diff --git a/Sense/ui/src/views/sense/device/devicePayload.mjs b/Sense/ui/src/views/sense/device/devicePayload.mjs
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+export function createDevicePayload(form) {
+  return {
+    name: form.name,
+    location: form.location,
+    modality: form.modality,
+    capabilities: [...form.capabilities]
+  }
+}
+
+export function updateDevicePayload(form, version) {
+  return {
+    name: form.name,
+    location: form.location,
+    capabilities: [...form.capabilities],
+    version
+  }
+}
+