Network Commissioning And Diagnostics; Device Configuration; Device Placement; Link Testing - Digi XBee ZigBee S2D User Manual

Network commissioning and diagnostics

Network commissioning is the process whereby devices in a mesh network are discovered and configured for
operation. The XBee modules include several features to support device discovery and configuration. In addition to
configuring devices, a strategy must be developed to place devices to ensure reliable routes.
To accommodate these requirements, the XBee modules include various features to aid in device placement,
configuration, and network diagnostics.

Device configuration

XBee modules can be configured locally through serial commands (AT or API), or remotely through remote API
commands. API devices can send configuration commands to set or read the configuration settings of any device in
the network.

Device placement

For a mesh network installation to be successful, the installer must be able to determine where to place individual
XBee devices to establish reliable links throughout the mesh network.

Link testing

A good way to measure the performance of a mesh network is to send unicast data through the network from one
device to another to determine the success rate of many transmissions. To simplify link testing, the modules support
a loopback cluster ID (0x12) on the data endpoint (0xE8). Any data sent to this cluster ID on the data endpoint will be
transmitted back to the sender. This is shown in the figure below:
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