Chapter · Zigbee
Names, joining and paths
Names and temporary addresses, joining and credentials, and how paths form and change.
- 04Names and temporary addresses4 minA Zigbee device has a long hardware address that never changes and a short network address that can. This lesson rejoins a device and shows which name stays, and what the network identifiers are.
- 05Joining and credentials5 minA device joins through a parent that is accepting new devices, and is then commissioned. This lesson opens permit-join, lists the candidate parents and shows that the nearest router is not always the one chosen.
- 06How paths form and change5 minA neighbour link is what a device hears, and a route is what a message uses. This lesson unplugs a router, refreshes the map and shows that repair takes time and is not guaranteed.
Start at 04 and read down — the order is the order things get easier in. Or take the one with your part in it; every article stands on its own, and links back to whatever it needs.