Hey,
I’ve got a problem with setting up my XBee-Network.
I use the XBee-Pro ZB Modules S2B (XBP24BZ7SIT-004).
My Network includes:
- a coordinator which is communicating with a PC via UART
- 12 Sleepy End-Devices, because they are battery-powered
- and a Router, because the Coordinator only could handle 10 children.
Configuration:
- Router (no sleep)
- End Devices (cyclic sleep, SM=5): wake up every 5s SP=0x1F4 and stay awake for ST=0xFFFE (65s)
The coordinator is put-on a Sparkfun XBee Explorer USB. The Network still works, I can generate a node list via x-ctu and when I send a Broadcast ( API Type 0x17) to the network every Node sends a answer.
Now I would like to talk to each End Device, so I use the unique 64-Bit address and the API Type 0x17 (Remote Command). Before I send a command to the End Device I send a Broadcast to wake up the Children.
Some of the End Devices directly response with the correct answer but not all of them. Many response with a transmission timeout after the time 1.6s (NH = 30). I think the problem is the routing. The coordinator sends the many-to-one-route broadcast every 80s (AR=8). When I send the Broadcast I get the answer shortly after the Route Record Indicator frame from the corresponding End-Device.
How many routing table entries does the router have? What have I do before I can talk to an End-Device, that has no route to the Gateway?
I tried to use source-routing but when I send a message (0x21) with the 64-Bit address of a End Device and a Hop set to the 16-Bit address of the Router I get no response.
I hope you understand my problem and could give me a solution or a tip.
Thanks