Zboss som times gets stuck in loop trying to start network steering when running sample

[Jimmy@zone]

Zboss som times gets stuck in loop trying to start network steering when running sample, most of the time it eventually makes it out of the loop 

but what causes the failure ? Is there something that can be done to midigate this issue ? 

Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.
Network steering failed to start. Status: -1. Retry network formation after 1 second.

[Hung Bui]

Hi Jimmy, 

Sorry for the late response. We are on limited staff during the holiday. I have checked with the engineer he suggested : 

Normally this case occurs if there is a second Zigbee network on a 802.15.4 channel or the channel is too noisy. Try changing the channel or allowing more than one channel (e.g. using zb_set_network_*_role(ZB_TRANSCEIVER_ALL_CHANNELS_MASK)).

Do you have a 2nd Zigbee network when testing or testing in a noisy environment ? 

[Jimmy@zone]

Yes I have a second ZigBee gw in the same space. 

Thanks for the info. Ill change tp the all mask and see what happens =)