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# Devices

Every device registered on the Kilo IoT Server becomes a Digital Twin — a complete digital representation that captures the device's identity, sensor configuration, telemetry history, photos, and connection binding in one persistent model. Most twins are backed by physical hardware; some are driven by the platform itself, so a deployment can be built and proven before any sensor is installed.

The Devices section covers the full device lifecycle, from registration to day-to-day operation.

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## In this section

* [Registering Devices](/kilo-iot-server/devices/registering-devices.md) — the shared registration flow, and the fields each connector type asks for.
* [Device Management](/kilo-iot-server/devices/device-management.md) — editing a registered device, copying one, and re-binding its connection.
* [Device Diagnostics](/kilo-iot-server/devices/device-diagnostics.md) — why a device is silent: reception status, pipeline, and the event feed.
* [Metric Templates](/kilo-iot-server/devices/metric-templates.md) — units, metric keys and templates that normalize raw sensor data across manufacturers.
* [Payload Decoding and Connector Keys](/kilo-iot-server/devices/payload-decoding.md) — see which fields a device reports and what values they carry.
* [MIOTY Devices](/kilo-iot-server/devices/mioty-devices.md) and [MIOTY Blueprints](/kilo-iot-server/devices/mioty-blueprints.md) — commissioning MIOTY endpoints and decoding their payloads.
* [Emulated Devices](/kilo-iot-server/devices/emulated-devices.md) — devices that generate their own data, so you can build before the hardware arrives.
* [Device Commands](/kilo-iot-server/devices/commands.md) — defining, confirming and dispatching the actions a device can perform.


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