join

An Itron NIC and its meter are said to be joined when they have been assembled, configured, tested, and communicating together as designed.

With Gas IMU Configurator, join means connecting a gas IMU to a gas meter so it wakes up and transmits read results to a proxy device on the network. The proxy device sends the read results on to the back office.

With HAN Communications Manager (HCM), join means that a device has been associated with an Energy Services Interface (ESI), and an authorization has successfully completed or a joined device deprovision has failed.

Join is also referred to as provision. See also unjoin.