# US 12,216,952 B2 · Method for printing a Zigbee install code and corresponding systems and devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,216,952 B2 - Document ID: US12216952B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/777,113 - Filed: 2020-01-30 - Published: 2020-08-06 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-31 - Assignees: Ledvance GmbH - Applicants: LEDVANCE GmbH - Inventors: Wuqiang Liao; Huajin Huang; Li Lu; Caiyun Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12216952B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1284: {Local printer device} - G06F 3/1293: {Printer information exchange with computer} - G06F 3/1203: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management} - G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data} - G06F 3/1238: {Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs} - G06F 3/1268: {Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself} - G06F 3/1292: {Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing} - G06F 3/1297: {Printer code translation, conversion, emulation, compression; Configuration of printer parameters} - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method for printing a Zigbee install code includes reading the Zigbee install code from a Zigbee device via a radio interface and printing the Zigbee install code. The Zigbee install code can be read from the Zigbee device before or after assembly of the Zigbee device has been completed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for printing a Zigbee install code associated with a Zigbee device and required for said Zigbee device to join a Zigbee network, the method comprising: causing the Zigbee device to enter a first mode of operation in which communication between the Zigbee device and a radio interface external to the Zigbee device is possible; reading the Zigbee install code from the Zigbee device via the radio interface in the first mode of operation and subsequently printing the read Zigbee install code; and causing the Zigbee device to transition from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation in which any attempt by unauthorized persons to read the Zigbee install code from the Zigbee device is prevented, wherein the transition from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation occurs upon receipt by the Zigbee device of a command signal from the radio interface external to the Zigbee device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein reading the Zigbee install code from the Zigbee device via the radio interface is carried out after the Zigbee device has been assembled. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein printing the Zigbee install code comprises: printing the read Zigbee install code at least one of: on the Zigbee device; and on a case intended for the Zigbee device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein reading the Zigbee install code from the Zigbee device via the radio interface is carried out using an IEEE 802.15.4 protocol. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the radio interface is configured to be communicatively connected to a printing system external to the Zigbee device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: before printing the read Zigbee install code, converting the read Zigbee install code into a graphical representation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the read Zigbee install code is printed in at least one of: a quick-response (QR) code representation; and a hexadecimal representation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the Zigbee install code further comprises: a media access control (MAC) address of the Zigbee device; and at least one of: a manufacturer ID for the Zigbee device; a device ID for the Zigbee device; a device type of the Zigbee device; a firmware version of the Zigbee device; and a production date of the Zigbee device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein once the Zigbee device has entered the second mode of operation, said Zigbee device permanently remains in the second mode of operation and cannot transition back to the first mode of operation without erasure of the Zigbee device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein causing the Zigbee device to enter the first mode of operation occurs upon a first powering up of the Zigbee device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein transmission of the command signal from the radio interface external to the Zigbee device only occurs once the Zigbee install code has been successfully read from the Zigbee device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein transmission of the command signal from the radio interface external to the Zigbee device only occurs once the Zigbee install code has been successfully printed on the Zigbee device or on a case intended for the Zigbee device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the Zigbee install code further comprises a 64-bit extended unique identifier (EUI64) associated with the Zigbee device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: before printing the read Zigbee install code, converting both the read Zigbee install code and the EUI64 into a graphical representation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein reading the Zigbee install code from the Zigbee device via the radio interface in the first mode of operation occurs when any connection terminals which otherwise would allow for reading the Zigbee install code by physical connection therewith are not or no longer physically accessible. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the Zigbee device is in a fully or substantially fully assembled state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the Zigbee device further is Bluetooth communication compatible. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the Zigbee device is a lighting device or a lamp. ### Claim 19 A system for printing a Zigbee install code associated with a Zigbee device and required for said Zigbee device to join a Zigbee network, the system comprising: a radio communication unit external to the Zigbee device and configured for: reading the Zigbee install code from the Zigbee device via a radio interface while the Zigbee device is in a first mode of operation in which communication between the Zigbee device and the radio interface is possible; and transmitting a command signal to the Zigbee device which causes the Zigbee device to transition from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation in which any attempt by unauthorized persons to read the Zigbee install code from the Zigbee device is prevented; and a printing system configured to be in communication with the radio communication unit and configured for subsequently printing the read Zigbee install code. ### Claim 20 A Zigbee device comprising: at least one of a processing element and memory having stored thereat a Zigbee install code associated with the Zigbee device and required for said Zigbee device to join a Zigbee network; and a first radio interface configured for: transmitting the Zigbee install code to a second radio interface external to the Zigbee device while the Zigbee device is in a first mode of operation in which communication between the Zigbee device and the second radio interface is possible; and receiving a command signal from the second radio interface which causes the Zigbee device to transition from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation in which any attempt by unauthorized persons to read the Zigbee install code from the Zigbee device is prevented; wherein the Zigbee install code transmitted via the first radio interface is printed at least one of: on the Zigbee device; and on a case intended for the Zigbee device.