How to add a new XBee node without manually changing the PAN ID

XBee & XBee Gateway XBee - Zigbee
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Hello guys.

I’m building a sensor mesh network for my college thesis and I would like some help.

I have a network of 3 routers and one coordinator, everything is working as expected, but now I need to add a new node to the network.

Lets imagine that I buy this new sensor node from a store, and it’s a closed box, I have no access to the XBee board to run it on X-CTU.

Is there a way of adding this new node to the network, even though it has a different PAN ID? I’m thinking of some sort of promiscuous mode, and then the Coordinator would issue a remote AT command for the new router to change it’s PAN ID to mach the network.

Is this possible? Is there another way of doing what I need?

Any and all help is appreciated.

Thank you.

Cheers!

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No there is no way to change a remote modules settings without it being within the current network.

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Ok.
Then, can I send a message to the module that is not on my network?
Or, the module that is not connected can somehow get the name of the PAN ID of the coordinator?

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No, only communications is able to occur within the PAN. .

If you use the default pan ID of 0 on both the existing network and new node, providing you are not preventing joining from occurring, the new could could join the network and send data.