Are the ZigBee APIs still AT commands?

Question

I'm attempting to get some ZigBee equipment to communicate with each other. I've had some success with the XBee USB, but I have had to switch to Telegesis recently. This piece appears to have a specific AT command set. Will it be compatible with ZigBee sensors made by other companies?

Also - I've run across a few APIs for ZigBee. Are they all just AT commands at the core?

Answer 1

All ZigBee radios should interoperate -- you just need to make sure they are configured to join to each other. With XBee modules, be sure to set ATZS to 2 so the radios form and try to join a true ZigBee network. The default setting of 0 is for non-ZigBee networks.

To have modules join to each other, you'll need to know the PAN ID and possibly link key used to secure the network.

Once you start communicating via ZigBee, expect to use these modules in an API frame mode, where you need to set address information (destination node, source/destination endpoint, cluster) in the headers.

Answer 2

AT commands are just used to configure the Telegesis ZigBee module. It's a SoC and can work in any mode (coordinator/router/zed). On the other side, it talks the ZigBee language and can communicate with any ZigBee certified device. So it can be used to create a ZigBee network or can be included in any ZigBee network.