Nordic nRF9160 DK

Testing a prebuilt application
3.5 Connecting the DK to nRF Cloud
To be able to transmit data from your nRF9160 DK to nRF Cloud, you must activate your SIM card and add
the nRF9160 DK to your nRF Cloud account.
Complete the following steps to connect your nRF9160 DK to nRF Cloud:
1. Go to nRF Cloud (nrfcloud.com) and sign in.
2. Click the + icon in the top left corner.
3. Click LTE Device.
4. Activate your iBasis SIM card by entering the 18-digit Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) and the
Personal Unblocking Key (PUK), accepting the terms and the privacy policy, and clicking Activate SIM.
The ICCID and the PUK are printed on the SIM card.
Figure 1: Placement of PUK and SIM ICCID on the SIM card
Note: If you activated your iBasis SIM card before, click Skip this step.
If you are using a SIM card from another provider, make sure to activate it via your network
operator. Then click Skip this step.
After the SIM card is activated, you are redirected to the Add LTE Device screen. Leave the browser
window open and continue with the next step before you enter the information on that screen.
5. Punch out the nano-SIM from the SIM card and plug it into the SIM card holder on the nRF9160 DK.
6. Optional: If you want to test the optional Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality and you have
received an external GPS patch antenna with your nRF9160 DK, attach it to the GPS SWF connector (J2)
to the left of the LTE antenna.
See nRF9160 DK GPS for more information.
7. Connect the nRF9160 DK to the computer with a USB cable and turn it on, or reset the device if it is
already turned on.
8. Wait up to three minutes for the device to find the cellular network and connect to the nRF Cloud
server.
At this stage, the device should be provisioned on nRF Cloud, but not yet associated with your nRF
Cloud account.
9. In the Add LTE Device screen, enter your device ID and ownership code.
Device ID
The device ID is composed of nrf- and the 15-digit IMEI number that is printed on the label of
your nRF9160 DK. For example: nrf-123456789012345
4418_1412
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