Comments on: Connecting XBee Wireless Networks to ThingSpeak via the ConnectPort X2 running XIG

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:25:44 +0000

Hey everyone. Can anyone help me with my capstone project involving wireless communication over Xbee radios through ConnectPort X4? I do not know how to configure the ConnectPort or have the Xbees send traffic through it. Thank you!

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:01:47 +0000

In reply to Paul.

By bad… You can send data from Arduino through Xbee zigbee to Windows Gateway… this test script works fine.
if(Serial.available() > 0 ){
String s = “http://api.thingspeak.com/update?key=keyNumber&fieldNumber=”
+ String(adjustedLightLevel);
Serial.println(s);
delay(60000);
}

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:09:44 +0000

In reply to Tom Collins.

On issue with the Internet Gateway is you cannot send http through this Gateway it seems…
My gateway is working fine but I cannot update my ThingSpeak channel. I’ve ordered an X2 to hopefully solve the problem.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 01:57:20 +0000

In reply to Ali Haider.

Have you downloaded xig for windows? https://code.google.com/p/xig/downloads/detail?name=xig-windows-1.5.1b19.zip
Install instructions here.
https://code.google.com/p/xig/wiki/Windows_Installation
You’ll also need a account for Device Cloud. If you are just doing testing you can get a developer account. http://www.etherios.com/products/devicecloud/developerzone
If you get stuck let me know… Just went though this. I’m now connected via web, desktop and android.

By: Ali Haider

Ali Haider — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:29:33 +0000

Hello,
I am doing a small arduino based project using a eHealth shield made by the folks at Cooking-Hacks.
I am using a ZB Series 2 Pro radio on the main device (Arduino+ eHealth Shield + ZB S2 Pro + ZB shield) and a ConnectPort X4 as gateway.
After struggling for 3 weeks, I finally stumbled upon XIG and I feel like I may just pull it off. However I would also like to have back-up.
How can I use an Zigbee + USB adapter board with XIG? . And is it the same as the interface board (apologies for the numerous questions, I am REALLY struggling here).
Any sort of help will be greatly appreciated,
Thanks.

By: stonebits

stonebits — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:39:26 +0000

In reply to LARRY.

I don’t think you need XIG to do this
If you send a
/ws/DataStream
to your X2 via the divi API explorer, you’ll get and XML packet will all of your data.
I used this technique to replicate the data being returned from the “Simple Sensor Network” example in Faludi’s book.

By: LARRY

LARRY — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:48:28 +0000

In reply to Siegfried.

Hi,
Did you find out how to use XIG on “standalone” xbees as Sensors?
“What I’d like to do is use standard xbee modules as temperature/light sensors through the house. To keep things standard, I thought simply building them the same way as the “LTH Sensor” that is provided in the Digi starter kit.”

By: Tom Collins

Tom Collins — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:34:36 +0000

By the way, the current version of the XBee Internet Gateway (XIG) can run on a standard PC (Windows, Mac, *nix) with an XStick or XBee in a USB/serial adapter. So you don’t need to buy a dedicated ConnectPort X2 if you already have a computer that’s on all of the time (like a file server).
http://code.google.com/p/xig/

By: thingspeak

thingspeak — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:18:47 +0000

In reply to trappier hall.

When you edit the Channel settings, you can turn on / off fields in the channel. If they are all off, the feed will not display. Charts also only show numeric data. First, see if the field is enabled, and second if there is data in your channel.
http://api.thingspeak.com/channels/(Your Channel ID)/field/1/last.txt
Replace (Your Channel ID)

By: Rob Faludi

Rob Faludi — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:14:58 +0000

In reply to Siegfried. The latest version of the XIG software now handles IO samples, by passing them to a URL as configured on the gateway side. It's actually a pretty slick, flexible solution. Check item "E. I/O Sample HTTP Trigger" on this page: http://code.google.com/p/xig/wiki/UserDocumentation