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6.3.5.3
Configuring Devices
Adding devices
You can add devices either individually, one device at a time, or you can add multiple devices at a time.
To add a single device in the network, type its EUI64, security key, and subnet ID in the empty edit box
and click
Save
. The new device will be added to the devices list.
To add multiple devices with consecutive EUI-64 addresses type the range of EUI64 addresses
corresponding to the devices that you wish to add; subsequently, type the security key, and the subnet
ID and click
Save
.
The following example shows how a series of devices with consecutive EUI-64 address can be added to a
subnet.
Example
:
“6302:0304:0506:0B1A - 6302:0304:0506:0B1E, C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF,17, 3“
Note:
When you add a device or a range of devices into the network you can define their role, which is
expressed as an integer value and is added after the subnet ID in the device format.
The following table (
Table 6.4
) details the role values and associated labels:
Table 6.4 Adding devices-role values and labels (ISA 100)
Integer Value
Role
1
IO Device
2
Router Device
3
IO Routing Device
The following aspects must be taken into consideration when defining the role for a device, or range of
devices:
1.
upon join, each device states its capacity;
2.
the roles of the BBR and the GW cannot be changed, therefore providing a role value in this
section is unnecessary;
3.
the role selection for a field device is limited to the capacity stated by that device, i.e.:
•
if a device has only the IO role, you cannot add the Routing role for that device in the
Device Management section;
•
if a device has both the IO and the routing roles, you can limit its role in the network to
one of the two, by typing either 1 or 2 after the
Subnet
ID;
•
if you do not specify a role in this section, the SM will admit the role(s) stated by the
device;
4.
if you add the
Role
for a range of devices, all the devices in question will have the same role; if
any device in the range does not support the assigned role, the device will not join the network.
