When developing a device that will operate as a Zigbee Coordinator(ZC), discovering other devices on the network will be a integral operation of the ZC Host application.
Device discovery tells the ZC the following:
- Network Topology:
- What devices are on the network
- Which devices are ZRs
- Which are ZEDs and what are their direct parents
- Device Information:
- Device Type
- Supported Clusters
- Active Endpoints
- Attribute Values
The following sections will provide users with an overview of the different commands used for discovery and what each one tell the device sending the command.