I want to have an arduino with an xbee (call it xbee1) connected to it and another wireless xbee (call it xbee2) communicating with xbee1. Then I would have DIO1 on xbee2 acting as a digital input and DIO1 on xbee1 acting as an output outputting exactly the input on xbee2's DIO1. Then to be able to do this with more xbees (eg xbee3)
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Is this a possibility? Also if so does it matter what series of xbee I use?
Could you also please explain how to do this.
I have spent a lot of time googling but I cannot find anything. Thanks in advance.
Best Answer
Yes, it's possible.
Each xbee has a set destination address. In xbee2 and xbee3 you would set the destination address to that of xbee1.
Yes it matters what series you use. For this, use xbee series 1 because series 2 xbees do not support automatic DIO line passing. You can use series 2 but they would have to operate in API mode, and instead of the xbee2 and 3 automatically transmitting when they see a change on a DIO line, arduino/xbee1 would have to poll xbee2/3 to determine the DIO line status.