Who makes remotes for Digi Xbee-Pro/Zigbee?

[Joerg]

Hello Newsgroup,

For a network consisting of Digi XB-Pro (Zigbee) modules we are looking
for a simple remote. Cheap, $20 range, just 2-3 buttons under an area
where a customer overlay can be applied. It's this system:

http://www.digi.com/products/wirele...es/zigbee-mesh-module/xbee-zb-module#overview

To my surprise this manufacturer does not offer remotes and isn't aware
of anyone making compatible ones. I had hoped that Zigbee standardizes
all this but it seems not. Have inquired here and there and even
overseas but ... nada.

Any hints where to probe further?

 

[Joerg]

playstation2 controller ?

That would be something we could buy. But I bet Digi engineers would
have know if it was that easy

I know there's a remotecontrol standard for zigbee remotes, but even
so I'm
not sure you can avoid writting some code for one of the ends

That would be no problem at all, as long as it only requires code
adaptation on the data side. The radio side is quite proprietary so no
dice there if it uses a different frequency hop scheme or something.

 

[Martin Riddle]

Hello Newsgroup,

For a network consisting of Digi XB-Pro (Zigbee) modules we are
looking
for a simple remote. Cheap, $20 range, just 2-3 buttons under an area
where a customer overlay can be applied. It's this system:

http://www.digi.com/products/wirele...es/zigbee-mesh-module/xbee-zb-module#overview

To my surprise this manufacturer does not offer remotes and isn't
aware
of anyone making compatible ones. I had hoped that Zigbee standardizes
all this but it seems not. Have inquired here and there and even
overseas but ... nada.

Any hints where to probe further?

--

Never used Zigbee.

But search for Zigbee keyfob and this popped up.

<http://www.zig-bee.co.uk/Home/Products/ZB101KeyFob/tabid/741/Default.aspx>

cheers

 

[Martin Riddle]

Never used Zigbee.

But search for Zigbee keyfob and this popped up.

<http://www.zig-bee.co.uk/Home/Products/ZB101KeyFob/tabid/741/Default.aspx>

cheers

This maybe be what you want...
<http://www.zig-bee.co.uk/Home/Products/ZB102Keypad/tabid/742/Default.aspx>

Cheers

 

[Joerg]

maybe I was little fast, I just remember seeing someone using ps2
controllers
with zigbee but they might just have been using the plastic and
buttons


google find stuff like this:

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/zigbee-remote.html
http://www.ecbub.com/byp_1918648_ABC-four-button-remote.htm

I have no idea what the prices are or how much fuss it would take to
actually buy the stuff

Thanks, Lasse, I'll ask Digi about those to see whether they work.
Probably I'll get the answer that they aren't sure, and probably they
don't work

 

[Joerg]

This maybe be what you want...
<http://www.zig-bee.co.uk/Home/Products/ZB102Keypad/tabid/742/Default.aspx>

Thanks, Martin, that would be almost ideal. I'll ask but I doubt the
CC2420 uses the same protocol as Digi. Zigbee is not as universal and
ubiquitous a standard as one would hope.

 

[Joerg]

It looks like there are TV remotes that use Xbee/Zigbee.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CONTROL4-SR-250-REMOTE-NEW-ZIGBEE-PRO-/190624073115

Yes, there are. For the crowd where money is not of any concern
whatsoever and where the garage contains several Porsches and maybe a
Lamborghini.

But I was told that the RF layer isn't compatible.

 

[Dennis]

Hello Newsgroup,

For a network consisting of Digi XB-Pro (Zigbee) modules we are looking
for a simple remote. Cheap, $20 range, just 2-3 buttons under an area
where a customer overlay can be applied. It's this system:

http://www.digi.com/products/wirele...es/zigbee-mesh-module/xbee-zb-module#overview

To my surprise this manufacturer does not offer remotes and isn't aware
of anyone making compatible ones. I had hoped that Zigbee standardizes
all this but it seems not. Have inquired here and there and even
overseas but ... nada.

Any hints where to probe further?

What exactly do you want the remote to do? The Zigbee module has digital
I/O and analog inputs and will transmit the result to another module.

 

[Joerg]

What exactly do you want the remote to do? The Zigbee module has digital
I/O and analog inputs and will transmit the result to another module.

We aren't using them that way though, we are using their serial data
paths. What we'd like to do is have a remote join the fray and, upon
pressing a button, send in a command that the modules can detect and
forward on to the respective host system. The modules are programmable
to some extent.

 

[Dennis]

We aren't using them that way though, we are using their serial data
paths. What we'd like to do is have a remote join the fray and, upon
pressing a button, send in a command that the modules can detect and
forward on to the respective host system. The modules are programmable
to some extent.

OK - I have used them as a wireless modem or used the on module I/O
functions. I have never tried to do both at the same time. It might be
possible since it appears that the on module I/O uses a different frame
ID in the API.

It has been a while since I used them in plain serial mode and I can't
find the code right now to check which mode I used. The down side of
multiple computers with dual boot .