Can Xbee run code without being connected to another device?

XBee & XBee Gateway XBee Programamble (S2C & 900 HP)
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Hello!

I’d like to know if you can run code in an Xbee module without being connected to the computer or another device like arduino.

For example, I want to have 2-3 Xbee modules that communicate with each other sending information and then take decisions by code without using the X-CTU software and AT commands. And I don’t want those Xbee modules to be connected to the PC or other devices, they have to run by themselves with a coin cell battery and run some code previously written into their memory. Is this possible? If so, can you provide me some info/documentation to take a look? which language do you have to use to program the instructions? Which Xbee model do I need?

Thank you!

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Sounds like you want the radios to perform a specific function that otherwise would have ran on a mC or processor. If that is the case, then you must use the programmable versions of the product.

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Thank you! But the programmables Xbee can run the code by themselves? I mean, can they be isolated from any kind of device like a PC or Arduino and autoconfigure their own parameters like channel, destination address… just through the code?

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Yes, think of the programmable xbee as an XBee with an external processor connected. The only difference is that the processor is on the same board.

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Thank you again!
Last question. Where can I find a tutorial or documentation about how to set the parameters through the code? I see a lot of documentation where you can see which are the commands to change the channel, to scan the energy… from the XCTU, but I don’t find documentation to learn how to set this parameters from the main function of the code for example.

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That is in the AT command section as well as the API section of the manual.