The P+F Gateway’s Web Page
Network ID and Join Key Parameters
SKF Wireless Machine Condition Sensor
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Service Manual
Known Issue
Solution
The gateway’s Time Synch function does
not work.
Manually set the time in the P+F gateway’s
Setup
web page.
Time Synch is currently switched off in the
Device Manager software
Settings.config
file:
<add key="PerformGatewayTimesynch"
value="False"/>
Network ID and Join Key Parameters
The gateway parameters that allow the sensors to join the network are the
Network ID
and
Join Key
. The following table shows the three built-in Network ID options provided
by SKF USA, Inc.
Type of Network
Network ID and Join Key
Production network with
built-in settings
Use one of the
built-in
Network IDs (101 or 102)
and the
factory default Join Key. Built-in network settings are manually
selected on the sensor.
A commissioning network is unnecessary to configure the
sensors to join the production network.
(You should not use 1229 in a production network.)
Commissioning network
Allows out-of-the-
box sensors to join using the
factory default
Network ID (1229)
and the factory default Join Key.
Then, modify the default settings to the customized production
network settings before deploying the sensors in the production
network.
(You should not use 1229 in a production network.)
One of the built
-in Network ID settings (
101
or
102
) can be used for a new production
network installation. With the sensors manually set up with the selected Network ID
and the gateway configured accordingly, the production network is quickly set up and a
commissioning network is unnecessary
. If the customer wants to use a customized
production Network ID, then a commissioning network (factory default Network ID
1229
) should be set up to customize the sensors’ network parameters and test
communication between the gateway and the sensors before final installation.
Pre-configuration services
for a customer network can be
arranged through CSG.
SKF configures the sensors to join
the
production network with the customized Network ID and Join Key
obtained from the customer.