{"id":167,"date":"2020-11-05T19:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T19:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.onesimcard.com\/m2mblog\/?p=167"},"modified":"2025-06-11T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T11:12:00","slug":"using-templates-to-activate-or-update-existing-sim-card-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.onesimcard.com\/m2mblog\/using-templates-to-activate-or-update-existing-sim-card-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Templates to Activate or Update Existing SIM Card Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.onesimcard.com\/m2mblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SIM-template-activation.gif\" alt=\"IoT SIM Settings Template\" width=\"600\" height=\"209\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Use Default or Create Your Own IoT SIM Settings Templates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We were asked by a number of customers to allow the use of pre-configured templates when activating SIM cards because some of the settings are the same based on a particular use case. The use case may differ across all of your SIM cards, though, and it would be useful to select a previously created template to activate a new SIM card which will update all of the appropriate settings on the SIM including<\/p>\n<p><strong>For PAYG Accounts: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable Auto-recharge with pre-defined amounts, limits, and SIM minimum balance<\/li>\n<li>Set Device Model Type<\/li>\n<li>Set User Name (many clients use this for their customer name, or device location, or IMEI of the device, etc.\u2026think of this as a \u201cnickname\u201d for the SIM card)<\/li>\n<li>Set an initial balance on the SIM Card<\/li>\n<li>Assign a Discount Data Plan on the SIM card<\/li>\n<li>Assign Static IP address (of enabled on your account<\/li>\n<li>Set notification if the balance of the SIM card goes below a certain amount<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For Pooled Accounts: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set Device Model Type<\/li>\n<li>Set a monthly Data Limit<\/li>\n<li>Set End User Name<\/li>\n<li>Assign Static IP address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can save as many templates as you need so ensure you can activate a SIM with all of the appropriate settings for that SIM with a single click. You can also choose as many of the available fields as you wish; use them all or use only one\u2026it\u2019s completely in your hands!<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, you can use this feature to update existing SIMs on your account. Once you have at least one template saved on your account, simply<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the SIM cards you want to update;<\/li>\n<li>Choose the \u201cApply SIM Activation Template\u201d option from the batch operation menu at the bottom of the SIM Card page;<\/li>\n<li>Choose the template you want to use!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were asked by a number of customers to allow the use of pre-configured templates when activating SIM cards because some of the settings are the same based on a particular use case. 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