Questions tagged [xbee]

XBee is a series of radio modules. Variants include 868 MHz, 900 MHz, and 2.4 GHz, using point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and mesh networks.

XBee is a series of radio modules. Variants include 868 MHz, 900 MHz, and 2.4 GHz, using point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and mesh networks.

Model Types:

  • Series 1 - 802.15.4, Point to Point or Star Networking
  • Series 2 - ZigBee Mesh Networking

Details are at:

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Python - Better way to convert string and escaped hex string data to integers?

I'm working on a project where I receive data from an XBEE radio. The data comes in different strings... I've finally found a way to extract the actual information however, I really think there has got to be a better way to convert the data into…
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Reading XBee data into Processing

I've recently built a Tweet A Watt (http://www.ladyada.net/make/tweetawatt/) wireless power monitor, which uses XBee for data transfer. I'm attempting to get the Tweet A Watt data into Processing for use in creating some visual energy feedback…
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Digis XBee Series 2 Firmware freezes/crashes when sending too much serial data. Reliability is bad

Sympthoms: I have several XBee 24-ZB series 2 here, and they are hooked up on a PC as the coordinator and on an end device (AVR) as a router (no sleep). When sending data in larger amounts, it could happen that the router/end device XBee suddenly…
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Why can't I see data sent over XBees using Arduino serial monitor?

I'm using 3 Xbees. 2 are configured as router AT and the other one as coordinator AT. The codes on the routers are for reading temperatures from a LM and from 3 OneWire DS18B20 sensors : #include float temp; int tempPin =…
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Change PAN ID and disassociation packet in ZigBee

I tried to change ZigBee's PAN ID and node discovery, but as soon as I changed its PAN ID, I received a modem status packet (0x03) that apparently described disassociation. After that, I send ATND command for node discovery, and I got modem status…
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Identifying the Data transferred from XBee when using Python and python-xbee

A Xbee Series 2 in Router AT configuration with a potentiometer wiper output connected to XBee's pin 20 AD0 is supposed to send the analog data every 100 ms. It was set with ATD02 and ATIR64. A Xbee Series 2 in Coordinator API config is connected to…
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Get MAC Address Xbee Arduino

I want to get the MAC address of xbee, but I'm not succeeding. I have the following code. uint8_t myaddress[10]; uint8_t shCmd[] = {'S','H'}; uint8_t slCmd[] = {'S','L'}; AtCommandRequest atRequestSH = AtCommandRequest(shCmd); AtCommandRequest…
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Node module XBee API not working

I'm currently working with Node.js on a Raspberry Pi and have connected a series 1 XBee radio via the USB port. To intergrate with Node.js, I am using the xbee-api module. While I don't have any trouble issuing commands to the XBee from my laptop…
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How to discover XBee from Android and send data between the two

There are a number of threads regarding this topic, but I haven't been able to troubleshoot my issue yet and haven't seen much talk of using XBee-4 Nano. I am working on a Arduino/Android project where I need to have a remote XBee monitoring a…
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XBee S1 communication issue

I have 2 XBee S1 modules configured in API mode 1. XBee module 1 is a transmitter of a signal and XBee module 2 is a receiver of a signal. And the issue is that receiver does not receives anything from transmitter (or so it seems). Transmitter…
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Getting faster baud rates with termios

Using Non-Canonical Input Processing, I am reading in the serial data being sent to a Xbee S2B Pro (ZB) using a Xbee Interface XBIB-R-Dev with a "DB9-to-USB" cable. I am using some of the example code from…
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How does an XBee coordinator handle simultaneous data from multiple nodes?

How can I make multiple nodes communicate to a coordinator without loss of data? When more number of XBee nodes send their data simultaneously to the same XBee coordinator won't there be problems of congestion? To my knowledge, it's an yes. In such…
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Prevent terminal character set switch on data printing

I am running a console application that takes data coming from various sensors around the house. Sometimes the transmission is interrupted and thus the packet does not make sense. When that happens, the contents of the packet is output to a terminal…
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Creating a ZigBee network

For a school project our client wants us to create a ZigBee network either using the Texas instruments cc2531 or a XBee. We've got a CC2531 with some sensors from Cleode. In their program, named cleobee, everything works fine. The connection is…
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XBee Send To All

I have a simple xbee network operating where there are a bunch of slaves operating remotely and all talking to one master, who is connected to the server computer. That works no problem. The slaves all send their ID as part of the packet and I'd…
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