XML identifier: DevNam
Purpose: Provides an alternative device name identification method. Intended primarily as a workaround from iOS 16 onwards, compensating for the lack of correct identification of the device from iOS. Can also be used to provide a more user- or heartbeat logging server friendly identifier.
Status: Currently in use.
Category: Single level
Related to: walvar:devicecurrentname/
Usage: If a value is set (see example below, string), will replace the use of actual name of the device as read from iOS. Will appear on screen for user info. And be available for identifying device for in heartbeat messages, if enabled using the walvar:devicecurrentname/.
Development plans: Stable.
Default: Empty string -> please remember to set a value for DevNam, if you intend to use the device name either for device identification, or as part of the payload of heartbeat data, see walvar:devicecurrentname/.
Example: Defining a device name of TouristInfo111, as given by the MDM server to ManagdWALplus, disregarding any name that might be set on the device itself, since this is not readable from ManagdWALplus anymore:
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<key>DevNam</key>
<string>TouristInfo111</string>
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Document Revision: June 2024, rev. 1.0.