User's Manual

Cooper ThinkEssential User’s Manual

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Aspire RF ThinkEssentials allows your USB stick (and thus your computer) to join an

existing network, or to add another controller to its network.

Joining a network

To join an existing Z-Wave network:

1. Activate the REPLICATION SEND mode on your Primary Controller. This option

may also simply be referred to as ADD DEVICE.

2. Switch to the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab, and then press the JOIN EXISTING

NETWORK button.

The controller will then automatically send the USB stick a full listing of all the devices in

the network as well as placement and routing information. The software will indicate if

the process was successful. If it was not successful, it will be necessary to repeat this

step.

NOTE: If the USB stick joins an existing network and becomes a Secondary Controller,

you cannot use the software to add or remove devices from the network.

NOTE: Any time you add or remove a device using the Primary Controller, the software

and other Secondary Controllers should be updated. See Receiving network updates

(see page ## ).

NOTE: The process of joining a network is often referred to as RECEIVE CONFIGURATION

or REPLICATION RECEIVE mode. The overall process is often called CONTROLLER

REPLICATION.

Receiving network updates

When you add or remove devices using the Primary Controller, those changes will

generally not be reflected in the software. To update your USB stick and the software: