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v7.3
Wireless Sensor Networks
Meshlium
X
treme
10.2.1.1.3.
XBee-PRO 900HP radio setup
Figure: XBee-PRO 900HP setup
In this module the parameters to setup are:
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PAN ID:
Personal Area Network ID (also known as Network ID). It is the identifier of the network. It has to be
the same in all the nodes in order to be able to send data to this Meshlium.
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Node ID:
readable name set for the device, by default “Meshlium”. Up to 20 characters.
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Preamble:
An extension to PAN ID. It needs to be the same in the nodes too.
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Channel:
This module allow to select the channels that can be used. The module automatically selects the
channel for the communication between available ones. Once the channels are selected, the plugin generates
the “Channel Frequency Mask” (read-only 16 hex digits) that the needs to be set in the nodes. In the bottom
part of the interface is shown the minimum number of channels that have to be selected.
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Power level:
[0-4] By default 4.
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Encrypted mode:
Internal XBee AES 128 bits encryption. Disabled by default.
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Encryption key:
16 characters.
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MAC:
64 bits hardware address of the module. It is a read-only value divided in two parts:
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MAC-high: 32 bits (8 hexadecimal digits)
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MAC-low: 32 bits (8 hexadecimal digits)