Hello everybody.
I'm thinking about a net made of n arduinos communicating with a arduino.
XBee 1 <------------>XBee Master
XBee 2 <------|
......... |
XBee n <------|
Which version of XBee would be good enough for this project?
I have read that ZB version has better networking capabilities but i think that 802.15.4 is enough.
Thanks for every comment.
The XBees come in two series. Series 1 is for point to point communication - one XBee talking to another XBee, and getting replies back.
The series 2 radios are for forming meshes.
If you want multiple XBees to talk to one XBee, without the need for a reply, the series 1 radios can do that. Just set the DL address of all but the master to the MY address of the master.
You can reply to individual XBees, but switching the DL address being communicated with is rather slow.
hey guys, im trying to do something similar project.
i have 3 xbees series 1. what i want to do is when i put voltage in a designated pin in xbee 1, i want it to transmit to xbee 2 and xbee 3 giving me a high on a pin, and when a designated pin in xbee 2 gets voltage, to transmit to xbee 1 and xbee 3 giving me high on a pin, and when a designated pin in xbee 3 goes high, to transmit to xbee 1 and xbee 2, giving me a high on a pin.
i tried to play around with X-CTU, but i was not able to get it to work.
do you have any suggestions on what i can do?
any help would be greatly ppreciated
The series 1 radios can broadcast to a specific device on a PAN or to every device on the PAN. They can receive from any device on the PAN.
If you configure one radio to broadcast to all, and the other two to broadcast to a specific address (the one that broadcasts to all), then you don't need to worry about which device is the sender and which is the receiver.
If, as you seem to be trying to do, you want each radio to communicate with the others, then the messages that are sent need to include some information that defines which radio sent it.
Since you don't mention Arduinos in the mix, what you want to do does not seem possible.
i tried to play around with X-CTU, but i was not able to get it to work.
I just love statements with pronouns (it) with no referents. What "it" could you not get to work?
hey paul, first i want to thank you for you reply.
im looking to have all 3 xbees to transmit and receive to one another, without using an arduino
i use the following example:
http://www.digi.com/support/kbase/kbaseresultdetl.jsp?kb=188
i wired vcc and ground on both ends. i wired D4 on the base to an led, and its always high. even if im not putting voltage in D4 on the remote.
is my wiring wrong? can i give the sending pin voltage to trigger it to transmit?
by it, i meant the xbee
thank you
can i give the sending pin voltage to trigger it to transmit?
If you have configured the particular pin as an input pin, applying voltage to the pin will cause the XBee to transmit the pin state change.
without using an arduino
Have you tried asking on the Maytag forum? Perhaps a woodworking forum?
i gave DI4 voltage, but DO4 is always high even if i dont give DI4 voltage. do you know why that is?
i posted my question on digi, but did not get any responses
You haven't said anything about how you have configured the XBees, so I can't help you.
i used the in the link below:
http://www.digi.com/support/kbase/kbaseresultdetl.jsp?kb=188
i was able to get it to transmit. my question now is how can i get them to transmit and receive from each other and how can i add a 3rd xbee