Example of XBee API frames

Some examples of XBee API Frames. Modem status frame 7E 00 02 8A 06 6F 7E : API Frame 00 02 : Length 8A : Modem status 06 : Coordinator started 6F : checksum FF – ((8A +06) & FF) = 6F AT Command API Frame: MY 7e 00 04 08 52 4D 59 FF 7E : API Frame 00 02 : Length 08 : AT Command Frame id 52 : Frame id 4d 59 : MY (4d 59) (4d ⇒ M, 59 ⇒ Y) Get the 16-bit network address of the module. FF : checksum ff = ff – ((08+52+4d+59) & ff) AT Command Response: MY 7e 00 07 88 52 4d 59 00 00 00 7f 7E : API Frame 00 07 : Length 88 : AT Command Response API Identifier 52 : Frame id 4d 59 : MY (4d 59) (4d ⇒ M, 59 ⇒ Y) Get the 16-bit network address of the module. 00 : Status 0=OK 00 00 : MY value, 00 000 not set 7f : checksum ff = ff – ((08+52+4d+59) & ff) Explicit Addressing Zigbee Command Frame: 7E 00 1D 11 01 00 13 A2 00 40 3E 25 75 00 00 01 01 04 02 01 04 00 00 18 01 01 00 00 00 29 63 CE 9F 7E : Start frame 00 1D : Length (29 bytes) 11 : explicit addressing transmit 01 : Frame id 00 13 A2 00 40 3E 25 75 : 64 bit address 00 00 : 16 bit address 01 : source endpoint 01 : destination endpoint 04 02 : cluster id (temperature measurement cluster id/ Measurement and sensing functional domain) 01 04 : profile id (home automation profile) 00 : broadcast radius 00 : options 18 01 01 00 00 00 29 63 CE : payload 9F : checksum Let’s analyze the payload ...

March 12, 2009

bash: clear: command not found

If your are getting “bash: clear: command not found” on you first install of cygwin you have to make sure that you include ncurses packages in your cygwin installation. clear.exe doesn’t come in the standard installation. You must include ncurses to get clear.exe in your system. If you are using bash you can use Ctrl-L and get the same result though. UPDATE: ncurses is a cygwin package in libs category in Utils category. You can install it using the the Cygwin Setup utility (just run setup.exe again). See screenshot below ...

September 26, 2007

Add Command Prompt Here Shortcut to Windows Explorer

Add Command Prompt Here Shortcut to Windows Explorer Very useful. It adds a “Command Prompt” to the right-click menu in windows to open cmd.exe in the selected folder.

September 4, 2006