# Controlling lights by XBee S1+ ESP32 without bridge

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/controlling-lights-by-xbee-s1-esp32-without-bridge/22200>\
**Category:** XBee & XBee Gateway\
**Tags:** xbee-s1, hue, esp32, zigbee\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/controlling-lights-by-xbee-s1-esp32-without-bridge/22200 "2021-02-12T08:51:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mohamad-Badr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Mohamad-Badr](https://forums.digi.com/u/Mohamad-Badr)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/controlling-lights-by-xbee-s1-esp32-without-bridge/22200/1 "2021-02-12T08:51:16Z")

</div>

Hello All, I need some help with my ideas please, I have a smart home system and I am trying to control the Philips hue light but without the bridge.  
I want to do that by XBee S1 + FURTHER ESP 32.  
so, who did that or have any ideas about how that can possible.  
Any links , Videos, tutorials will be greater.  
thanks all.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mvut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.digi.com/mvut/32/31_2.png) [@mvut](https://forums.digi.com/u/mvut)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/controlling-lights-by-xbee-s1-esp32-without-bridge/22200/2 "2021-02-12T08:57:08Z")

</div>

The Digi XBee S1 is not a Zigbee enabled device. It is an IEEE 802.15.4 product.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mohamad-Badr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Mohamad-Badr](https://forums.digi.com/u/Mohamad-Badr)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/controlling-lights-by-xbee-s1-esp32-without-bridge/22200/3 "2021-02-12T14:30:22Z")

</div>

but Zigbee protocol is an IEEE 802.15.4-based specification

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mvut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.digi.com/mvut/32/31_2.png) [@mvut](https://forums.digi.com/u/mvut)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/controlling-lights-by-xbee-s1-esp32-without-bridge/22200/4 "2021-02-12T14:34:42Z")

</div>

The IEEE 802.15.4 protocol is a Phy and MAC layer protocol that performs Peer to peer, point to point, point to multi-point protocol.

The Zigbee Mesh protocol runs on top of the 802.15.4 Protocol in the networking layers.