Zigbee Mesh Network Overview - Honeywell TB7200 series User Manual

ZIGBEE WIRELESS SURVEY TOOLKIT FOR TB7200/TB7300/TB7600 SERIES THERMOSTATS
Fig. 3. Assigning PAN ID.
6. Press the Override button once and Channel will
display.
7. Assign Channel number 15 or 25 with the up/down
arrows on the right. Both devices should be
assigned the same Channel.
ZIGBEE MESH NETWORK
OVERVIEW
ZigBee is a specification for a suite of high level
communication protocols using small, low-power digital
radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4-2003 standard for
wireless personal area networks (WPANs).
Mesh networking is a type of network where each node
acts as an independent router. It allows for continuous
connections and reconfiguration around broken or
blocked paths by "hopping" and "re-meshing" from node to
node until the final destination is reached.
General characteristics of the wireless
physical communication layer are:
• Uses a wireless physical layer of 2.4GHz with data
• Yields high throughput and low latency
• Automatic topology configuration: star, peer-to-peer,
• Handshake protocol for transfer reliability
• Range: 50 feet (15 meters) typical and up to 100 feet
IEEE 802.15.4 along with ZigBee
networks and application support layer
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provide:
• Low cost installation deployment
• Ease of implementation
• Reliable data transfer
• Short range operation
• Very low power consumption
For a successful ZigBee deployment, it is important to
understand that the ZigBee wireless network is influenced
by the same environmental factors that affect other
wireless systems:
• Interference from radio emitters
• Various electronic devices
• Interference caused by solid objects that may slow or
Even with potential sources of signal interference, the
presence of these factors should not result in noticeable
network performance degradation. Environmental issues
will occur with any wireless network installation.
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rates of 250 kbps
mesh
(30 meters) depending on environment
stop communication between devices
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