This procedure describes how to pair two UART-enabled powerline adapters once they have been programmed, personalized and tested. This example assumes you are using a Windows host and two powerline adapters having MAC addresses 00:B0:52:00:05:F9 and 00:B0:52:00:05:FA.
Start with the first device, 00:B0:52)(00:05:F9. Plug the host serial cable into the RJ45 port on the device and plug the device into an AC power source.
Change to transparent mode using program int6kuart. Option -v displays outgoing command and incoming serial responses. The “+++” is the serial data sent to the device and the “OK” is the device response.
# int6kuart -s com3 -wv +++ OK
Read the adapter PIB into a temporary file using program int6kuart. The following command reads the PIB from serial device com3 and saves it to file temp.pib on the host. You will see a series of dots appear on the console as the PIB is read from the device. The filename used is not important.
# int6kuart -s com3 -p temp.pib ....................
Program the PIB file with the default destination address using program setpib. The following command inserts the MAC address of the second device, 00B0520005FA, at fixed offset 0x2C8A in file temp.pib downloaded in the previous step.
# setpib temp.pib 2C8A data 00B0520005FA
Write the modified PIB file back to the adapter and commit it to flash memory using program int6kuart. The following command write file temp.pib to serial device com3 then commits the PIB to flash memory. You will see a series of dots appear on the console as the PIB is written to the device. The device will reboot.
# int6kuart -s com3 -P temp.pib -C2 ....................
Change the device to Transparent Mode using program int6kuart once the device resets.
# inc6kuart -s com3 -wv +++ OK
Verify that the destination MAC address is correct using program int6kuart.
# int6kuart -s com3 -d 00B0520005FA
Repeat this process on the second adapter, 00:B0:52:00:05:FA, using the MAC address of the first device, 00:B0:52:00:05:F9, as the destination address.