Network Manager
Overview
The ubisys Zigbee Network Manager is a commissioning and diagnosis solution (Zigbee Commissioning Software) and can be used for initial commissioning, when no gateway has been installed yet (e.g. in the shell construction phase), but Zigbee devices have to be tested and links have to be set up.
Note: To take a facility with a gateway in operation, neither the Network Manager nor the Zigbee/USB adapter U1 is required.
The Network Manager is compatible to Zigbee products of other manufacturers. You can use it, for example, to reset Philips hue LED lamps from a starter kit to default settings and integrate them into your ubisys home automation network. Integration is performed at Zigbee-level, i.e. without going through the hue Bridge. You can combine lamps from various starter kits as well and also replace a failed hue Bridge. The reversed way is also possible; you can connect the hue of a home automation network back to a hue Bridge to transmit the latest firmware on your hue lamps.
Manufacturers of Zigbee devices can use the Network Manager to test devices or set up pre-adjustments. Here, the Zigbee/USB adapter U1 can take both the roles of the coordinator and trust center and create a Zigbee network, or join an existing Zigbee network as a router. You require the ubisys U1 Zigbee/USB stick (article number 9072) and a notebook or tablet with a 32- or 64-bit version of Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 or Windows Server 2003 (R2), 2008 (R2) or 2012 (R2). For manufacturers of Zigbee devices, solution providers and system integrators, we can offer OEM versions with adapted functionality.
