Setting Pins For Digital And Analog Sensors; Actuators; Set Pins For Digital And Analog Actuators; How Xbee Devices Get Sensor Data - Digi XBee Zigbee Mesh Kit User Manual

Inputs and outputs

Setting pins for digital and analog sensors

Configure the pin of your XBee module according to the sensor that is connected to it:
If you connect a digital sensor, configure the pin as Digital Input.
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If you connect an analog sensor, configure the pin as Analog to Digital Converter (ADC).
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Note For more information about sensors, see the

Actuators

An actuator is a device that is responsible for controlling a mechanism or system. The XBee device
offers some simple output functions so that basic actuations can take place. For example, you can
send digital information directly to an XBee device and direct it to turn on a light or start up a motor.

Set pins for digital and analog actuators

Configure the pin of your XBee device according to the actuator that is connected to it:
If you connect a digital actuator, configure the pin as Digital Output.
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If you connect an analog actuator, configure the pin as PWM (analog output).
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For more information about sensors, see

How XBee devices get sensor data

XBee devices are often used to form sensor networks. In a sensor network, the main device—also
called the local XBee device—receives data from the sensors attached to the remote XBee devices.
To receive that data, you must configure the remote XBee devices to "listen" on the particular pin
where the sensor is connected and to send the data to the main XBee device.
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