The NextCentury Web Portal is where you set up and look after your properties from a computer: create and program properties, keep an eye on alerts, run reports, manage who has access and pay for services. Your data is there too: view and download reads and usage for every property you have access to.
For work in the field (installing, testing and configuring devices), use the NCSS Mobile App. Both use the same NextCentury account.
Get started
Setting up a new property usually goes in this order. For everything from planning to installation, see the Programming and installation checklist.
Activate your account
Open the activation email, set your password and sign in. See Activate your account and sign in.
Create the property listing
Add the property's name, address and contact information. See Create a property listing.
Program the property
Add its buildings and units, then its equipment. See Program a property on the Program page.
Turn on alerts
Choose which alerts are on and who gets notified. See Turn on alerts and set up notifications.
Set up billing
Add a payment method, then turn on the services the property needs. See Subscriptions and Payments.
How it's organized
The portal works at two levels. The sidebar on the left changes color, so you can always tell which one you're in.
Your company
The Home menu has your property list, plus alerts, reports, users and billing for all your properties at once. Here the sidebar is blue.
One property
Open a property from your list, and the sidebar turns purple, with the property's name at the top and its pages below: Details, Equipment, Program, Reports, Alerts, Users and more.
Users work the same way: add someone at the company level to give them access to all your company's properties, or at the property level for just that property. See Add users and manage their access.
What you can do
Set up and program properties
Create a property, then program its buildings, units and devices. Once you save, the programming syncs to the Gateway automatically.
Program page
The whole property in one table. Best for a new property or large changes.
Equipment page
One device at a time: the Gateway, Repeaters, and each unit's Transceivers, Remote Readers and Leak Sensors.
File Imports
Add to a property, replace its programming or create a new one with the CSV Uploader, or import an Inovonics property from its backup file.
Manual read properties
For meters that are read by hand, with the Manual Read App.
Monitor your properties
Alerts tell you when something needs attention, such as a tamper, a lost connection, a battery problem or unusual consumption. See View and resolve alerts.
To look at one unit, open the Unit Details page: its current meter read and usage history, its devices and meters, its alerts and notes. To check whether a device is still under warranty, use Warranty Lookup.
Reports and data
Run, schedule and download reports for one property or all of them, have them emailed, or send them to an FTP or SFTP server. You can also import meter reads from a CSV file.
Users and access
Add users and give each one a role. Give another company access to a property, such as your installer or billing company, or transfer a property.
Billing and services
Add a payment method, see your invoices and choose who can turn services on. Then turn services such as cellular on or off for each property. See Subscriptions and Payments and NextCentury Cellular Subscription.
The Web Portal and the apps
The apps and the API each do one job, and you set them up or turn them on in the portal.
NCSS Mobile App
Install, maintain and test equipment in the field, with Direct Connect, Test Connect and the barcode scanner. You can also create properties and program units from it.
Manual Read App
Readers record meter reads in the field. You set up the property, its Readers and its route order in the Web Portal.
My Read App
Residents see their own reads. You turn it on for a property in the Web Portal.
NextCentury API
Feed usage data, alerts and reports into your own software. Its documentation is under API in the portal's Home menu.