Let’s start at the beginning shall we? What is ZigBee?  Zigbee is an open global standard for wireless technology designed to use low-power digital radio signals for personal area networks. We know, that’s a brain-full. But stay with us. Appliances and devices that have ZigBee built in help people create Smart Homes. The term “Smart Home” is being used more than ever, but it isn’t simply jargon that tech heads throw around. A “Smart Home’ is one with has devices that communicate with each other, sometimes seamlessly, other times not so. These devices such as your kettle, air-con, washing machine and even security system can “talk” to each other so that their functions become automated and thus saving you time. How do these devices talk to each other? The brand of smart device will determine what “language” they use to communicate. These languages, otherwise known as protocols include Wi-Fi, Zwave, Bluetooth and ZigBee. A protocol is a set of rules the devices operate by, so they know how to behave. Each set of rules or “languages” is a bit different. So, ZigBee can talk to ZigBee, and Bluetooth can talk to Bluetooth, but ZigBee and Bluetooth can’t talk to each other […]

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