User Guide

Gateway Configuration
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Configuring and Associating a Wireless Sensor Node to a Gateway
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model number of the node. Configuration must be performed before a node is
deployed.
A sensor can be connected to the gateway with a USB cable at any time before or after
selection menu option S.
When the USB configuration port is connected, the status light on the gateway will
BLINK continuously until the sensor is configured. The light will be solid when the
sensor configuration is complete, and turn off when the sensor is disconnected. When
the message below is displayed, the gateway is waiting for a sensor to be connected
using USB cable to the gateway through the gateway port labeled SENSOR
INTERFACE.
The system will wait until a sensor is connected, a key is pressed to cancel, or the
operation times out and returns to the main menu. Once a blank sensor is connected,
the screen will look like the following:
Information is retrieved from the sensor, which is blank, and the system will
automatically assign it the next Sensor ID available, in this case, 9. The gateway also
assigns the sensor its Network ID for communication. This sensor is now functioning
normally and transmitting data to the gateway.