A2 (Coordinator Association)

This command applies to the XBee 3 802.15.4 RF Module.

Sets or displays the Coordinator association options. These options are only applicable when configured as a coordinator by setting CE (Device Role) to 1. Bit 2 must be set before other options are enabled.

Parameter range

0 - 7 (bit field)

Bit field:

Bit Meaning Setting Description
0 Allow Pan ID reassignment 0 Coordinator will not perform Active Scan to locate available PAN ID. It operates on ID (PAN ID).
1

Coordinator performs an Active Scan to determine an available ID (PAN ID). If a PAN ID conflict is found, the ID parameter will change.
1 Allow Channel reassignment 0

Coordinator will not perform Energy Scan to determine free channel. It operates on the channel determined by the CH parameter.

1

Coordinator performs an Energy Scan to find the quietest channel out of the channels to be scanned determined by the SC parameter. The Coordinator then operates on that channel.
2

Allow Association

 0 Peer-to-Peer - Will not allow any devices to associate to it.
1 Network Coordinator - Allows devices to associate to it.
3 - 7 Reserved    

Default

0