<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div>This is sweet. I would need this and the ZigBee transceiver to go on it.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspberry-Pi-XBee-Pro-Zigbee-USB-Adapter-Explorer-Board-with-3-3V-regulator-/281099487149?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4172d5c7ad">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspberry-Pi-XBee-Pro-Zigbee-USB-Adapter-Explorer-Board-with-3-3V-regulator-/281099487149?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4172d5c7ad</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale@acarver.net><br><b>To: </b>ale@ale.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, August 4, 2015 7:13:09 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] Z-Wave or ZigBee<br><div><br></div>On 2015-08-04 15:57, Chris Fowler wrote:<br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> <br>>> From: "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale@acarver.net><br>>> To: ale@ale.org<br>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 6:40:32 PM<br>>> Subject: Re: [ale] Z-Wave or ZigBee<br>> <br>>> There's modules from Digi that support Zigbee (the Xbee series) and they<br>>> also have Xbee modules that support wifi (I currently have three for<br>>> various HA tasks).<br>> <br>> I've seen the ZigBee and I see shields for arduino. How would my desktop interface with that system? Is there a USB transceiver that will communicate with the modules over RF? <br>> <br><div><br></div>Sure there are many choices including building one. The interface to<br>the ZigBee radio is usually a very simple two wire UART so you can use<br>that to get to your desktop via a USB UART.<br><div><br></div><br>Check this page from Spark Fun:<br><div><br></div>https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/111<br><div><br></div>You'll see at the top the Xbee USB explorer (in dongle and wired form)<br>upon which you mount one of the blue Xbee ZigBee Mesh modules (caution<br>because there are other versions of Xbee). That's the DIY route (which<br>is what I like to do). For the packaged version you can get something like:<br><div><br></div>http://www.adaptivem2m.com/zigbee-technology/zigbee-usb-dongle.htm<br><div><br></div>There are others around, too.<br><div><br></div>Either way it exposes a serial terminal to the computer and works as a<br>bridge. There are also ZigBee to Ethernet gateway modules available<br>which would allow any machine to speak ZigBee via TCP. For example:<br><div><br></div>http://www.digi.com/products/xbee-rf-solutions/gateways/xbee-gateway<br><div><br></div>(there are USB sticks and other modules at the bottom of that page, too)<br><div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div></body></html>