User`s guide

46 Maintaining a Power Line Repeating Network
4. You can acquire the Neuron ID of the replacement device using a service pin or you can manually
enter it.
• If you are using the service pin method, press the service pin of the device. The Neuron ID
and program ID of the device are both entered into the Incoming Service Pin Messages box
and they are input into the Neuron ID or LUID and Program ID boxes, respectively.
• If you are using the manual entry method, enter the 12-digit hex string of the device in the
Neuron ID or LUID box.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Submit. The SmartServer downloads the application and the configuration data of the
original device to the replacement device, decommissions the replacement device, begins repeater
discovery, and then commissions the replacement device.
7. To check the status of the device replacement, open the LON Command Queue Web page. To
do this, right-click the SmartServer icon, point to Setup, and then click LON Command Queue
on the shortcut menu. Alternatively, you can open the Setup menu and then click LON
Command Queue. See Checking Device Installation Status in Chapter 2 for more information on
using the LON Command Queue Web page.
Decommissioning Devices
You can use the SmartServer to decommission a device if you are no longer using it or you are moving
it to a new network. In addition, you can temporarily decommission a device to optimize,
troubleshoot, or repair your network. Decommissioning logically removes the device from the
network. When you decommission a device, its Neuron ID is preserved so you can subsequently
recommission the device without having to re-acquire its Neuron ID. In addition, the configuration
properties of the device are preserved in the SmartServer’s internal database. You can then later
recommission the same or different devices without having to load configuration property files to the
device.
Note: Decommissioning a device may affect the performance of the power line repeating network,
particularly if the device is being used as a repeating agent in a repeating chain. If a repeating agent is
decommissioned, it may cause communication failures for multiple devices.
To decommission a device, follow these steps:
1. Click Driver.