Xbee

This page has random bits and bobs about the XBee...

See Also

XBee manual
XBee default configurations

Antenna Gain

Chip antenna has a gain of about -1.5dBi
Integrated whip has a gain of about 1.5dBi

Useful AT Commands

BD - baud rate

	bps
0	1200
1	2400
2	4800
3	9600
4	19200
5	38400
6	57600
7	115200

CH - channel

default: 0x0C

XBee	0x0B - 0x1A
XBee Pro	0x0C - 0x17

Dn - IO

	0-4	5	6	7	8
0	disabled	disabled	disabled	disabled	disabled
1	n/a	Associated	RTS	CTS	n/a
2	ADC	ADC	n/a	n/a	n/a
3	DI	DI	DI	DI	DI
4	DO low	DO low	DO low	DO low	n/a
5	DO high	DO high	DO high	DO high	n/a

Tn - IO timeout

default: 0xFF
range: 0x0 - 0xFF [x 100msec]
for I/O passing only

DH & DL - destination address

default: 0x00
range: 0x00 - 0xFFFF FFFF

DN - destination node

tries to set DH & DL to the address of the node name specified

IA - I/O address

this address is permitted to pass its IO pins to this modules IO pins
default: 0xFFFF FFFF
set to 0xFFFF FFFF to deny all changes
set to 0xFFFF to accept all changes

IC - I/O detect

default: 0xFFFF FFFF (disabled)
bitfield, when the pin changes a sample will be taken and send

IR - sample rate

default: 0x0
range: 0x0 - 0xFFFF [x 1msec]

IT - samples before TX

default: 0x1
range: 0x0 - 0xFF

IU - I/O UART output enable

default: 0x1

ND - node discover

returns a list of nodes and their address

NI - node identifier

sets the node's name

AP - api mode

0x00 - off
0x01 - api mode 1
0x02 - api mode 2 (used for libxbee)

RE - restore defaults

don't forget to use with WR