> > You could even send an occasional probe to address zero to see
> > if any new devices had arrived
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> Pressing a button on the master could do that at the time the new
> device is installed, making the master to send out a "who's there ?"
> request around the ring
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How does dynamic addressing like this link the device/sensor to a physical =

location? I mean, the user will likely want to know the properties of a dev=
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at location "Greenhouse 12 sensor 1" (or wherever it is located) instead of=
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address 23 (or whatever it gets when it is initialized). You also need to t=
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into account the procedure to replace a faulty device in an already configu=
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network.

/Ruben

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