Force Parent Discovery

The Force Parent Discovery command, like most other commands found in the Network Tools menu, is used to manage an ERT or meter's status within the network and its relationship to other ERTs and meters within the network.

Extended Field Communications (EFC) functions let a device that is successfully communicating with a network, called the parent, relay messages to and from another device (the child) that is unable to communicate directly with the network. Force Parent Discovery causes the ERT or meter to search for available parent network devices, and is used during installation. At this time, Field Tools supports limited EFC functions to the Intelis Gas Meter, OpenWay Riva 500G ERT Module, and Gen5 500G ERT Module.

You must have Program Endpoints permissions to perform this function.

Note: A successfully completed Force Parent Discovery command only initiates an ERT or meter searching for available parent network devices, it does not complete the processing of pairing parent with child devices.

Force Parent Discovery prompts you for inputs. Expand the device type you're working with for its input details. For descriptions of the results, see Result and success fields.

Gen5 500G ERT Module

Table 134 Force Parent Discovery command entry fields for Gen5 500G ERT Module
Field	Description
Endpoint ID	Type or scan the ID number of the device you are working with. This number is assigned to each device at the time of manufacture. It uniquely distinguishes the device from all others.

Gen5 Intelis Gas Meter, Gen5 Intelis 250 Gas Meter, Gen5 Intelis 425 Gas Meter

Table 135 Force Parent Discovery command entry fields for Gen5 Intelis Gas Meter
Field	Description
Endpoint ID	Type or scan the ID number of the device you are working with. This number is assigned to each device at the time of manufacture. It uniquely distinguishes the device from all others.

Intelis Gas Meter, Intelis 250 Gas Meter, Intelis 425 Gas Meter

Table 136 Force Parent Discovery command entry fields for Gen5 Intelis Gas Meter
Field	Description
Endpoint ID	Type or scan the ID number of the device you are working with. This number is assigned to each device at the time of manufacture. It uniquely distinguishes the device from all others.

OpenWay Riva 500G ERT Module

Table 137 Force Parent Discovery command entry fields for OpenWay Riva 500G ERT Module
Field	Description
Endpoint ID	Type or scan the ID number of the device you are working with. This number is assigned to each device at the time of manufacture. It uniquely distinguishes the device from all others.

OpenWay Riva Intelis Gas Meter

Table 138 Force Parent Discovery command entry fields for OpenWay Riva Intelis Gas Meter
Field	Description
Endpoint ID	Type or scan the ID number of the device you are working with. This number is assigned to each device at the time of manufacture. It uniquely distinguishes the device from all others.

Gen5 500W ERT Module

Table 139 Force Parent Discovery command entry fields for Gen5 500W ERT Module
Field	Description
Endpoint ID	Type or scan the ID number of the device you are working with. This number is assigned to each device at the time of manufacture. It uniquely distinguishes the device from all others.

OpenWay Riva 500W ERT Module

Table 140 Force Parent Discovery command entry fields for OpenWay Riva 500W ERT Module
Field	Description
Endpoint ID	Type or scan the ID number of the device you are working with. This number is assigned to each device at the time of manufacture. It uniquely distinguishes the device from all others.