCostCenter ChangeDeviceCostCenter Response Null for ChangeDeviceState requests.
ChangeDeviceCustomFields ChangeDeviceCustomFieldsResponse Null for ChangeDeviceState requests.
ChangeDeviceIdentifier ChangeDeviceIdentifierResponse Null for ChangeDeviceState requests.
Change4GDeviceIdentifier Change4GDeviceIdentifierResponse Null for ChangeDeviceState requests.
MoveDevice MoveDeviceResponse Null for ChangeDeviceState requests.
ChangeDeviceContactInfo ChangeDeviceContactInfo Response Null for ChangeDeviceState requests.
ExternalProvisioningChange ExternalProvisioningChange Null for this callback service.
PromoChange PromoChange Null for this callback service.
SMSDelivery SMSDelivery Null for this callback service.
PRLInformation PRLInformation Null for this callback service.
DeviceSuspendStatus DeviceSuspendStatus Null for this callback service.
Fault SoapFault Information about any errors that may have occurred.
faultcode QName
faultstring string
faultfactor anyURI
detail
Comment string An informational message about the suspension, such as "Device Suspended - Applicable Charges Will Continue"
Summary SummaryReport Null for this callback service.
Status string Success or Failed.
CallbackCount integer The number of times this callback message has been sent.
MaxCallbackThreshold integer The maximum number of times this callback message will be sent if it is not correctly acknowledged.

Example SOAP Request

<soapenv:Envelope
  xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
  xmlns:v2="http://nphase.com/unifiedwebservice/v2"
  xmlns:nph="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/NPhase.UnifiedWebService.APIs.v2.Contract.CarrierService"
  xmlns:nph1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/NPhase.UnifiedWebService.APIs.v2.Contract.Common"
  xmlns:arr="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
  <soapenv:Header>
    <v2:token>current_session_token</v2:token>
  </soapenv:Header>
  <soapenv:Body>
    <v2:ChangeDeviceState>
      <v2:Input>
        <nph:DeviceList>
          <nph1:DeviceIdentifierCollection>
            <nph1:DeviceIdentifiers>
              <nph1:DeviceIdentifier>
                <nph1:Kind>ESN</nph1:Kind>
                <nph1:Identifier>09611822299</nph1:Identifier>
              </nph1:DeviceIdentifier>
            </nph1:DeviceIdentifiers>
          </nph1:DeviceIdentifierCollection>
        </nph:DeviceList>
        <nph:Suspend />
      </v2:Input>
    </v2:ChangeDeviceState>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Example SOAP Response

<ChangeDeviceStateResponse xmlns="http://nphase.com/unifiedwebservice/v2">
  <Output xmlns:a="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07NPhase.UnifiedWebService.APIs.v2.Contract.CarrierService" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <a:RequestId>2c90bd28-ece4-42ef-9f02-7e3bd4fbff33</a:RequestId>
  </Output>
</ChangeDeviceStateResponse>

Example SOAP Callback

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <CallbackRequest xmlns="http://nphase.com/unifiedwebservice/v2">
      <Username/>
      <Password/>
      <RequestId>2c90bd28-ece4-42ef-9f02-7e3bd4fbff33</RequestId>
      <Device>
        <Kind>iccid</Kind>
        <Identifier>89148000000800784259</Identifier>
      </Device>
      <Data>
        <Data>
          <CarrierService>
            <ChangeDeviceState>
              <Activate xsi:nil="true"/>
              <Deactivate xsi:nil="true"/>
              <Restore xsi:nil="true"/>
              <Suspend>
                <ExpectedResumeDate>05/25/2017</ExpectedResumeDate>
                <MaxSuspendDaysAllowed>180</MaxSuspendDaysAllowed>
                <NumDaysSuspendedLast12Months>93</NumDaysSuspendedLast12Months>
                <NumDaysSuspendAllowedCurrent12Months>87</NumDaysSuspendAllowedCurrent12Months>
              </Suspend>
              <Reconnect xsi:nil="true"/>
            </ChangeDeviceState>
            <ChangeDeviceFeatureCodes xsi:nil="true"/>
            <ChangeDeviceServicePlan xsi:nil="true"/>
            <ChangeDeviceCostCenter xsi:nil="true"/>
            <ChangeDeviceCustomFields/>
            <ChangeDeviceIdentifier xsi:nil="true"/>
            <Change4GDeviceIdentifier xsi:nil="true"/>
            <MoveDevice xsi:nil="true"/>
            <ChangeDeviceContactInfo/>
          </CarrierService>
          <ExternalProvisioningChange xsi:nil="true"/>
          <PromoChange xsi:nil="true"/>
          <SMSDelivery xsi:nil="true"/>
          <PRLInformation xsi:nil="true"/>
          <GoToState xsi:nil="true"/>
          <Fault xsi:nil="true"/>
          <Comment>Device Suspended - Applicable Charges Will Continue</Comment>
          <Summary xsi:nil="true"/>
          <Status>Success</Status> 
          <CallbackCount>1</CallbackCount>
          <MaxCallbackThreshold>4</MaxCallbackThreshold/>
        </Data>
      </Data>
    </CallbackRequest>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

Request Schema Diagram

Response Schema Diagram