Experiment 10
How to Use API Packets to Control a Local XBee Module
Requirements
1 XBee module
1 USB-to-XBee adapter
1 USB cable—type-A to mini-B
Digi X-CTU software running on a Windows PC, with an open USB port
Introduction
In this experiment you will learn how to use application programming interface (API) packets that include AT commands to control an XBee module and transfer information to and from it. These commands, which use the standard AT-command letters, give you greater control over modules than you can obtain with the Modem Configuration settings alone. And they let you break away from using the X-CTU software.
Although you connected an XBee module to a PC via a USB port, the X-CTU software handled communications through a ...
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