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Building Wireless Sensor Networks Building Wireless Sensor Networks Robert Faludi Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Sebastopol • Tokyo Building Wireless Sensor Networks by Robert Faludi Copyright © 2011 Robert Faludi. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (http://my.safaribooksonline.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: 800-998-9938 or [email protected]. Editor: Brian Jepson Indexer: Angela Howard Production Editor: Adam Zaremba Cover Designer: Karen Montgomery Copyeditor: Sharon Terdeman Interior Designer: David Futato Technical Editors: Kate Hartman and Jordan Husney Illustrator: Robert Romano Proofreader: Sada Preisch Printing History: December 2010: First Edition. Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O’Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Building Wireless Sensor Networks, the image of dachshunds, and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media, Inc., was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information con- tained herein. TM This book uses RepKover™, a durable and flexible lay-flat binding. ISBN: 978-0-596-80773-3 [M] 1292271061 Table of Contents Preface ..................................................................... xi 1. Getting Ready .......................................................... 1 Buying an XBee Radio 1 Hardware 1 Antennas 4 Vendors 6 Buying an Adapter 6 Digi Evaluation Board 7 USB Adapters 7 Breakout Boards 10 Arduino Board Adapter Hack 12 What Are All Those Pins? 15 Choosing a Terminal Program 15 Firmware Update Software 17 Terminal Software for Configuring Settings 17 Summary 20 2. Up and Running ....................................................... 23 Radio Basics 23 Electromagnetic Spectrum 24 Inverse Square Law 24 Introduction to ZigBee 25 Network Topology 27 Addressing Basics 28 PAN Addresses 29 Channels 29 All Together Now 29 XBee Firmware Updates 32 Reading Current Firmware and Configuration 35 Configuring XBee 40 v Settings 40 Connecting from Windows 41 Connecting from Macintosh 43 Command Mode and Transparent Mode 46 AT Commands (Are Your Friend) 47 Using AT Commands 49 Basic ZigBee Chat 50 Parts 50 Addresses 50 Coordinator 51 Router 53 Two Computers 53 One Computer 54 Chat 54 Troubleshooting 55 Success! 56 3. Build a Better Doorbell .................................................. 57 ZigBee and Arduino 57 About Arduino 57 Arduino Basics 59 Connecting to Arduino 65 Doorbell Projects 67 Parts 67 Prepare Your Radios 68 Connect Power from Arduino to Breadboard 68 XBee Breakout Board 68 XBee Connections 69 Doorbell Introduction 72 Switch Input... 72 ...and Buzzer Output 73 Configure Your XBees 75 Program the Arduino Doorbell 77 Feedback Doorbell 80 Feedback Light 81 Program the Arduino Feedback Doorbell 81 Extra: Nap Doorbells and More 83 4. Ins and Outs ........................................................... 85 The Story of Data 85 Direct, Indirect, Subtext 85 I/O Concepts 87 Why XBee Direct? 88 vi | Table of Contents XBee Direct Limitations 88 XBee I/O Features 89 AT Configuration I/O Commands 90 Advanced I/O Commands 93 Romantic Lighting Sensor 93 Basic Romantic Lighting Sensor 93 Prepare the Sensor Board 97 Prepare the Base Station 99 Romantic Lighting Sensor with Feedback 104 API Ahead 109 5. API and a Sensor Network .............................................. 111 What’s an API? 111 Protocols 113 Humans 113 Computers 113 XBee API Protocol 116 Start Delimiter 117 Length Bytes 118 Frame Data Bytes 118 Checksum 118 API Frame Types 119 AT Commands 120 AT Responses 122 ZigBee Transmit Request 124 ZigBee Transmit Status 127 ZigBee Receive Packet 129 I/O Data Sample Rx Indicator 131 Remote AT Command Request 135 Remote Command Response 137 Using What You Need 138 Libraries 141 Simple Sensor Network 142 Parts 142 Prepare Your Coordinator Radio 143 Prepare Your Router Radios 144 Prepare the Sensor Boards 144 Prepare the Base Station 148 Program the Base Station 152 Yay! 160 6. Sleeping, Then Changing the World ...................................... 161 Sleep Mode 161 Table of Contents | vii End Devices 161 Configuring Sleep 163 Easy Sleeping 167 Simple Sensor with Sleep Project 167 Parts 168 Prepare Your End Device Radios 168 Configure Your End Device XBees 168 Direct Actuation 171 Direct Actuation Example 172 Parts 172 Prepare Your Coordinator Radio 173 Prepare Your Router Radios 174 Prepare the Actuator Boards 174 Configure Your Router XBees 174 Prepare the Base Station 177 Simple Actuator Node Code in Processing 180 Summary 187 7. Over the Borders ...................................................... 189 Gateways 189 XBee as Embedded Gateway 190 Other Embedded Gateways 190 Internet Gateways 192 Internet Media 194 Computers Versus Dedicated Devices 194 ConnectPorts 195 Selecting a ConnectPort 196 Setting Up a ConnectPort 197 Configuring a ConnectPort 198 Remote Management 203 iDigi Connectivity Server 204 iDigi Features 204 Adding a ConnectPort 206 Viewing Configurations 209 Firmware Updates and Remote Reboot 210 Viewing an XBee Network 212 XBee Internet Gateway (XIG) 214 Installing and Configuring XIG 216 Testing XIG 218 XIG Example 220 Twitter Reader 221 Parts 222 Prepare Your ConnectPort with XBee Internet Gateway 223 viii | Table of Contents

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