User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 References
- 3 Terms and Definitions
- 4 Support
- 5 Hazardous Location Requirements
- 6 Operating Conditions
- 7 General Safety
- 8 Radio and Electromagnetic Compatibility
- 9 VP Series 2000 Components
- 10 ISA100.11a Provisioning
- 11 Hardware Installation
- 12 Configuration
- 13 Operation
- 14 Maintenance
- 15 Security Hardening Guidelines
EVR-VPXDOC-0036 VP Series 2000 User Guide
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10 ISA100.11a Provisioning
Provisioning is a pre-installation step usually performed indoors in an equipment room or a similar
environment. This process requires both the hardware and software components.
Depending on the network infrastructure used, VP Series 2000 devices are either provisioned using a
node docking station (direct connection) or by means of “Over-The-Air” (OTA) provisioning. The
ISA100.11a network ID, ISA100.11a network security join key and ISA100.11a device tag values are
assigned during the provisioning process.
Each network infrastructure vendor has a unique provisioning process. Refer to the network
infrastructure vendor documentation for provisioning best practices.
10.1 Device Join Behaviour
VP Series 2000 devices periodically attempt to join an ISA100.11a network after power has been
applied. The period between join attempts is determined by a device sleep schedule. The sleep
schedule applies to both provisioning and provisioned network join attempts.
The VP will switch its receiver on for 45 seconds at a time to attempt a join. After reset, or after after a
full join the device transitions thought the follow five power states.
1) Attempts to join 3 times during the first 5min.
2) Attempts to join every 5m45s during 5min to 40min after reset.
3) Every 20min during 40min to 3h30min after reset.
4) Every 45min during 3h30m to 26h after reset.
5) Every 2h after 26h after reset.
10.2 Direct Connection Provisioning
Where OTA provisioning is not available, the VP Series 2000 software can be used to provision
devices using a node docking station. In order to provision a device in this way, the following
information is required:
• ISA100.11a Network ID
• ISA100.11a Security Join Key
• ISA100.11a Device Tag
Refer to the VP Series 2000 Software User Guide for additional information with regard to
provisioning VP Series 2000 devices using the VP Series 2000 software.
Note!
Not all network infrastructure devices allow for the ISA100.11a Security Join Key to be
assigned by the end user in which case the OTA provisioning method must be used.
An end user assigned ISA100.11a Security Join Key exposes a cyber security risk - manage
ISA100.11a Security Join Keys as per applicable cyber security policies.