Commissioning Process#

Before a GPS and GPD may be used within a Zigbee network, the sink and GPD must be paired to inform the network which sink(s) will receive GPDFs sent by the GPD. Each GPD active in the network will be paired with one or more sinks, and each sink will be paired with one or more GPDs. Once commissioning is complete, the proxy will store the pairing information in its proxy table and the sink will store the pairing in its sink table.

The steps in the basic ZGP commissioning process are as follows.

1. The GPS and GPP are joined to the same Zigbee Private Area Network (PAN).

   

2. The GPS sends a ZCL message to listen for a joining GPD to commission (timeout in the notification, first successful connect, or a stop command).

   

3. GPD sends a GP join Commissioning message that will be captured by a listening GPP. Proxies will then be in watch mode; they can only be in Commissioning mode for one sink at a time.

   

4. The GPP creates a Pairing entry in its Proxy Table between the GPD and the GPS.

   

5. When the GPP receives a message from the GPD, it will send the corresponding ZCL message to the GPS. The GPD can now send messages to the GPS via the GPP.