In binding wireless devices to WIOC I/O nodes, the DeltaV Device Commissioner application performs the following steps:
If a matching unallocated device placeholder is not found in the system but a matching unassigned I/O reference exists, DeltaV Device Commissioner creates a device placeholder and allocates it to the WIOC. Depending on the preferences selected in the active auto-commissioning policy, the configuration values will all be based either on a master or on system default values.