Node Type Selection; Mesh Networking; Automatic Networking; Manual Networking - Ebyte E103-W07 User Manual

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4.3 Node type selection

E104-W07 supports three types of nodes: unconnected nodes, root nodes, ordinary nodes, and leaf nodes.

If the module uses the default node type (node not connected to the network) MESH network is started, the

module automatically enumerates to generate the root node. If the specified module is the root node, the module will give

up automatic enumeration.

The module automatically enumerates the root node, based on the strongest router signal obtained from all nodes,

which is the root node.

In the MESH network, only the root node can access the socket master. Other nodes communicate with the external

network and can use the root node to forward data.

Leaf nodes are only generated during automatic networking. Manually specifying the node type does not support

specifying as a leaf node.

The module supports two networking modes: manual networking and automatic networking.

Automatic networking, without user intervention, automatically enumerate ROOT nodes after the module is

powered on, and automatically select the parent node. The user only needs to communicate after the networking is

completed. Automatic networking can avoid too deep network layers and too complicated routing.

In automatic networking, the node type can only be configured as an idle node.

For manual networking, users can specify the modules as ROOT nodes and ordinary nodes.

Note: Before the MESH network is officially built, it must be ensured that all nodes in the network have the same

configuration. Each node must be configured with the same MESH ID, router configuration, and softAP configuration.

The so-called router network refers to whether the router is connected according to the node.

The module supports these two networking modes. No routing network does not need to specify the router ssid,

password. But the channel must be specified. If there is a router network, the channel may not be specified. If the

specified channel is different from the routing channel, or the channel is not specified, then the root node needs to scan

the full channel, so that it takes longer to connect to the router; if the correct channel is specified, join the router Time

will be soon.

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