Hello,
I'm a developer and I'm writing some software for a device that communicates with a remote control via ZigBee. T'm trying to get the device to communicate with a web server and/or smartphone via Wi-Fi.
Is there any way to cross-communicate between ZigBee and Wi-Fi?
Is there any way to cross-communicate between ZigBee and Wi-Fi?
No.
Thanks, that saves me the hassle of searching aimlessly for a simple solution that isn't there.
Even though the most common form of WiFi and ZigBee both operate at 2.4GHz they cannot talk to each other directly at the physical or MAC layer. However if you have something capable of running a web server in the mix you could setup a gateway between the two networks. For example if your web server is running on a PC or a OpenWRT box you could attach a ZigBee device via USB (eg a Digi XBee with a suitable USB adapter). There will be a lot of work involved in the gateway software however. There are also ready made gateway products from several vendors (eg Digi) that can link ethernet to ZigBee via a reasonably easy to use API. The cost about $100 each.
Joe.