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knowing its authentication key, since the device has
authentication enabled. If the InitialAuthenticationKey is set
prior to commissioning the device or router, OpenLNS will
use this key to authenticate messages sent to the device or
router during the commissioning process.
See Chapters 5 and 6 of the OpenLNS Programmer’s Guide
for more information on the steps you should take when
installing devices on a network and commissioning those
devices.
Availability Local, full, and lightweight clients.
Syntax object.Commission
Element Description
object The AppDevice object to be
commissioned.
Added to API Prior to LNS Release 3.0.
CommussionEx
Summary Associates an AppDevice object with a physical device, and
loads the device’s network image. This method is the same as
the Commission method except that it provides additional
options that you can choose from when commissioning the
device (see the description of the options element for more
information).
Availability Local, full, and lightweight clients.
Syntax object.CommissionEx options
Element Description
object The AppDevice object to be commissioned.
options A Long value indicating the options to be
used when commissioning the device. This
determines whether the changes caused by
the commission process will be applied to
the physical device if the network
management mode is set to
lcaMgmtModeDeferConfigUpdates (1).
The values for this element, which are
stored in the ConstCommissionFlags
constant, are as follows:
0 lcaCommissionFlagNone
Updates the device as soon as the
network management mode is set to
lcaMgmtModePropagateConfigUpda
tes (0).
Use this option if you do not want the
device to be updated if the network
management mode property is set to