# DataRemote Launches MCP to Bring AI Device Management to POTS IN A BOX® Fleets

> On October 7, 2026, DataRemote announced the DataRemote MCP, a Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants answer questions about — and, once changes are switched on, manage — the POTS IN A BOX® devices on a customer's Ara account. It is read-only by default and runs on the customer's own computer.

- Category: Product Announcements
- Published: October 7, 2026 (updated October 13, 2026)
- Author: DataRemote
- Issued by: DataRemote, Inc. (original author and publisher)
- Distribution: ACCESS Newswire (wire, https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/telecommunications/dataremote-launches-mcp-to-bring-intelligent-device-management-to-pots-in-a-boxr-1233421); Yahoo Finance (syndication, https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/dataremote-launches-mcp-bring-intelligent-130000547.html); The Globe and Mail (syndication, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/markets-news/ACCESS%20Newswire/5005829/dataremote-launches-mcp-to-bring-intelligent-device-management-to-pots-in-a-boxr-deployments-across-the-u-s/)
- Geography: United States
- Primary entity: platform:dataremote-mcp
- Mentions: platform:ara, family:pots-in-a-box, organization:dataremote
- Related entities: product:90x5, product:90x1, product:90x2, product:vab-1, product:cds-9090, product:cds-9010, solution:remote-monitoring, solution:pots-line-replacement, topic:pots-line-replacement, definition:model-context-protocol, definition:remote-device-management, definition:lte-signal-quality, definition:integrated-access-device, definition:cellular-gateway
## Key facts

- Issued by DataRemote, Inc. on October 7, 2026, and distributed through ACCESS Newswire.
- The DataRemote MCP is a Model Context Protocol server for Ara, DataRemote's device management platform.
- Supported models: 90X1, 90X2, 90X5, VAB-1, DRI-9080, CDS-9010, CDS-9070 and CDS-9090.
- It runs on the customer's own computer (Python 3.10 or later) and works through DataRemote's API; it never connects to devices directly.
- Read-only by default: tools that change a device or an account are withheld until changes are switched on in the MCP's own settings.
- Offered to DataRemote customers, with the source available to customers and partners.
- Certification implications: none. The MCP is software on the customer's computer and does not change any device's certifications, listings or carrier approvals.

> MIAMI, FL / [ACCESS Newswire](https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/telecommunications/dataremote-launches-mcp-to-bring-intelligent-device-management-to-pots-in-a-boxr-1233421) / October 7, 2026

DataRemote, Inc. announced on October 7, 2026, the launch of the **DataRemote MCP**, an
AI-enabled [Model Context Protocol](https://dataremote.com/newsroom/definitions/model-context-protocol) server for
[Ara](https://dataremote.com/ara), DataRemote's [device management platform](https://dataremote.com/newsroom/definitions/remote-device-management).
According to the announcement, Ara manages more than half a million deployed devices across
the U.S. The MCP lets the AI assistant a customer already uses look up, diagnose and — when
the customer allows it — manage the devices on their account in plain language, with the aim
of faster data retrieval, decision-making and troubleshooting.

> "Our customers already have a trusted AI assistant as part of their daily workflow. We built our MCP so that their assistant can now answer the questions they used to call us for: which unit is offline, why, and what to do about it."
>
> — Briam Rodriguez, Senior Vice President of Engineering, DataRemote

## What changed

- **Before:** customers managed their DataRemote devices through the Ara interface or Ara's
  developer API. Answering a fleet question meant navigating Ara, building an integration, or
  contacting DataRemote support.
- **After:** customers can connect an AI assistant that supports the Model Context Protocol
  to their DataRemote account and ask about their devices in plain language. The connection
  is read-only by default; once a customer switches changes on, the assistant can also change
  settings, restore configurations and send device commands.

DataRemote describes the MCP as the foundation for future AI-powered features focused on
streamlining connectivity and protecting customer data.

## How it works

A question typed into the assistant passes to the DataRemote MCP, which runs on the
customer's own computer and turns it into requests to DataRemote's API in Ara. Ara reaches the
device, and the answer comes back to the assistant. The MCP never connects to a device
directly, and it acts only with the permissions of the customer's own DataRemote account.

> "When our customers make investments in large-scale infrastructure upgrades, they want the confidence they can be managed and supported into the future. By adding new AI capabilities, we are giving them a powerful set of tools to do just that."
>
> — Timor Brik, Chief Operating Officer, DataRemote

## Availability and requirements

- **Availability:** announced October 7, 2026, and offered to DataRemote customers through
  DataRemote sales or a Tier 3 support representative.
- **Where it runs:** on the customer's own computer, with Python 3.10 or later.
- **AI assistants:** any assistant or client that supports the Model Context Protocol and can
  connect to a server running on the user's computer. The announcement names Claude, ChatGPT,
  Copilot, Cursor and VS Code among the assistants that speak MCP.
- **Account:** the customer's existing DataRemote sign-in. Credentials can be kept in a
  password manager such as 1Password so the password is never written to disk, and sign-in is
  refused over an unencrypted connection.
- **Source code:** available to existing customers and partners to read, run and adapt.
  Subject to their agreement with DataRemote, partners may run it on their own systems to
  manage devices on accounts they are authorized to access, including for their own customers;
  the MCP itself may not be sold, bundled into a paid product, or offered as a hosted service.

## Supported models

The DataRemote MCP supports the [90X1](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box/90x1), [90X2](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box/90x2),
[90X5](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box/90x5), [VAB-1](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box/vab-1), [CDS-9010](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box/cds-9010)
and [CDS-9090](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box/cds-9090), plus the CDS-9070 and DRI-9080. Not every model
reports every reading; a value a device does not send is reported as unknown, never as zero.

## What customers can do with it

| Capability | Changes off (default) | Changes on |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Check a device: model, firmware, online state, last contact, uptime, live communication test | Yes | Yes |
| Health and telemetry: CPU, memory, load, power and battery, [LTE signal quality](https://dataremote.com/newsroom/definitions/lte-signal-quality) (RSRP, RSRQ, SINR), SIM state, interface errors, FXS registration | Yes | Yes |
| Troubleshoot: diagnosis, alarm check, syslog search, debug snapshots, power and connection history | Yes | Yes |
| Find and read settings by name | Yes | Yes |
| Fleet views: collections, online and offline counts, which collections hold a device | Yes | Yes |
| Back up a configuration to a local file; check a queued command | Yes | Yes |
| Change settings and apply staged changes | No | Yes |
| Upload, set or restore a configuration | No | Yes |
| Reboot, factory reset and firmware update | No | Yes |
| Add devices to or remove them from a collection | No | Yes |

Battery health estimates are available on the 90X1 and 90X2. This table records the
capabilities at launch; the [DataRemote MCP product page](https://dataremote.com/ara/mcp) is kept current and
carries example questions and the full set of controls.

## Controls and safeguards

- **Read-only by default.** Change tools are withheld from the assistant until changes are
  switched on in the MCP's settings, and nothing said in a conversation can turn them on.
- **Factory reset and firmware update** must be explicitly confirmed in the request, and the
  assistant is expected to confirm the device serial number with the user first.
- **Answers state what is unknown.** A missing reading is reported as unknown rather than
  zero, and a diagnosis says what it could and could not check.
- **Restores are protected.** A restore first takes a safety backup of the current
  configuration, goes only onto the device the backup came from unless explicitly allowed
  otherwise, and refuses a backup altered since it was saved.
- **Commands are not resent.** Reboot, reset and firmware commands return as queued with an
  ID; one that times out is reported as unknown and never sent twice.
- **Device text is labelled.** Log lines and other text reported by devices arrive marked as
  untrusted, so the assistant treats them as data rather than instructions.

## What the MCP does not do

- It does not connect to devices directly or see anything DataRemote's API does not expose.
- It does not go beyond the customer's own account and permissions.
- It does not decrypt sealed configurations or diagnose an offline device; it reports that a
  device is offline and when it was last seen.
- It does not change any device's hardware capabilities. Its availability has **no effect on
  certifications, listings or carrier approvals**, which remain model-specific and are
  documented in the [Trust Center](https://dataremote.com/compliance).

## About Ara and POTS IN A BOX®

[Ara](https://dataremote.com/ara) is DataRemote's device management platform for provisioning, monitoring and
troubleshooting DataRemote devices, with a developer API for integrating provisioning,
monitoring and billing into other systems. [POTS IN A BOX®](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box) is DataRemote's
family of 5G and LTE appliances — [cellular gateways](https://dataremote.com/newsroom/definitions/cellular-gateway)
and [integrated access devices](https://dataremote.com/newsroom/definitions/integrated-access-device) — that replace
analog copper lines for voice, fax, alarm, elevator and M2M connections, with battery backup
and automatic cellular failover. Capabilities and certifications vary by model; see each
product page.

## About DataRemote, Inc.

Since 1991, DataRemote has built machine-to-machine and cellular technology, specializing in
cellular routers and modems that replace TDM wireline circuits, backed by engineering and
sales support. Its hardware serves enterprises across retail, healthcare, oil and gas,
utilities, transportation, manufacturing, construction and government.

## Sources

- [What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro) — Model Context Protocol

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Organization: DataRemote, Inc. — POTS line replacement, cellular failover, and fixed wireless access solutions. https://dataremote.com