Addressing - WaveNet

You define the addressing during initial setup (when you add your first RouterNode). If you want to change these settings later, you must reset all WaveNet devices (see Resetting/Deleting).

Network ID

The WaveNet uses a network ID. The network ID must meet the following requirements:

• Length: Four characters
• Permitted characters: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F
• Invalid combinations: 0000, 0001, DDDD, FFFF

The Network ID, in combination with a password, ensures that your WaveNet is unique and prevents accidental reprogramming of networks.

Address in network/network mask

Devices in WaveNet have a network address (16-bit). The WaveNet uses a network mask for the address in the network. The network mask defines the division of bits between GROUP-ID (RouterNode) and MEMBER-ID (LockNode) and therefore the maximum number of RouterNodes and the maximum number of LockNodes and RouterNodes.

An 11_5 network mask sees 11 bits (2¹¹=2048 addresses, of which 1790 can be used. Some addresses are reserved for addressing serially accessible RouterNodes, i.e. "RouterNodes behind RouterNodes" and addressing the entire network or for broadcasts) for the RouterNodes and 5 bits (2⁵=32 addresses, of which 25 can be used) for the LockNodes.

You can choose from the following network masks:

If you do not make any other selection, the network mask is preset with 11_5. Based on experience, this value has proven to be universally applicable.

Convert address to GROUP-ID and MEMBER-ID

You can convert the displayed address to the binary system to read the GROUP-ID and MEMBER-ID from the displayed address. Example:

In the case of 8_8 and 12_4 network masks, you can also read the GROUP-ID and MEMBER-ID in the hexadecimal system directly from the displayed address.