Keywords: Intellon, Atheros, Qualcomm, HomePlug, powerline, communications, INT6000, INT6300, INT6400, AR7400, AR7420

Pairing UART Devices post PTS
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## Pairing UART Devices post PTS

This procedure describes how to pair two UART-enabled powerline adapters once they have been programmed, personalized and tested. This example assumes you are using a Windows host and two powerline adapters having MAC addresses `00:B0:52:00:05:F9` and `00:B0:52:00:05:FA`.

Start with the first device, `00:B0:52)(00:05:F9`. Plug the host serial cable into the RJ45 port on the device and plug the device into an AC power source.

Change to transparent mode using program int6kuart. Option -v displays outgoing command and incoming serial responses. The “+++” is the serial data sent to the device and the “OK” is the device response.

    # int6kuart -s com3 -wv
    +++
    OK

Read the adapter PIB into a temporary file using program int6kuart. The following command reads the PIB from serial device `com3` and saves it to file `temp.pib` on the host. You will see a series of dots appear on the console as the PIB is read from the device. The filename used is not important.

    # int6kuart -s com3 -p temp.pib
    ....................

Program the PIB file with the default destination address using program setpib. The following command inserts the MAC address of the second device, `00B0520005FA`, at fixed offset `0x2C8A` in file `temp.pib` downloaded in the previous step.

    # setpib temp.pib 2C8A data 00B0520005FA

Write the modified PIB file back to the adapter and commit it to flash memory using program int6kuart. The following command write file `temp.pib` to serial device `com3` then commits the PIB to flash memory. You will see a series of dots appear on the console as the PIB is written to the device. The device will reboot.

    # int6kuart -s com3 -P temp.pib -C2
    ....................

Change the device to Transparent Mode using program int6kuart once the device resets.

    # inc6kuart -s com3 -wv
    +++
    OK

Verify that the destination MAC address is correct using program int6kuart.

    # int6kuart -s com3 -d
    00B0520005FA

Repeat this process on the second adapter, `00:B0:52:00:05:FA`, using the MAC address of the first device, `00:B0:52:00:05:F9`, as the destination address.

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