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# Device Active

Enabling this switch sends frames from this device's video stream to the AI Manager for inference. The AI Manager runs as a separate process on the server, and is started if at least one device on the server has this setting enabled.

This setting is off by default. This lets the device, model pipeline, and settings be configured before enabling the device for the first time.

<figure><img src="/files/pUQfIw2XyPGjxRb8KZmC" alt="Camera Settings Integrations tab with plugin active, showing AI Pipeline dropdown, Device Active toggle, and Device Overview with active pipeline summary"><figcaption><p>The Device Active toggle in the Integrations tab</p></figcaption></figure>

Switching it off greys out the AI Pipeline and Reselect Runtime controls, since there is nothing to configure while the device is inactive:

<figure><img src="/files/A7o7KwutBn5DbEfA3g68" alt="AI Manager panel with Device Active switched off, AI Pipeline and Reselect Runtime greyed out while the Intel runtime is configured"><figcaption><p>Device Active switched off: pipeline controls are greyed out</p></figcaption></figure>