Viconics VWG-50 (Classic ZigBee) Design Consideration and Setup Guide - Manual (Page 8)

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A Zigbee™ device / node / controller is said to have successfully joined a network if it can
obtain a Zigbee™ network address from the main VWG coordinator or any other router
devices / nodes / controller.
6A stands for a maximum 6 addresses per device / node / controller.
Any given device / node / controller including the VWG –coordinator can ONLY give a
maximum 6 Zigbee™ addresses out to other devices so they join the active Zigbee™
network. This means for any device / node / controller to be able to successfully join a
Zigbee™ network, it needs an address to be assigned by another device / node /
controller which is within connectivity and that has NOT already assigned its maximum of
6 addresses allowed.
Please note that once a device / node / controller has been assigned a Zigbee™ address
& has joined the active Zigbee™ network, it will save its assigned Zigbee™ address to
flash memory & re-use it afterwards even after a power failure or a network re-start. The
ONLY time device / node / controller would require a NEW Zigbee™ address is if the
network is re-started with either a new PAN ID or a new Channel value. This causes the
currently assigned & saved Zigbee™ address in flash to be erased & will force the / node /
controller to try to re-join a new network.