Changing The Local Name; Changing The Pan Id / Lan Id - Opticon ESL Server Manual

find the base station. If you do wish to use any of the other channels, then it's necessary to first
configure a different RF channel selection into the ESLs before configuring the base stations.
(See chapter 6.1.6)
Note: If an ESL is not associating to any base station and its RF channel range is unknown, then
configure a base station to channel 11. This channel will always be scanned by an ESL to make
sure they can always be found and reconfigured without having to look for it on all channels.
After determining the least active RF-channel, close the RfScan-dialog. After that you can change
the 'RF Channel' in the 'Configuration' section of the 'Base stations'-tab and press 'Apply' to
confirm.
After the RF channel is changed the base station will automatically reset to apply the new setting.
Be aware that any ESLs that were already associated with the base station before changing the
RF channel will lose their connection with the base station. By default it will take 30 polls (times
the poll interval of 20 seconds) before the ESLs will time out and start looking for another base
station.
To avoid having to wait a couple of minutes before the ESLs starts looking for the base station on
the new RF-channel it's possible to disassociate all the ESLs from the base station prior to
changing the RF channel. To do so, select all ESLs in the 'ESLs'-tab that need to be
disassociated, then select the 'Kick from base station' action and press the 'Start' button. All ESLs
should now start disassociating from base station. Once they're all gone, quickly change the RF
channel and the ESLs should start to reappear again on the new channel.
5.2.

Changing the local name

To make it easier to distinguish multiple base stations, it's possible to assign a name to base
stations. This can be done by editing the text field besides 'Local name' and pressing the 'Apply'
button afterwards to store the name inside the base station.
5.3.

Changing the PAN ID / LAN ID

This feature requires EBS3x firmware version: IBMV0015 or higher and EExxx firmware version
IBxV0058 or higher!
Base stations are addressed by the ESLs by their PAN ID (2 bytes) and a 16-bit LAN-ID.
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