Is it possible for XBee Series 1 (802.15.4) and XBee Pro Series 1 units to communicate? I have two units but I cannot get them communicate. Standard XBee to Standard XBee works just fine but I cannot communicate (either send or receive) when the Pro unit is involved. Are they interoperable?
TIA
You have to check if both have implemented the zigbee protocol (I understand in xBee series 1, the main difference between Pro and "normal" is that Pro xbees have zigBee protocol to communicate, but "normal" haven't, so the communication must be imposible.
You should read this website in order to clear and order your mind:
https://www.sparkfun.com/pages/xbee_guide
EDIT: Now I have seen the question date, I hope you have fixed this issue.
I tried this once with Xbee S2 and Xbee S2B. They both have same kind of structure when i opened it in XCTU. They both communicated in both AP and API mode.
When i tried this with Xbee S2 and Xbee S2C, the communication could not take place in AP and API mode. This because when i opened them in XCTU, they both had different kind of structure.
I think, i same logic will work in Xbee S1 also.
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I want to test communication between Xbee Series 1 and TI CC2538.
I built 802.15.4 protocol on CC2538 and i want to test whether it
can transmit and receive data with Xbee Series 1 through XCTU.
I tried to scan in XCTU program, but it couldn't find any device.
I set scenario that CC2538 RF chip is coordinator and Xbee S1 is a device trying to associate PAN network.
According to 802.15.4, device has to passive scan and receive beacon frame, after then, device should transmit association request mac command to coordinator which is CC2538.
How Xbee series 1 through XCTU's scan button is working ?
Does it wait for receiving Beacon frame or send beacon request or other frame ?
Is there other way to test communication between Xbee s1 and CC2538 with 802.15.4 which i built ?
I assume you are not trying to run ZigBee protocol on the CC2538. The XBee Series 1 is 802.15.4 and you would need to use a Series 2 for ZigBee.
You might need to use an 802.15.4 sniffer to monitor communications to see what's happening. Does the XBee module send a properly formatted association request? Can you capture another CC2538 successfully joining your network, and compare it to the XBee module's attempts to do so?
Make sure that the XBee module is configured with ATSC (Scan Channels) set to enable whatever channel the CC2538 has established.
I know that some XBee modules support an ATAS (Active Scan) command that will report on beacons seen, but I'm not sure whether the Series 1 supports that command. ATAI provides details on association.
Can you enable debugging on the CC2538 and have it report on the XBee module's attempts to join the network?
i have one query actually i have 3 xbees series2.
i want xbee 1 (sensor+xbee(end device)) and xbee 2 as coordinator,where XBee2 will be attched to MCU.
now i have xbee 3 which again ((sensor+xbee(end device)).
now i want to make xbee3 also to communicate with coordinator(Xbee2).
now i have kept the same pan ID of Xbee1 and xbee3 as like Xbee2.
and again i have set xbee1 and xbee3 destination address for the Xbee 2 .
now my question are
how do i program the MCU using eclipse environment for receiving both Xbee1 and Xbee3 data?
and i want to communicate all Xbees with UART communication means i want to read data using pin 2 and 3 of Xbee..is it possible??
can anyone provide me the code for developing this procedure???
thanks
This is a common scenario. Run the coordinator in API mode and the end devices (you may want to start with those nodes as routers, and figure out the "sleeping end device" details once everything else is working) in AT mode.
The "AT mode" devices with DH and DL set to 0 will just pass serial data to the coordinator, and the MCU can parse the API frames to determine which device sent the data. The MCU can also address requests to the other devices -- either Remote AT Commands or data to send out the serial port.
Write code for the MCU however you normally would. There's a portable ANSI C library available if that's your language of choice. It can parse the API frames for you and simplify communications on the network.
i have a portable device that consist of
arduino leonardo board,xbee series 2 as router( AT mode ) and different sensors.This portable device acts as a remote device and can be used upon power up.
The other side, i have a host controller that consist of arduino uno board, arduinoxbee shield v1.1, and xbee series 2 as coordinator( AT mode ). This host controller is plug through USB into my PC.
The aim of my project is to send the sensor data from the portable device using xbee wirelessly over to my host controller and displaying out on the arduino serial monitor.
I've managed to configured the two xbees. But now, i'm unsure of how im going to transmit and receive the data. I need a transmitter and receiver program for both xbees that is connected to the arduino. Anyone can help please?
There are a couple different options for how you can do this, but the simplest is to set up your sensor XBee either in change detect (IC) mode, or set a sample rate (IR). In either case you'll need to handle the RX Indicator frame at the controller, which will contain the sampled data.
I wrote a C# stack that can configure all this, but for what you're trying to do it would probably only be useful as a reference (https://github.com/jefffhaynes/XBee).
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this. Sorry if I'm wrong.
I'd like to know if you can run code in an Xbee module without being connected to the computer or another device like arduino.
For example, I want to have 2-3 Xbee modules that communicate with each other sending information and then take decisions by code dynamically without using the X-CTU software. And I don't want those Xbee modules to be connected to the PC or other devices, they have to run by themselves with a coin cell battery and run some code previously written into their memory. Is this possible? If so, can you provide me some info/documentation to take a look? which language do you have to use to program the code? Which Xbee model do I need?
Thank you!
The XBEE modules can not do such tasks without a host. You can not run your own code on the module.
If you want to run you own code on the same device as the ZigBee stack then you should choose a solution from a silicon/stack provider.
You could achieve your goal using the Texas Instruments ZigBee Home automation SDK from www.ti.com/tool/z-stack which runs the ZigBee stack and your application on one of the TI ZigBee SoC's. But there are likely other similar providers as well.
Regards, TC.
XBees can be configured to initialize themselves with network data, i.e. the PAN ID, so they're aware of how to communicate on start up without requiring external configuration. However, they cannot run headlessly; they must to have some idea of the data that needs to be sent. They're fundamentally designed to act as a transparent serial bridge between computers to aid communications on personal networks. They cannot however be configured to do something bespoke.
It sounds like you're worried about power, so you could try looking for a low-power microcontroller that possesses a USART; this is all you'll need in order to communicate with an XBee via Serial.
It isn't possible to put your own code on a standard XBee module, but Digi does offer a Programmable XBee that includes a Freescale HCS08 co-processor that you can write code for. They offer a development kit with sample programs to get your started.
For a small-scale project where you don't need to be ZigBee certified, that might be easier than getting up to speed with a ZigBee development kit from TI, Freescale or Silicon Labs.
So basically, me and a friend are using the Dragon12-Plus2 board for our class in school, and we are trying to get them to talk via Xbee chips. We have hooked one of them up, and simply need a bit of code to get the Xbee to talk with the board so we can make sure it's in correctly. We are writing in C using Freescale Codewarrior, and as much help as possible is appreciated, especially next steps such as when we hook up the other one, how to get the two to talk and test, etc. They should in theory already be set up as a point-to-point system, but we don't have much experience at this time. Any help would be greatly appreciated
If you configure the XBee modules with "AT mode" firmware, you should be able to use the serial port on the Dragon12-Plus2 board to communicate just as you would with a wired connection.
You'll need to configure both radios with the same PAN ID. Make one a coordinator and the other a router. On the coordinator, configure the DH and DL settings to match the SH and SL settings of the router. You can keep the router's default configuration of using 0 for DH and DL, which tells it to send data to the coordinator.
Do your testing on a PC with a two terminal emulators so you can verify that data sent in on one comes out on the other and vice versa.
Here's an excellent guide from the Digi website on Basic XBee ZB ZigBee (Series 2) Chat which provides more detail and a step-by-step guide for configuring the radios.