Add nodes to the Mesh on MESHdesk

After you have:

1. Flashed and pointed your devices with the Mesh Config Utility
2. Placed and plugged in your devices on site.
3. Created a Mesh in MESHdesk

you can now add your devices to your Mesh:

• Click on the MESHdesk icon on the Radiusdesk home page. The MESHdesk window opens.

• Click on the Unknown Nodes tab.

• Your flashed devices should be automatically detected and listed under Unknown Nodes.

• MESHdesk also automatically detects if a node is connected to a gateway (Ethernet cable etc), thus showing you your primary node.

• Click on the node with the “yes” under the “gateway” column, the primary node, first and click the Attach Icon in the Actions Toolbar

• The Attach Node to Mesh window opens.

• Select your mesh e.g. Bean There Mesh

• The MAC address is automatically filled in.

• Fill in a Name and a description of which node it is, e.g. Primary node main office. The more descriptive you are, the easier the nodes are to manage later.
• Select the hardware model of the node.

• The Advanced Settings are loaded by default according to the chosen hardware. Thus we advise you leave the Advanced Tab untouched,

• Static Entry points are an option if you want a fixed SSID at one node or a different SSID for each node.

• Static Entry points only works when “Apply to all Nodes” was selected during Entry point creation.
• Static Exit points only works if “auto-detect” is deselected during Exit Points creation.

• If the above two settings are correct, select a static Entry and/or Exit point.

• Click OK

• The node has now been added as a Known Node.

• The node will take a few minutes to load its new settings.

• Click on the Known Nodes tab in the MESHdesk window. The Node should now be listed here.

• “Last contact” should soon change from “never” to “30 seconds ago” as the node joins the mesh.