How to send data via Zigbee?

Question

Currently I'm stuck sending data from one xbee series1 to another xbee series1 (both are connected to an Arduino unor3). Here is the program for sending data.

#include <eHealth.h>

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

SoftwareSerial mySerial(0, 1); // RX, TX

float temperature;

char xbeedata[4];

// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);  
}

// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
  temperature = eHealth.getTemperature();


  memcpy(xbeedata, &temperature, 4);    // send data


  Serial.print("Temperature (ºC): ");       
  Serial.print(temperature, 2);  
  Serial.println(""); 

 delay(1000);   // wait for a second 
}

the program for the receiving end is

 #include <eHealth.h>

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

SoftwareSerial mySerial(0, 1); // RX, TX

float temperature;

char *xbeedata[4];

// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);  
}

// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
  temperature = eHealth.getTemperature();

  memcpy(&temperature, xbeedata, 4);    // receive data


  Serial.print("Temperature (ºC): ");       
  Serial.print(temperature, 2);  
  Serial.println(""); 

  delay(1000);  // wait for a second 
}

Am I lacking things? I'm supposed to send the float like this float temperature->byte array ->xbee(send) -> xbee(receive) -> byte array -> float temperature -> display on serial monitor. I'm currently using the Arduino IDE.

Is `Serial` a serial port connected to the XBee, or is that your console? Where is the code that sends the 4 bytes from one XBee to the other? What is working so far? Can you send strings of text from one Arduino to the other? Sending the 4 bytes of a float isn't very portable -- different platforms may store their floating point numbers in different formats and not necessarily IEEE 754. — tomlogic, Aug 26 '14 at 23:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '14 at 15:10

Try to multiply your float value for 100 and save it into a int variable, then you can convert int to string like String(Yourintvariable) and convert to char array to send it to the serial, note that serial convert automatically chars to byte. I hope I have helped.

best regards

How to send data via Zigbee?

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