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6
General network behaviour
6.1
Installation
When the device is virgin and powered for the first time it will start looking for a ZigBee PAN
Coordinator or router to join. The device will scan each ZigBee channel starting from 11 to 24. The
LED will flash once every second until it joins a device.
#Scan mode - 1
Scan all 16
ZigBee channel
until join network
or 15 minutes
#Sleep mode
MCU is in sleep
mode (Radio off)
15 minutes
#Scan mode - 2
Scan all 16
ZigBee ch x 4 or
until join network
~ 2 minutes
#Sleep mode
MCU is in sleep
mode (Radio off)
15 minutes
#Scan mode - 2
Scan all 16
ZigBee ch x 4 or
until join network
~ 2 minutes
The device will start up using scan mode 1. To increase battery lifetime when the device is joining a
network for the first time a scan mode 2 will be used after scan mode 1 has expired. Scan mode 1 it
will only be executed one time when the devise is powered.
In section 5 “MMI” it is explained how to put the device into a join or leave network mode.
Network settings are stored in NV-memory are after a power cycle the device re-join the same
network.
If the device has to join a new PAN coordinator the MMI menu supports a “Reset To Factory Fresh
Settings” mode. This will erase all current network information.
6.2
Normal – Keep alive
The device is sending a “keep alive” message to the PAN coordinator every 15 minute to verify that
the device is still connected to the network.
6.2.1
Network lost
If no “keep alive” responses are received 5 times in a row (Worst case 1h15m), the devices will start
scanning every ZigBee channel for the PAN coordinator and try to re-join it. After scanning all 16
channels 4 times in a row the device will enter sleep mode. The device will toggle between each mode
until a re-join occur.
When the device is in scan mode the LED will flash once every second until it re-joins the network.
According to the ZigBee specification TX is NOT allowed to be enabled all the time and a TX silent
period has to be defined.
#Scan Mode
Scan all 16 ZigBee channel x 4
~ 2 minutes
LED is flashing once every 1 sec
#Sleep mode
MCU is in sleep mode (Radio off)
15 minutes
LED = OFF