weatherbox:bumblebee:mesh_network

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=== Mesh Network Set up (Many-To-One) ===

  • Configure all three remote devices
    • add all three XBees (Collector, relay and router)
    • update the firmware of each module
      • Function Set: DigiMesh 2.4 TH PRO
      • Firmware Version: Newest value
    • Configuring the first device (Collector)
      • First click the default parameter setting
      • Then change these parameters
        • ID: 7FFF
        • NI: SENDER
        • API: API enabled [1]
        • IMPORTANT: there is already an empty space in NI, so be sure to delete that before naming module
    • Configuring the second device (can be the router or relay XBee)
      • Click the default parameter to reset parameters
      • Change parameters to:
        • ID: 7FF
        • NI: Relay_1
        • API: Transparent Mode [0] ( or you cand do 1, we just left it at 0)
    • Write the radio settings
    • Configure the third device exactly the same as the second device. Setting NI as Relay_2
    • Disconnect both the relay and router XBees and put them into their own power supply (we used two laptops)
      • Each module should be plugged into their own power supply by now
      • Radio modules should only contain the coordinator now
    • Using the laptop that has the coordinator, select the coordinator, and click the “discover the radio nodes in the same network
    • add all selected devices (relay and router Xbees) in the discovering remote devices

=== Testing the XBees Communications ===

  • Using the laptop containing the coordinator
  • Using the laptop contained the router:
    • Open up XCTU program and discover the router XBee

References:

  • weatherbox/bumblebee/mesh_network.1617477570.txt.gz
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