111NetBotz Appliance User’s Guide
Adding sensors to the network using Auto Join
You click Auto Join in the Wireless Sensor Setup display to allow Routers and End Devices to
automatically join and form the wireless sensor network.
Wireless devices are automatically added to the commission list for five hours, or until the maximum
number of devices allowed on the network has been reached, or until you manually end Auto Join.
You cannot start Auto Join when the maximum number of devices has already been reached on
the wireless sensor network.
To start Auto Join:
1. Connect the Coordinator to the NetBotz appliance.
Note: If you are using the Wireless Sensor Pod 180 as the Coordinator, you must also
configure the Coordinator. See “Configure Coordinator” on page 110.
2. Click Auto Join.
3. Click Start Auto Join.
The commission list is grayed out while Auto Join is in progress, and updates once Auto Join has ended.
Note: You can see the wireless devices joining the network in the Advanced View sensor pane.
Wireless devices are automatically added to the network for five hours, or until the maximum number of
devices allowed on the network has been reached, whichever occurs first. You can also manually end
Auto Join. You can watch the wireless devices join the network in the Advanced View sensor pane, and
end Auto Join once all your devices are listed.
Note: It is best to enable Auto Join on one NetBotz appliance at a time. When multiple wireless networks
are in proximity, devices will join the network with the strongest Coordinator signal.
Once you end Auto Join, or the Auto Join period has expired, you can manually add or remove devices
from the commission list as needed. Click Apply Commission List to save your changes.
You cannot manually add or remove wireless devices while Auto Join is in progress.
To manually end Auto Join:
1. Click Auto Join.
2. Click End Auto Join.
Removing devices from the network
To remove a device from the wireless sensor network, click its address in the commission list, and click
Manual Remove. To delete a device from the Advanced View, right click the device in the sensor pane
and select Delete Pod.
When you remove the Coordinator, all the devices on the wireless network will go off line. You must
disconnect the Coordinator from the appliance and reconnect it, or connect a different Coordinator, to
restore the wireless network.
Restarting the wireless network can take up to 20 minutes if a new channel is selected. The sensor pods
will not report data during this time.
