Permit joining of a specific MAC address NODE in Zigbee

[dmsherazi]

Is there a way to allow only a specific zigbee device by  MAC address? I want to open zigbee Network to allow only joining of specific zigbee device. Is it possible ? and if yes how to achieve it? I am using NXP JN5169 as coordinator.

[mario_castaneda]

Hi Dost,

As you know the The PAN Co-ordinator device already has a fixed 64-bit IEEE (MAC) address, sometimes called the 'extended' address, but must also assign itself a local 16-bit network address, usually called the 'short' address.

The PAN Co-ordinator is usually assigned the short address 0x0000.

In this case you will use the extended address for filtering purpose.

6.1.19 MAC_MlmeRspAssociate_s

This structure contains an Associate response.

struct tagMAC_MlmeRspAssociate_s
{
 MAC_ExtAddr_s sDeviceAddr;
 uint16 u16AssocShortAddr;
 uint8 u8Status;
 uint8 u8SecurityEnable;
} MAC_MlmeRspAssociate_s;‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

where:

 sDeviceAddr contains the associating device's 64-bit extended address

 u16AssocShortAddr contains the 16-bit short address allocated to the associating device by the PAN Co-ordinator. If the association was unsuccessful, the short address will be set to 0xFFFF

Best Regards,

Mario

[dmsherazi]

While working on the ZigbeeNodeControlBridge for JN5168 (JN1216), Can you give an example how to implement this?

Is there an API for achieving this via a callback etc in the Application?

[mario_castaneda]

Hi Dost,

Please take a look at the 3.6.2 Association Examples

For a better reference, please see the IEEE 802.15.4 Stack User Guide v2.6

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/JN-UG-3024.pdf?fsrch=1&sr=1&pageNum=1 

Note: The JN-AN-1216 is coordinator example, but you can take as reference the JN-AN-1184 ZigBee PRO Application Template for JN516x

ZigBee Home Automation|NXP 

Best Regards,

Mario

[dmsherazi]

Note: The JN-AN-1216 is coordinator example, but you can take as reference the JN-AN-1184 ZigBee PRO Application Template for JN516x

I have to implement this filtering at the coordinator!  

[mario_castaneda]

Hi Dost,

The JN-AN-1184 provides a coordinator example too. it is not a control bridge. You can check both examples and choose the best option for your application.

Best Regards,

Mario