---
title: "Activate Device"
aliases:
  - pybytes/api/activate.html
  - pybytes/api/activate.md
---

  Activate device on Pybytes, via Pymakr plugin.

**Method**
----
**pybytes.activate(activation_string)**


**Parameters**
----
| name  | Description   | is Required    | Default value
| ------------- |:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|
| activation string   | Generated by Pybytes  | Yes   | - |


**Example**
----
`pybytes.activate("eyJhIjoiNTYzM...")`


**Success Response**
----

```
>> Please wait while we try to connect to Pycom
>>  Wifi connection established... activating device!
>>  WMAC: 807D3AC325E8
>>  Firmware: 1.20.1.r2
>>  Pybytes: 1.3.0
>>  Initialized watchdog for WiFi and LTE connection with timeout 1260000 ms
>>  WiFi connection established
>>  Pybytes connected successfully (using the built-in pybytes library)
```