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Contents

Digi XBee3 Cellular LTE Cat 1 Smart Modem User Guide

Applicable firmware and hardware 9 SIM cards 9

Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit

Identify the kit contents 11 XBIB-U-DEV reference 12 Cellular service 13 Connect the hardware 14 Configure the device using XCTU 15

Add a device 15 Check for cellular registration and connection 16 Update to the latest firmware 16

Send an SMS message to a phone 18

Debugging 19

Connect to the ELIZA server 20

Debugging 21

Connect to the echo server 22

Debugging 23

Connect to the Daytime server 24

Debugging 25

Connect to a TCP/IP address 26

Debugging 27

Perform a (GET) HTTP request 28

Debugging 29

Get started with MQTT 30

Example: MQTT connect 30 Send a connect packet 32 Example: send messages (publish) with MQTT 34 Example: receive messages (subscribe) with MQTT 34 Use MQTT over the XBee Cellular Modem with a PC 35

Get started with CoAP 39

CoAP terms 39 CoAP quick start example 39 Configure the device 40 Example: manually perform a CoAPrequest 40 Example: use Python to generate a CoAP message 41

Configure the XBee Smart Modem using Digi Remote Manager 44

Create a Remote Manager account 44

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Get the XBee Smart Modem IMEI number 44 Add a XBee Smart Modem to Remote Manager 44 Update the firmware 45

Software libraries 45

Get started with MicroPython

About MicroPython 47

Why use MicroPython 47 MicroPython on the XBee Smart Modem 47 Use XCTU to enter the MicroPython environment 47 Use the MicroPython Terminal in XCTU 48 Example: hello world 48 Example: turn on an LED 48 Example: code a request help button 49

Enter MicroPython paste mode 50

Catch a button press 50

Send a text (SMS) when the button is pressed 52

Add the time the button was pressed 53 Exit MicroPython mode 54 Other terminal programs 54

Tera Term for Windows 54 Use picocom in Linux 55

Technical specifications

Interface and hardware specifications 58 RF characteristics 58 Networking specifications 58 Power requirements 58 Power consumption 59 Electrical specifications 59 Regulatory approvals 60

Hardware

Mechanical drawings 62 Pin signals 62

Pin connection recommendations 63 RSSI PWM 64 SIM card 64 The Associate LED 64

Antenna recommendations

Antenna connections 67 Antenna placement 68

Design recommendations

Cellular component firmware upgrades 70 USB Direct design 70

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Power supply considerations 70 Add a capacitor to the RESET line 70 Heat considerations and testing 71 Heat sink guidelines 71 Add a fan to provide active cooling 73

Cellular connection process

Connecting 75 Cellular network 75 Data network connection 75 Data communication with remote servers (TCP/UDP) 75 Disconnecting 75 SMS encoding 76

Modes

Select an operating mode 78 Transparent operating mode 79 API operating mode 79 Bypass operating mode 79

Enter Bypass operating mode 79

Leave Bypass operating mode 80

Restore cellular settings to default in Bypass operating mode 80 USB direct mode 80

Enable USB direct mode 80 Command mode 80

Enter Command mode 81

Send AT commands 81

Apply command changes 82

Make command changes permanent 82

Exit Command mode 82

Sleep modes

About sleep modes 84 Normal mode 84 Pin sleep mode 84 Cyclic sleep mode 84 Cyclic sleep with pin wake up mode 84 Airplane mode 84 Connected sleep mode 84 The sleep timer 85 MicroPython sleep behavior 85

Serial communication

Serial interface 87 Serial data 87 UART data flow 87 Serial buffers 87 CTS flow control 88 RTS flow control 88

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AT commands

MicroPython commands 90

PS (Python Startup) 90

PY (MicroPython Command) 90 Special commands 91

AC (Apply Changes) 91

FR (Force Reset) 91

RE command 92

WR command 92 Cellular commands 92

PH (Phone Number) 92

S# (ICCID) 92

IM (IMEI) 93

MN (Operator) 93

MV (Modem Firmware Version) 93

DB (Cellular Signal Strength) 93

AN (Access Point Name) 93

OA (Operating APN) 94

AM (Airplane Mode) 94

DV (Antenna Diversity) 94 Network commands 95

IP (IP Protocol) 95

TL (SSL/TLS Protocol Version) 95

TM (IP Client Connection Timeout) 95

TS (IP Server Connection Timeout) 96

DO (Device Options) 96

EQ (Device Cloud FQDN) 96 Addressing commands 97

SH (Serial Number High) 97

SL (Serial Number Low) 97

DL (Destination Address) 97

P# (Destination Phone Number) 97

N1 (DNS Address) 98

N2 (DNS Address) 98

DE (Destination Port) 98

TD (Text Delimiter) 98

MY (Module IP Address) 99

LA (Lookup IP Address of FQDN) 99

OD (Operating Destination Address) 99

C0 (Source Port) 99 Serial interfacing commands 100

BD (Baud Rate) 100

NB (Parity) 101

SB (Stop Bits) 101

RO (Packetization Timeout) 101

FT (Flow Control Threshold) 101

AP (API Enable) 102 I/O settings commands 102

D0 (DIO0/AD0) 102

D1 (DIO1/AD1) 103

D2 (DIO2/AD2) 103

D3 (DIO3/AD3) 104

D4 (DIO4) 104

D5 (DIO5/ASSOCIATED_INDICATOR) 105

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D6 (DIO6/RTS) 105

D7 (DIO7/CTS) 105

D8 (DIO8/SLEEP_REQUEST) 106

P0 (DIO10/PWM0 Configuration) 107

P1 (DIO11/PWM1 Configuration) 107

P2 (DIO12 Configuration) 108

PD (Pull Direction) 108

PR (Pull-up/down Resistor Enable) 109

M0 (PWM0 Duty Cycle) 109 I/O sampling commands 110

TP (Temperature) 110 Sleep commands 110

SM (Sleep Mode) 110

SP (Sleep Period) 111

ST (Wake Time) 111

SO (Sleep Options) 111 Command mode options 112

CC (Command Sequence Character) 112

CT (Command Mode Timeout) 112

GT (Guard Times) 112 Firmware version/information commands 112

VR (Firmware Version) 112

VL (Verbose Firmware Version) 113

HV (Hardware Version) 113

AI (Association Indication) 113

HS (Hardware Series) 114

CK (Configuration CRC) 114 Diagnostic interface commands 114

DI (Device Cloud Indicator) 114

CI (Protocol/Connection Indication) 114 Execution commands 116

NR (Network Reset) 116

!R (Modem Reset) 117

IS (Force Sample) 117

Operate in API mode

API mode overview 120 Use the AP command to set the operation mode 120 API frame format 120

API operation (AP parameter = 1) 120

API operation with escaped characters (AP parameter = 2) 121 Frame descriptions 124

AT Command - 0x08 124

Transmit (TX) SMS - 0x1F 125

Transmit (TX) Request: IPv4 - 0x20 126

AT Command Response - 0x88 127

Transmit (TX) Status - 0x89 128

Modem Status - 0x8A 129

Receive (RX) Packet: SMS - 0x9F 130

Receive (RX) Packet: IPv4 - 0xB0 131

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Socket behavior

Supported sockets 133 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate checking 133 Socket timeouts 133 Socket limits in API mode 133 Enable incoming TCP connections 133 API mode behavior for outgoing TCP and SSL connections 134 API mode behavior for outgoing UDP data 134 API mode behavior for incoming TCP connections 135 API mode behavior for incoming UDP data 135 Transparent mode behavior for outgoing TCP and SSL connections 135 Transparent mode behavior for outgoing UDP data 136 Transparent mode behavior for incoming TCP connections 136 Transparent mode behavior for incoming UDP connections 136

Troubleshooting

Cannot find the serial port for the device 138

Condition 138

Solution 138 Correct a macOS Java error 140

Condition 140

Solution 140 Unresponsive cellular component in Bypass mode 141

Condition 141

Solution 141 Not on expected network after APN change 142

Condition 142

Solution 142 Syntax error at line 1 142

Solution 142 Error Failed to send SMS 142

Solution 142

Regulatory information

Modification statement 144 Interference statement 144 FCC Class B digital device notice 144 RF exposure 145 FCC-approved antennas 145

Bluetooth antennas 145

Dipole antennas 145

Flex PCB antennas 145

Cellular antennas 146 Labeling requirements for the host device 146

Digi XBee3 Cellular LTE Cat 1 Smart Modem User Guide

The XBee Smart Modem is an embedded Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Category 1 cellular module that provides original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with a simple way to integrate cellular connectivity into their devices.

The XBee Smart Modem enables OEMs to quickly integrate cutting edge 4G cellular technology into their devices and applications without dealing with the painful, time-consuming, and expensive FCC and carrier end-device certifications.

With the full suite of standard XBee API frames and AT commands, existing XBee customers can seamlessly transition to this new device with only minor software adjustments. When OEMs add the XBee Smart Modem to their product, they create a future-proof design with flexibility to switch between wireless protocols or frequencies as needed.

You can read some frequently asked questions here.

Applicable firmware and hardware

This manual supports the following firmware:

n 310xx

It supports the following hardware:

n XB3-C-A1-UT-xxx

SIM cards

The XBee Smart Modem requires a 4FF (Nano) size SIM card. The SIM interface supports both 1.8 V and 3 V SIM types.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit

This section describes how to connect the hardware in the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit, and provides some examples you can use to communicate with the device.

Identify the kit contents 11 XBIB-U-DEV reference 12 Cellular service 13 Connect the hardware 14 Configure the device using XCTU 15 Send an SMS message to a phone 18 Connect to the ELIZA server 20 Connect to the echo server 22 Connect to the Daytime server 24 Connect to a TCP/IP address 26 Perform a (GET) HTTP request 28 Get started with MQTT 30 Get started with CoAP 39 Configure the XBee Smart Modem using Digi Remote Manager 44 Software libraries 45

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Identify the kit contents

Identify the kit contents

The Developer's kit includes the following:

One XBIB-U-DEV board

One 12 V power supply

Two cellular antennas with U.FL connectors

One USB cable

One XBee Smart Modem

One SIMcard

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit XBIB-U-DEV reference

XBIB-U-DEV reference

This picture shows the XBee USB development board and the table that follows explains the callouts in the picture.

Number Item Description

1 Programmingheader Header used to program XBee Programmable devices.

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Number Item Description

2 Self power module

3 Current testing Depopulating R31 allows a current probe to be inserted across P6

4 Loopback jumper Populating P8 with a loopback jumper causes serial transmissions

5 DC barrel plug: 6-20V Greater than 500 mA loads require a DC supply for correct

6 LED indicator

7 USB

8 RSSI indicator

Advanced users only—voids the warranty. Depopulate R31 to power the device using V+ and GND from J2 and J5. You can connect sense lines to S+ and S- for sensing power supplies.

CAUTION: Voltage is not regulated. Applying the incorrect

voltage can cause fire and serious injury.

terminals. The current though P6/R31 powers the device only. Other supporting circuitry is powered by a different trace.

both from the device and from the USB to loopback.

operation. Plug in the external power supply prior to the USB connector to ensure that proper USB communications are not interrupted.

Yellow: Modem sending serial/UART data to host. Green: Modem receiving serial/UART data from host. Red: Associate.

9 User buttons Connected to DIO lines for user implementation.

10 Reset button

11 SPI power Connect to the power board from 3.3 V.

12 SPI Only used for surface-mount devices.

13 Indicator LEDs

14 Through-hole XBee

sockets

15 20-pin header Maps to standard through-hole XBee pins.

Cellular service

The XBee Cellular kit includes six months of free cellular service.

Powering the board with J2 and J5 without R31 removed can cause shorts if the USB or barrel plug power are connected. Applying too high a voltage destroys electronic circuitry in the device and other board components and/or can cause injury.

DS5: ON/SLEEP DS2: DIO12, the LED illuminates when driven low. DS3: DIO11, the LED illuminates when driven low. DS4: DIO4, the LED illuminates when driven low.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Connect the hardware

Connect the hardware

1. The XBee Smart Modem should already be plugged into the XBIB-U-DEV board.

2. The SIMcard should be already be inserted into the XBee Smart Modem. If not, install the

SIMcard into the XBee Smart Modem.

WARNING! Never insert or remove the SIM card while the device is powered!

3. Connect the antennas to the XBee Smart Modem by aligning the U.FL connectors carefully,

then firmly pressing straight down to seat the connector. You should hear a snap when the

antenna attaches correctly. U.FL is fragile and is not designed for multiple insertions, so

exercise caution when connecting or removing the antennas. We recommend using a U.FL

removal tool.

4. Plug the 12 V power supply to the power jack on the development board.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Configure the device using XCTU

5. Connect the USB cable from a PC to the USB port on the development board. The computer

searches for a driver, which can take a few minutes to install.

Configure the device using XCTU

XBee Configuration and Test Utility (XCTU) is a multi-platform program that enables users to interact with Digi radio frequency (RF) devices through a graphical interface. The application includes built-in tools that make it easy to set up, configure, and test Digi RF devices.

XCTU does not work directly over an SPI interface.

For instructions on downloading and using XCTU, see the XCTU User Guide.

Note If you are on a macOS computer and encounter problems installing XCTU, see Correct a macOS

Java error.

Add a device

These instructions show you how to add the XBee Smart Modem to XCTU. If XCTU does not find your serial port, see Cannot find the serial port for the device.

Launch XCTU .

Click the Discover radio modules button .

3. In the Discover radio devices dialog, select the serial ports where you want to look for XBee

modules, and click Next.

4. In the Set port parameters window, maintain the default values and click Finish.

5. As XCTU locates radio modules, they appear in the Discovering radio modules dialog box.

If your module could not be found, XCTU displays the Could not find any radio module dialog providing possible reasons why the module could not be added.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Configure the device using XCTU

Check for cellular registration and connection

In the following examples, proper cellular network registration and address assignment must occur successfully. The LED on the development board blinks when the XBee Smart Modem is registered to the cellular network; see The Associate LED. If the LEDremains solid, registration has not occurred properly. Registration can take several minutes.

Note Make sure you are in an area with adequate cellular network reception or the XBee Smart

Modem will not make the connection.

In addition to the LED confirmation, you can check the AT commands below in XCTU to check the registration and connection. To view these commands:

1. Open XCTU and Add a device.

Click the Configuration working mode button.

3. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

On the Configuration toolbar, click the Default button to load the default values

established by the firmware, and click Yes to confirm.

The relevant commands are:

n AI (Association Indication) reads zero when the device successfully registers to the cellular

network. If it reads 0x23 it is connecting to the Internet; 0x22 means it is registering to the

cellular network.

n MY (Module IPAddress) should display a valid IPaddress. If it reads 0.0.0.0, it has not

registered yet.

Note To search for an ATcommand in XCTU, use the search box.

Update to the latest firmware

Firmware is the program code stored in the device's persistent memory that provides the control program for the device. Use XCTU to update the firmware.

Click the Configuration working modes button .

2. Select a local XBee module from the Radio Modules list.

Click the Update firmware button .

The Update firmware dialog displays the available and compatible firmware for the selected

XBee module.

4. Select the product family of the XBee module, the function set, and the latest firmware version.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Configure the device using XCTU

5. Click Update. A dialog displays update progress. Click Show details for details of the firmware

update process.

See How to update the firmware of your modules in the XCTU User Guide for more information.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Send an SMS message to a phone

Send an SMS message to a phone

The XBee Smart Modem can send and receive Short Message Service (SMS) transmissions (text messages) while in Transparent mode. This allows you to send and receive text messages to and from an SMS capable device such as a mobile phone.

The following table explains the AT commands that you use in this example.

Command Value Description

AP (APIEnable)

IP (IP Protocol)

(DestinationPhone Number)

TD (Text Delimiter)

PH (Module's SIM

phone number)

1. Ensure that the device is set up correctly with the SIM card installed and the antennas

connected as described in Connect the hardware.

2. Open XCTU and Add a device.

Click the Configuration working mode button.

4. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

0 Set the device's API mode to Transparent mode.

2 Set the expected transmission mode to SMScommunication.

D (0x0D)

Read only

The target phone number that you send to, for example, your cellular phone. See P# (Destination Phone Number) for instructions on using this command.

The text delimiter to be used for Transparent mode, as an ASCII hex code. No information is sent until this character is entered, unless the maximum number of characters has been reached. Set to zero to disable text delimiter checking. Set to D for a carriage return.

The value that represents your device's phone number as supplied by the SIM card. This is used to send text messages to the device from another cellular device.

To switch to SMS communication, in the IP field, select 2 and click the Write button .

6. To enter your cell phone number, in the P# field, type the <target phone number> and click

the Write button. Type the phone number using only numbers, with no dashes. You can use the

+ prefix if necessary. The target phone number is the phone number you wish to send a text to.

7. In the TD field, type D and click the Write button.

8. Note the number in the PH field; it is the XBee Smart Modem phone number, which you see

when it sends an SMS to your phone.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Send an SMS message to a phone

Click the Consoles working mode button on the toolbar to open a serial console to the

device. For instructions on using the Console, see the AT console topic in the XCTU User Guide.

Click the Open button to open a serial connection to the device.

10.

11. Click in the left pane of the Console log, type hello world and press Enter. The XBee Smart

Modem sends the message to the destination phone number set by the P# command.

12. When the phone receives the text, you can see that the sender's phone number matches the

value reported by the XBee Smart Modem with the PH command.

13. On the phone, reply with the text connect with confidence and the XBee Smart Modem

outputs this reply from the UART.

Debugging

If you experience problems with the settings in this example, you can load the default settings in XCTU:

On the Configuration toolbar, click the Default button to load the default values

established by the firmware, and click Yes to confirm.

2. Factory settings are loaded but not written to the device. To write them, click the Write button

on the toolbar.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Connect to the ELIZA server

Connect to the ELIZA server

You can use the XBee Smart Modem to chat with the ELIZA Therapist Bot. ELIZAis an artificial intelligence (AI) bot that emulates a therapist and can perform simple conversations.

The following table explains the AT commands that you use in this example.

At command Value Description

IP (IP Protocol) 1 Set the expected transmission mode to TCP

communications.

DL (Destination Address)

DE (Destination Port) 0x2328 The target port number of the Eliza server.

To communicate with the ELIZA Therapist Bot:

1. Ensure that the device is set up correctly with the SIM card installed and the antennas

connected as described in Connect the hardware.

2. Open XCTU and Add a device.

Click the Configuration working mode button.

4. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

To switch to TCP communication, in the IP field, select 1 and click the Write button .

6. To enter the destination address of the ELIZATherapist Bot, in the DL field, type 52.43.121.77

and click the Write button.

52.43.121.77 The target IP address of the Eliza server.

7. To enter the destination IP port number, in the DE field, type 2328 and click the Write button.

Click the Consoles working mode button on the toolbar to open a serial console to the

device. For instructions on using the Console, see the AT console topic in the XCTU User Guide.

Click the Open button to open a serial connection to the device.

10. Click in the left pane of the Console log, then type in the Console to talk to the ELIZA Therapist

Bot. The following screenshot provides an example of this chat.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Connect to the ELIZA server

Debugging

If you experience problems with the settings in this example, you can load the default settings in XCTU:

On the Configuration toolbar, click the Default button to load the default values

established by the firmware, and click Yes to confirm.

2. Factory settings are loaded but not written to the device. To write them, click the Write button

on the toolbar.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Connect to the echo server

Connect to the echo server

This server echoes back the messages you type.

The following table explains the AT commands that you use in this example.

At command Value Description

IP (IP

Protocol)

(Text

Delimiter)

(Destination Address)

(Destination Port)

To communicate with the echo server:

1. Ensure that the device is set up correctly with the SIM card installed and the antennas

connected as described in Connect the hardware.

2. Open XCTU and Add a device.

Click the Configuration working mode button.

4. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

1 Set the expected transmission mode to TCP communications.

D (0x0D)

52.43.121.77 The target IPaddress of the echo server.

0x2329 The target port number of the echo server.

To switch to TCP communication, in the IP field, select 1 and click the Write button .

6. To enable the XBee Smart Modem to recognize carriage return as a message delimiter, in the

TD field, type D and click the Write button.

7. To enter the destination address of the echo server, in the DL field, type 52.43.121.77 and click

the Write button.

8. To enter the destination IP port number, in the DE field, type 2329 and click the Write button.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Connect to the echo server

Click the Consoles working mode button on the toolbar to open a serial console to the

device. For instructions on using the Console, see the AT console topic in the XCTU User Guide.

Click the Open button to open a serial connection to the device.

10.

11. Click in the left pane of the Console log, then type in the Console to talk to the echo server.

The following screenshot provides an example of this chat.

Debugging

If you experience problems with the settings in this example, you can load the default settings in XCTU:

On the Configuration toolbar, click the Default button to load the default values

established by the firmware, and click Yes to confirm.

2. Factory settings are loaded but not written to the device. To write them, click the Write button

on the toolbar.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Connect to the Daytime server

Connect to the Daytime server

The Daytime server reports the current Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) value responding to any user input.

The following table explains the AT commands that you use in this example.

At command Value Description

IP (IP

Protocol)

(Destination Address)

(Destination Port)

TD (Text Delimiter)

To communicate with the Daytime server:

1. Ensure that the device is set up correctly with the SIM card installed and the antennas

connected as described in Connect the hardware.

2. Open XCTU and Add a device.

Click the Configuration working mode button.

4. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

1 Set the expected transmission mode to TCP communications.

52.43.121.77 The target IP of the Daytime server.

0x232A The target port number of the Daytime server.

To switch to TCP communication, in the IP field, select 1 and click the Write button .

6. To enter the destination address of the daytime server, in the DL field, type 52.43.121.77 and

click the Write button.

7. To enter the destination IP port number, in the DE field, type 232A and click the Write button.

8. To disable text delimiter checking, in the TD field, type 0 and click the Write button.

Click the Consoles working mode button on the toolbar to open a serial console to the

device. For instructions on using the Console, see the AT console topic in the XCTU User Guide.

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Click the Open button to open a serial connection to the device.

10.

11. Click in the left pane of the Console log, then type in the Console to query the Daytime server.

The following screenshot provides an example of this chat.

Debugging

If you experience problems with the settings in this example, you can load the default settings in XCTU:

On the Configuration toolbar, click the Default button to load the default values

established by the firmware, and click Yes to confirm.

2. Factory settings are loaded but not written to the device. To write them, click the Write button

on the toolbar.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Connect to a TCP/IP address

Connect to a TCP/IP address

The XBee Smart Modem can send and receive TCP messages while in Transparent mode; see

Transparent operating mode.

You can use this example as a template for sending and receiving data from a user. The following table explains the AT commands that you use in this example.

Command Value Description

IP (IP

Protocol)

(Destination IPAddress)

(Destination Port)

To connect to a TCP/IP address:

1. Ensure that the device is set up correctly with the SIM card installed and the antennas

connected as described in Connect the hardware.

2. Open XCTU and Add a device.

Click the Configuration working mode button.

4. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

1 Set the expected transmission mode to TCPcommunication.

The target IP address that you send and receive from. For example, a data logging server’s IP address that you want to send measurements to.

The target port number that the device sends the transmission to. This is represented as a hexadecimal value.

In the IP field, select 1 and click the Write button .

6. In the DL field, type the <target IP address> and click the Write button. The target IP address

is the IPaddress that you send and receive from.

7. In the DE field, type the <target port number>, converted to hexadecimal, and click the Write

button.

8. Exit Command mode; see Exit Command mode.

After exiting Command mode, any UART data sent to the device is sent to the destination IP address and port number after the RO (Packetization Timeout) occurs.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Connect to a TCP/IP address

Debugging

If you experience problems with the settings in this example, you can load the default settings in XCTU:

On the Configuration toolbar, click the Default button to load the default values

established by the firmware, and click Yes to confirm.

2. Factory settings are loaded but not written to the device. To write them, click the Write button

on the toolbar.

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Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit Perform a (GET) HTTP request

Perform a (GET) HTTP request

You can use the XBee Smart Modem to perform a GET Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request using XCTU. This example uses http://httpbin.org/ as the target website that responds to the HTTP request.

To perform a GETrequest:

1. Ensure that the device is set up correctly with the SIM card installed and the antennas

connected as described in Connect the hardware.

2. Open XCTU and Add a device.

Click the Configuration working mode button.

4. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

5. To enter the destination address of the target website, in the DL field, type httpbin.org and

click the Write button .

6. To enter the HTTP request port number, in the DE field, type 50 and click the Write button.

Hexadecimal 50 is 80 in decimal.

7. To switch to TCP communication, in the IP field, select 1 and click the Write button.

8. To move into Transparent mode, in the APfield, select 0 and click the Write button.

9. Wait for the AI (Association Indication) value to change to 0 (Connected to the Internet).

Click the Consoles working mode button on the toolbar.

10.

From the AT console, click the Add new packet button in the Send packets dialog. The

11.

Add new packet dialog appears.

12. Enter the name of the data packet.

13. Type the following data in the ASCII input tab:

GET /ip HTTP/1.1

Host: httpbin.org

14. Click the HEX input tab and add 0A (zero A) after each 0D (zero D), and add an additional 0D 0A

at the end of the message body. For example, copy and past the following text into the HEX

input tab:

47 45 54 20 2F 69 70 20 48 54 54 50 2F 31 2E 31 0D 0A 48 6F 73 74 3A 20 68 74 74 70 62 69 6E 2E 6F 72 67 0D 0A 0D 0A

Note The HTTP protocol requires an empty line (a line with nothing preceding the CRLF) to terminate

the request.

15. Click Add packet.

Click the Open button .

16.

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17. Click Send selected packet.

18. A GETHTTP response from httpbin.org appears in the Console log.

Debugging

If you experience problems with the settings in this example, you can load the default settings in XCTU:

On the Configuration toolbar, click the Default button to load the default values

established by the firmware, and click Yes to confirm.

2. Factory settings are loaded but not written to the device. To write them, click the Write button

on the toolbar.

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Get started with MQTT

MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a messaging protocol that is ideal for the Internet of Things (IoT) due to a light footprint and its use of the publish-subscribe model. In this model, a client connects to a broker, a server machine responsible for receiving all messages, filtering them, and then sending messages to the appropriate clients.

The first two MQTTexamples do not involve the XBee Smart Modem. They demonstrate using the MQTTlibraries because those libraries are required for Use MQTT over the XBee Cellular Modem with

a PC.

The examples in this guide assume:

n Some knowledge of Python.

n An integrated development environment (IDE)such as PyCharm, IDLE or something similar.

The examples require:

n An XBee Smart Modem.

n A compatible development board, such as the XBIB-U.

n XCTU. See Configure the device using XCTU.

n That you install Python on your computer. You can download Python from:

https://www.python.org/downloads/.

n That you install the pyserial and paho-mqtt libraries to the Python environment. If you use

Python 2, install these libraries from the command line with pip install pyserial and pip

install paho-mqtt. If you use Python 3, use pip3 install pyserial and pip3 install paho-mqtt.

n The full MQTT library source code, which includes examples and tests, which is available in the

paho-mqtt github repository at https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.python. To download this

repository you must have Git installed.

Example: MQTT connect

This example provides insight into the structure of packets in MQTT as well as the interaction between the client and broker. MQTT uses different packets to accomplish tasks such as connecting, subscribing, and publishing. You can use XCTU to perform a basic example of sending a broker a connect packet and receiving the response from the server, without requiring any coding. This is a good way to see how the client interacts with the broker and what a packet looks like. The following table is an example connect packet:

Description Hex value

CONNECT packet fixed header

byte 1 Control packet type 0x10

byte 2 Remaining length 0x10

CONNECT packet variable header

Protocol name

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Description Hex value

byte 1 Length MSB (0) 0x00

byte 2 Length LSB (4) 0x04

byte 3 (M) 0x4D

byte 4 (Q) 0x51

byte 5 (T) 0x54

byte 6 (T) 0x54

Protocol level

byte 7 Level (4) 0x04

Connect flags

byte 8

Keep alive

byte 9 Keep Alive MSB (0) 0X00

byte 10 Keep Alive LSB (60) 0X3C

Client ID

byte 11 Length MSB (0) 0x00

byte 12 Length LSB (4) 0x04

byte 13 (D) 0x44

byte 14 (I) 0x49

byte 15 (G) 0x47

byte 16 (I) 0x49

The following table describes the fields in the packet:

Fieldname Description

ProtocolName The connect packet starts with the protocol name, which is MQTT. The length of

CONNECT flags byte, see the table below for the bits.

the protocol name (in bytes) is immediately before the name itself.

0X02

ProtocolLevel Refers to the version of MQTT in use, in this case a value of 4 indicates MQTT

version 3.1.1.

Connect Flags Indicate certain aspects of the packet. For simplicity, this example only sets the

Clean Session flag, which indicates to the client and broker to discard any previous session and start a new one.

Keep Alive How often the client pings the broker to keep the connection alive; in this example

it is set to 60 seconds.

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Fieldname Description

Client ID The length of the ID (in bytes) precedes the ID itself. Each client connecting to a

broker must have a unique client ID. In the example, the ID is DIGI. When using the Paho MQTT Python libraries, a random alphanumeric ID is generated if you do not specify an ID.

The following table provides the CONNECT flag bits from byte 8, the CONNECT flags byte.

CONNECT Flag Bit(s) Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0

User name flag 0

Password flag 0

Will retain 0

Will QoS 0 0

Will flag 0

Clean session 1

Reserved 0

Send a connect packet

Now that you know what a connect packet looks like, you can send a connect packet to a broker and view the response. Open XCTU and click the Configuration working mode button.

1. Ensure that the device is set up correctly with the SIM card installed and the antennas

connected as described in Connect the hardware.

Open XCTU and click the Configuration working mode button.

3. Add the XBee Smart Modem to XCTU; see Add a device.

4. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

5. In the APfield, set Transparent Mode to [0] if it is not already and click the Write button.

6. In the DL field, type the IP address of the broker you wish to use. This example uses

198.41.30.241, which is the IP address for m2m.eclipse.org, a public MQTT broker.

7. In the DE field, type 75B and set the port that the broker uses. This example uses 75B, because

the default MQTT port is 1883 (0x75B).

8. Once you have entered the required values, click the Write button to write the changes to the

XBee Smart Modem.

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Click the Consoles working mode button on the toolbar to open a serial console to the

device. For instructions on using the Console, see the AT console topic in the XCTU User Guide.

Click the Open button to open a serial connection to the device.

10.

From the AT console, click the Add new packet button in the Send packets dialog. The

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Add new packet dialog appears.

12. Enter the name of the data packet. Name the packet connect_frame or something similar.

13. Click the HEX input tab and type the following (these values are the same values from the

table in Example: MQTT connect):

10 10 00 04 4D 51 54 54 04 02 00 3C 00 04 44 49 47 49

14. Click Add packet. The new packet appears in the Send packets list.

15. Click the packet in the Send packets list.

16. Click Send selected packet.

17. A CONNACK packet response from the broker appears in the Console log. This is a connection

acknowledgment; a successful response should look like this:

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You can verify the response from the broker as a CONNACK by comparing it to the structure of a CONNACK packet in the MQTT documentation, which is available at http://docs.oasis-

open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v3.1.1/os/mqtt-v3.1.1-os.html#_Toc398718081).

Example: send messages (publish) with MQTT

A basic Python example of a node publishing (sending) a message is:

mqttc = mqtt.Client("digitest") # Create instance of client with client ID “digitest” mqttc.connect("m2m.eclipse.org", 1883) # Connect to (broker, port, keepalive-time) mqttc.loop_start() # Start networking daemon mqttc.publish("digitest/test1", "Hello, World!") # Publish message to “digitest /test1” topic mqttc.loop_stop() # Kill networking daemon

Note You can easily copy and paste code from the online version of this Guide. Use caution with the

PDF version, as it may not maintain essential indentations.

This example imports the MQTT library, allowing you to use the MQTT protocol via APIs in the library, such as the connect(), subscribe(), and publish() methods.

The second line creates an instance of the client, named mqttc. The client ID is the argument you passed in: digitest (this is optional).

In line 3, the client connects to a public broker, in this case m2m.eclipse.org, on port 1883 (the default MQTT port, or 8883 for MQTT over SSL). There are many publicly available brokers available, you can find a list of them here: https://github.com/mqtt/mqtt.github.io/wiki/brokers.

Line 4 starts the networking daemon with client.loop_start() to handle the background network/data tasks.

Finally, the client publishes its message Hello, World! to the broker under the topic digitest/backlog/test1. Any nodes (devices, phones, computers, even microcontrollers) subscribed to that same topic on the same broker receive the message.

Once no more messages need to be published, the last line stops the network daemon with

client.loop_stop().

Example: receive messages (subscribe) with MQTT

This example describes how a client would receive messages from within a specific topic on the broker:

import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt

def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc): # The callback for when the client connects to the broker

print("Connected with result code {0}".format(str(rc))) # Print result

of connection attempt

client.subscribe("digitest/test1") # Subscribe to the topic

“digitest/test1”, receive any messages published on it

def on_message(client, userdata, msg): # The callback for when a PUBLISH message is received from the server.

print("Message received-> " + msg.topic + " " + str(msg.payload)) #

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Print a received msg

client = mqtt.Client("digi_mqtt_test") # Create instance of client with client ID “digi_mqtt_test” client.on_connect = on_connect # Define callback function for successful connection client.on_message = on_message # Define callback function for receipt of a message # client.connect("m2m.eclipse.org", 1883, 60) # Connect to (broker, port, keepalive-time) client.connect('127.0.0.1', 17300) client.loop_forever() # Start networking daemon

Note You can easily copy and paste code from the online version of this Guide. Use caution with the

PDF version, as it may not maintain essential indentations.

The first line imports the library functions for MQTT.

The functions on_connect and on_message are callback functions which are automatically called by the client upon connection to the broker and upon receiving a message, respectively.

The on_connect function prints the result of the connection attempt, and performs the subscription. It is wise to do this in the callback function as it guarantees the attempt to subscribe happens only after the client is connected to the broker.

The on_message function prints the received message when it comes in, as well as the topic it was published under.

In the body of the code, we:

n Instantiate a client object with the client ID digi_mqtt_test

n Define the callback functions to use upon connection and upon message receipt

n Connect to an MQTT broker at m2m.eclipse.org, on port 1883 (the default MQTT port, or 8883

for MQTT over SSL) with a keepalive of 60 seconds (this is how often the client pings the broker

to keep the connection alive).

The last line starts a network daemon that runs in the background and handles data transactions and messages, as well as keeping the socket open, until the script ends.

Use MQTT over the XBee Cellular Modem with a PC

To use this MQTT library over an XBee Smart Modem, you need a basic proxy that transfers a payload received via the MQTT client’s socket to the serial or COM port that the XBee Smart Modem is active on, as well as the reverse; transfer of a payload received on the XBee Smart Modem’s serial or COM port to the socket of the MQTT client. This is simplest with the XBee Smart Modem in Transparent mode, as it does not require code to parse or create API frames, and not using API frames means there is no need for them to be queued for processing.

1. To put the XBee Cellular Modem in Transparent mode, set AP to 0.

2. Set DL to the IP address of the broker you want to use.

3. Set DE to the port to use, the default is 1883 (0x75B). This sets the XBee Smart Modem to

communicate directly with the broker, and can be performed in XCTU as described in Example:

MQTT connect.

4. You can make the proxy with a dual-threaded Python script, a simple version follows:

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import threading import serial import socket

def setup():

""" This function sets up the variables needed, including the serial port, and it's speed/port settings, listening socket, and localhost adddress. """ global clisock, cliaddr, svrsock, ser # Change this to the COM port your XBee Cellular module is using. On # Linux, this will be /dev/ttyUSB# comport = 'COM44' # This is the default serial communication speed of the XBee Cellular # module comspeed = 115200 buffer_size = 4096 # Default receive size in bytes debug_on = 0 # Enables printing of debug messages toval = None # Timeout value for serial port below # Serial port object for XBCell modem ser = serial.Serial(comport,comspeed,timeout=toval) # Listening socket (accepts incoming connection) svrsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM) # Allow address reuse on socket (eliminates some restart errors) svrsock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) clisock = None cliaddr = None # These are first defined before thread creation addrtuple = ('127.0.0.1', 17300) # Address tuple for localhost # Binds server socket to localhost (allows client program connection) svrsock.bind(addrtuple) svrsock.listen(1) # Allow (1) connection

def ComReaderThread():

""" This thread listens on the defined serial port object ('ser') for data from the modem, and upon receipt, sends it out to the client over the client socket ('clisock'). """ global clisock while (1):

resp = ser.read() ## Read any available data from serial port print("Received {} bytes from modem.".format(len(resp)))

clisock.sendall(resp) # Send RXd data out on client socket print("Sent {} byte payload out socket to client.".format(len

(resp)))

def SockReaderThread():

""" This thread listens to the MQTT client's socket and upon receiving a payload, it sends this data out on the defined serial port ('ser') to

the

modem for transmission. """

global clisock

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while (1):

data = clisock.recv(4096) # RX data from client socket # If the RECV call returns 0 bytes, the socket has closed if (len(data) == 0):

print("ERROR - socket has closed. Exiting socket reader

thread.")

return 1 # Exit the thread to avoid a loop of 0-byte receptions

else:

print("Received {} bytes from client via socket.".format(len

(data)))

print("Sending payload to modem...") bytes_wr = ser.write(data) # Write payload to modem via

UART/serial

print("Wrote {} bytes to modem".format(bytes_wr))

def main():

setup() # Setup the serial port and socket global clisock, svrsock if (not clisock): # Accept a connection on 'svrsock' to open 'clisock'

print("Awaiting ACCEPT on server sock...") (clisock,cliaddr) = svrsock.accept() # Accept an incoming

connection

print("Connection accepted on socket") # Make thread for ComReader comthread = threading.Thread(target=ComReaderThread) comthread.start() # Start the thread # Make thread for SockReader sockthread = threading.Thread(target=SockReaderThread) sockthread.start() # Start the thread

main()

Note This script is a general TCP-UART proxy, and can be used for other applications or scripts that

use the TCP protocol. Its functionality is not limited to MQTT.

Note You can easily copy and paste code from the online version of this Guide. Use caution with the

PDF version, as it may not maintain essential indentations.

This proxy script waits for an incoming connection on localhost (127.0.0.1), on port 17300. After accepting a connection, and creating a socket for that connection (clisock), it creates two threads, one that reads the serial or COM port that the XBee Smart Modem is connected to, and one that reads the socket (clisock), that the MQTT client is connected to.

With:

n The proxy script running

n The MQTT client connected to the proxy script via localhost (127.0.0.1)

n The XBee Smart Modem connected to the machine via USB and properly powered

n AP, DL, and DE set correctly

the proxy acts as an intermediary between the MQTT client and the XBee Smart Modem, allowing the MQTT client to use the data connection provided by the device.

Think of the proxy script as a translator between the MQTT client and the XBee Smart Modem. The following figure shows the basic operation.

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The thread that reads the serial port forwards any data received onward to the client socket, and the thread reading the client socket forwards any data received onward to the serial port. This is represented in the figure above.

The proxy script needs to be running before running an MQTT publish or subscribe script.

1. With the proxy script running, run the subscribe example from Example: receive messages

(subscribe) with MQTT, but change the connect line from client.connect("m2m.eclipse.org",

1883, 60) to client.connect("127.0.0.1", port=17300, keepalive=20). This connects the

MQTT client to the proxy script, which in turn connects to a broker via the XBee Smart

Modem’s internet connection.

2. Run the publish example from Example: send messages (publish) with MQTT in a third Python

instance (while the publish script is running you will have three Python scripts running at the

same time).

The publish script runs over your computer’s normal internet connection, and does not use the XBee Smart Modem. You are able to see your published message appear in the subscribe script’s output once it is received from the broker via the XBee Smart Modem. If you watch the output of the proxy script during this process you can see the receptions and transmissions taking place.

The proxy script must be running before you run the subscribe and publish scripts. If you stop the subscribe script, the socket closes, and the proxy script shows an error. If you try to start the proxy script after starting the subscribe script, you may also see a socket error. To avoid these errors, it is best to start the scripts in the correct order: proxy, then subscribe, then publish.

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Get started with CoAP

Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is based on UDP connection and consumes low power to deliver similar functionality to HTTP. This guide contains information about sending GET, POST, PUT and DELETE operations by using the Coap Protocol with XCTU and Python code working with the XBee Smart Modem and Coapthon library (Python 2.7 only).

The Internet Engineering Task Force describes CoAP as:

The protocol is designed for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications such as smart energy and building automation. CoAP provides a request/response interaction model between application endpoints, supports built-in discovery of services and resources, and includes key concepts of the Web such as URIs and Internet media types. CoAP is designed to easily interface with HTTP for integration with the Web while meeting specialized requirements such as multicast support, very low overhead, and simplicity for constrained environments (source).

CoAP terms

When describing CoAP, we use the following terms:

Term Meaning

Method COAP's method action is similar to the HTTP method. This guide discusses the GET,

POST, PUT and DELETE methods. With these methods, the XBee Smart Modem can transport data and requests.

URI URI is a string of characters that identifies a resource served at the server.

Token Atoken is an identifier of a message. The client uses the token to verify if the received

message is the correct response to its query.

Payload The message payload is associated with the POST and PUT methods. It specifies the

data to be posted or put to the URI resource

MessageID The message ID is also an identifier of a message. The client matches the message ID

between the response and query.

CoAP quick start example

The following diagram shows the message format for the CoAP protocol; see ISSN: 2070-1721 for details:

This is an example GET request:

44 01 C4 09 74 65 73 74 B7 65 78 61 6D 70 6C 65

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The following table describes the fields in the GETrequest.

Field HEX Bits Meaning

Ver 44 01 Version 01, which is mandatory here.

T 00 Type 0: confirmable.

TKL 0100 Token length: 4.

Code 01 000 00001 Code: 0.01, which indicates the GET method.

Message ID C4 09 2 Bytes equal

to hex at left

Token 74 65 73 74 4 Bytes equal

to hex at left

Option delta B7 1011 Delta option: 11 indicates the option data is Uri-Path.

Optionlength 0111 Delta length: 7 indicates there are 7 bytes of data

Option value 65 78 61 6D

70 6C 65

7 Bytes equal to hex at left

Message ID. The response message will have the same ID. This can help out identification.

Token. The response message will have the same token. This can help out identification.

following as a part of this delta option.

Example.

Configure the device

1. Ensure that the device is set up correctly with the SIM card installed and the antennas

connected as described in Connect the hardware.

Open XCTU and click the Configuration working mode button.

3. Add the XBee Smart Modem to XCTU; see Add a device.

4. Select a device from the Radio Modules list. XCTU displays the current firmware settings for

that device.

To switch to UDPcommunication, in the IP field, select 0 and click the Write button .

6. To set the target IP address that the XBee Smart Modem will talk to, in the DL field type

52.43.121.77and click the Write button . A CoAP server is publicly available at address

52.43.121.77.

7. To set the XBee Smart Modem to send data to port 5683 in decimal, in the DEfield, type 1633

and click the Write button.

8. To move into Transparent mode, in the APfield, select 0 and click the Write button.

9. Wait for the AI (Association Indication) value to change to 0 (Connected to the Internet). You

can click Read to get an update on the AI value.

Example: manually perform a CoAPrequest

Follow the steps in Configure the device prior to this example. This example performs the CoAP GETrequest:

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n Method: GET

n URI: example

n Given message token: test

Click the Consoles working mode button on the toolbar to add a customized packet.

From the AT console, click the Add new packet button in the Send packets dialog. The

Add new packet dialog appears.

3. Click the HEX tab and type the name of the data packet: GET_EXAMPLE.

4. Copy and past the following text into the HEX input tab:

44 01 C4 09 74 65 73 74 B7 65 78 61 6D 70 6C 65

This is the CoAP protocol message decomposed by bytes to perform a GET request on an

example URI with a token test.

5. Click Add packet.

Click the Open button .

7. Click Send selected packet. The message is sent to the public CoAP server configured in

Configure the device. A response appears in the Console log. Blue text is the query, red text is

the response.

The payload is Get to uri: example, which specifies that this is a successful CoAP GET to URI end example, which was specified in the query.

Click the Close button to terminate the serial connection.

Example: use Python to generate a CoAP message

This example illustrates how the CoAP protocol can perform GET/POST/PUT/DELETE requests similarly to the HTTP protocol and how to do this using the XBee Smart Modem. In this example, the XBee Smart Modem talks to a CoAP Digi Server. You can use this client code to provide an abstract wrapper to generate a CoAP message that commands the XBee Smart Modem to talk to the remote CoAP server.

Note It is crucial to configure the XBee Smart Modem settings. See Configure the device and follow

the steps. You can target the IP address to a different CoAP public server.

1. Install Python 2.7. The Installation guide is located at: https://www.python.org/downloads/.

2. Download and install the Coapthon library in the python environment from

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/CoAPthon.

3. Download these two .txt files: Coap.txt and CoapParser.txt. After you download them, open the

files in a text editor and save them as .py files.

4. In the folder that you place the Coap.py and CoapParser.py files, press Shift + right-click and

then click Open command window.

5. At the command prompt, type python Coap.py and press Enter to run the program.

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6. Type the USB port number that the XBee Smart Modem is connected to and press Enter. Only

the port number is required, so if the port is COM19, type 19.

Note If you do not know the port number, open XCTU and look at the XBee Smart Modem in the Radio

Modules list. This view provides the port number and baud rate, as in the figure below where the baud

rate is 9600 b/s.

7. Type the baud rate and press Enter. You must match the device's current baud rate.

XCTUprovides the current baud rate in the BD Baud Rate field. In this example you would type

9600.

8. Press Y if you want an auto-generated example. Press Enter to build your own CoAP request.

9. If you press Y it generates a message with:

n Method: POST

n URI: example

n payload:hello world

n token: test

The send and receive message must match the same token and message id. Otherwise, the client reattempts the connection by sending out the request.

In the following figure, the payload contains the server response to the query. It shows the results for when you press Enter rather than Y.

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Manager

Configure the XBee Smart Modem using Digi Remote Manager

Use Digi Remote Manager (https://remotemanager.digi.com/) to perform the operations in this section. Each operation requires that you enable Remote Manager with the DO command and that you connect the XBee Smart Modem to an access point that has an external Internet connection to allow access to Digi Remote Manager.

Note Digi is consolidating our cloud services, Digi Device Cloud and Digi Remote Manager®, under the

Remote Manager name. This phased process does not affect device functionality or the functionality of the web services and other features. However, customers will find that some user interface and firmware functionality mention both Device Cloud and Digi Remote Manager.

Create a Remote Manager account

Digi Remote Manager is an on-demand service with no infrastructure requirements. Remote devices and enterprise business applications connect to Remote Manager through standards-based web services. This section describes how to configure and manage an XBee using Remote Manager. For detailed information on using Remote Manager, refer to the Remote Manager User Guide, available via the Documentation tab in Remote Manager.

Before you can manage an XBee with Remote Manager, you must create a Remote Manager account. To create a Remote Manager account:

1. Go to https://www.digi.com/products/cloud/digi-remote-manager.

2. Click 30 DAY FREETRIAL/LOGIN.

3. Follow the online instructions to complete account registration. You can upgrade your

Developer account to a paid account at any time.

When you are ready to deploy multiple XBee Smart Modems in the field, upgrade your account to access additional Remote Manager features.

Get the XBee Smart Modem IMEI number

Before adding an XBee to your Remote Manager account inventory, you need to determine the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number for the device. Use XCTUto view the IMEI number by querying the IM parameter.

Add a XBee Smart Modem to Remote Manager

To add an XBee to your Remote Manager account inventory, follow these steps:

Go to https://remotemanager.digi.com/.

1. Log in to your account

2. Click Device Management > Devices.

3. Click Add Devices. The Add Devices dialog appears.

4. Select IMEI#, and type or paste the IMEI number of the XBee you want to add. The IM

(IMEI)command provides this number.

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5. Click Add to add the device. The XBee is added to your inventory.

6. Click OK to close the Add Devices dialog and return to the Devices view.

Update the firmware

XBee Smart Modem supports Remote Manager firmware updates. To perform a firmware update, use the following steps.

1. Download the updated firmware file for your device from Digi's support site. This is a zip file

containing .ebin and .mxi files for import.

2. Unzip the file.

3. In your Remote Manager account, click Device Management > Devices.

4. Select the first device you want to update.

5. To select multiple devices (must be of the same type), press the Control key and select

additional devices.

6. Click More in the Devices toolbar and select Update Firmware from the Update category of

the More menu. The Update Firmware dialog appears.

7. Click Browse to select the .ebin file that you unzipped earlier.

8. Click Update Firmware. The updated devices automatically reboot when the updates are

complete.

Software libraries

One way to communicate with the XBee device is by using a software library. The libraries available for use with the XBee Smart Modem include:

n XBee Java library

n XBee Python library

The XBee Java Library is a Java API. The package includes the XBee library, its source code and a collection of samples that help you develop Java applications to communicate with your XBee devices.

The XBee Python Library is a Python API that dramatically reduces the time to market of XBee projects developed in Python and facilitates the development of these types of applications, making it an easy process.

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This guide provides an overview of how to use MicroPython with the XBee Smart Modem. For in-depth information and more complex code examples, refer to the Digi MicroPython Programming Guide. Continue with this guide for simple examples to get started using MicroPython on the XBee Smart Modem.

About MicroPython 47 MicroPython on the XBee Smart Modem 47 Use XCTU to enter the MicroPython environment 47 Use the MicroPython Terminal in XCTU 48 Example: hello world 48 Example: turn on an LED 48 Example: code a request help button 49 Exit MicroPython mode 54 Other terminal programs 54 Use picocom in Linux 55

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About MicroPython

MicroPython is an open-source programming language based on Python 3, with much of the same syntax and functionality, but modified to fit on small devices with limited hardware resources, such as microcontrollers, or in this case, a cellular modem.

Why use MicroPython

MicroPython enables on-board intelligence for simple sensor or actuator applications using digital and analog I/O. MicroPython can help manage battery life. Cryptic readings can be transformed into useful data, excess transmissions can be intelligently filtered out, modern sensors and actuators can be employed directly, and logic can glue inputs and outputs together in an intelligent way.

For more information about MicroPython, see www.micropython.org.

For more information about Python, see www.python.org.

MicroPython on the XBee Smart Modem

The XBee Smart Modem has MicroPython running on the device itself. You can access a MicroPython prompt from the XBee Smart Modem when you install it in an appropriate development board (XBDB or XBIB), and connect it to a computer via a USB cable.

Note MicroPython does not work with SPI.

The examples in this guide assume:

n You have XCTU on your computer. See Configure the device using XCTU.

n You have a terminal program installed on your computer. We recommend using the Use the

MicroPython Terminal in XCTU. This requires XCTU 6.3.7 or higher.

n You have an XBee Smart Modem installed in an appropriate development board such as an

XBIB-U-DEV or an XBIB-2.

Note Most examples in this guide require the XBIB-U-DEV board.

n The XBee Smart Modem is connected to the computer via a USB cable and XCTU recognizes it.

n The board is powered by an appropriate power supply, 12 VDC and at least 1.1 A.

Use XCTU to enter the MicroPython environment

To use the XBee Smart Modem in the MicroPython environment:

1. Use XCTU to add the device(s); see Configure the device using XCTU and Add a device.

2. The XBee Smart Modem appears as a box in the Radio Modules information panel. Each

module displays identifying information about itself.

3. Click this box to select the device and load its current settings.

4. To set the device's baud rate to 115200 b/s, in the BD field select 115200 [7] and click the

Write button . We recommend using flow control to avoid data loss, especially when pasting

large amounts of code/text.

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5. To put the XBee Smart Modem into MicroPython mode, in the APfield select MicroPython

REPL [4] and click the Write button .

6. Note what COM port(s) the XBee Smart Modem is using, because you will need this information

when you use terminal communication.

Use the MicroPython Terminal in XCTU

You can use the MicroPython Terminal to communicate with the XBee Smart Modem when it is in MicroPython mode.1This requires XCTU 6.3.7 or higher. To enter MicroPython mode, follow the steps in Use XCTU to enter the MicroPython environment. To use the MicroPython Terminal:

Click the Tools drop-down menu and select MicroPython Terminal. The terminal opens.

2. Click Open.

3. In the Select the Serial/USB port area, click the COM port that the device uses.

4. Verify that the baud rate and other settings are correct.

Click OK. The Open icon changes to Close , indicating that the device is properly connected.

You can now type or paste MicroPython code in the terminal.

Example: hello world

1. At the MicroPython >>> prompt, type the Python command: print("Hello, World!")

2. Press Enter to execute the command. The terminal echos back Hello, World!.

Example: turn on an LED

1. Note the DS4 LED on the XBIB board. The following image highlights it in a red box. The LED is

normally off.

See Other terminal programs if you do not use the MicroPython Terminal in XCTU.

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2. At the MicroPython >>> prompt, type the commands below, pressing Enter after each one.

After entering the last line of code, the LED illuminates. Anything after a # symbol is a

comment, and you do not need to type it.

Note You can easily copy and paste code from the online version of this Guide. Use caution with the

PDF version, as it may not maintain essential indentations.

import machine from machine import Pin led = Pin("D4", Pin.OUT, value=0) # Makes a pin object set to output 0. # One might expect 0 to mean OFF and 1 to mean ON, and this is normally the case. # But the LED we are turning on and off is setup as what is# known as "active low". # This means setting the pin to 0 allows current to flow through the LED and then through the pin, to ground.

3. To turn it off, type the following and press Enter:

led.value(1)

You have successfully controlled an LED on the board using basic I/O!

Example: code a request help button

This example provides a fast, deep dive into MicroPython designed to let you see some of the powerful things it can do with minimal code. It is not meant as a tutorial; for in-depth examples refer to the Digi

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MicroPython Programming Guide.

Many stores have help buttons in their aisles that a customer can press to alert the store staff that assistance is required in that aisle. You can implement this type of system using the Digi XBee Smart Modem, and this example provides the building blocks for such a system. This example, based on SMS paging, can have many other uses such as alerting someone with a text to their phone if a water sensor in a building detects water on the floor, or if a temperature sensor reports a value that is too hot or cold relative to normal operation.

Enter MicroPython paste mode

In the following examples it is helpful to know that MicroPython supports paste mode, where you can copy a large block of code from this user guide and paste it instead of typing it character by character. To use paste mode:

1. Copy the code you want to run. For example, copy the following code that is the code from the

LED example:

from machine import Pin led = Pin("D4", Pin.OUT, value=0)

Note You can easily copy and paste code from the online version of this Guide. Use caution with the

PDF version, as it may not maintain essential indentations.

2. In the terminal, at the MicroPython >>> prompt type Ctrl-+E to enter paste mode. The terminal

displays paste mode; Ctrl-C to cancel, Ctrl-D to finish.

3. The code appears in the terminal occupying four lines, each line starts with its line number and

three = symbols. For example line 1 starts with 1===.

4. If the code is correct, press Ctrl+D to run the code and you should once again see the DS4 LED

turn on. If you get a Line 1 SyntaxError: invalid syntax error, see Syntax error at line 1.

(If you wish to exit paste mode without running the code, for example, or if the code did not

copy correctly, press Ctrl+C to cancel and return to the normal MicroPython >>> prompt).

5. Next turn the LED off. Copy the code below:

from machine import Pin led = Pin("D4", Pin.OUT, value=1) print("DS4 LED now OFF!") print("Paste Mode Successful!")

6. Press Ctrl+E to enter paste mode.

7. Press Ctrl + Shift + V or right-click in the Terminal and select Paste to paste the copied code.

8. If the code is correct, press Ctrl+D to run it. The LED should turn off and you should see two

confirmation messages print to the screen.

Catch a button press

For this part of the example, you write code that responds to a button press on the XBIB-U-DEV board that comes with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit. The code monitors the pin connected to the button on the board labeled SW2.

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On the board you see DIO0 written below SW2, to the left of the button. This represents the pin that the button is connected to.

In MicroPython, you will create a pin object for the pin that is connected to the SW2 button. When you create the pin object, the DIO0 pin is called D0 for short.

The loop continuously checks the value on that pin and once it goes to 0 (meaning the button has been pressed) a print() call prints the message Button pressed! to the screen.

At the MicroPython >>> prompt, copy the following code and enter it into MicroPython using paste

mode and then run it:

# Import the Pin module from machine, for simpler syntax. from machine import Pin

# Create a pin object for the pin that the button "SW2" is connected to. dio0 = Pin("D0", Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_UP) # Give feedback to inform user a button press is needed. print("Waiting for SW2 press...") # Create a WHILE loop that checks for a button press. while (True):

if (dio0.value() == 0): # Once pressed.

print("Button pressed!") # Print message once pressed.

break # Exit the WHILE loop.

# When you press SW2, you should see "Button pressed!" printed to the screen. # You have successfully performed an action in response to a button press!

Note You can easily copy and paste code from the online version of this Guide. Use caution with the

PDF version, as it may not maintain essential indentations.

Note If you have problems pasting the code, see Syntax error at line 1. For SMS failures, see Error

Failed to send SMS.

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Send a text (SMS) when the button is pressed

After creating a while loop that checks for a button press, add sending an SMS to your code. Instead of printing Button pressed! to the screen, this code sends Button pressed to a cell phone as a text (SMS) message.

To accomplish this, use the sms_send() method, which sends a string to a given phone number. It takes the arguments in the order of

1. <phone number>

2. <message-to-be-sent>

Before you run this part of the example, you must create a variable that holds the phone number of the cell phone or mobile device you want to receive the SMS.

1. To do this, at the MicroPython >>> prompt, type the following command, replacing 1123456789

with the full phone number (no dashes, spaces, or other symbols) and press Enter:

ph = 1123456789

2. After you create this ph variable with your phone number, copy the code below and enter it

into MicroPython using paste mode and then run it.

from machine import Pin import network # Import network module import time

c = network.Cellular() # initialize cellular network parameter dio0 = Pin("D0", Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_UP) while not c.isconnected(): # While no network connection.

print("Waiting for connection to cell network...") time.sleep(5)

print("Connected.") # Give feedback to inform user a button press is needed. print("Waiting for SW2 press...") while (True):

if (dio0.value() == 0):

# When SW2 is pressed, the module will send an SMS

# message saying "Button pressed" to the given target cell phone

number.

try:

c.sms_send(ph, 'Button Pressed') print("Sent SMS successfully.")

except OSError:

print("ERROR- failed to send SMS.") # Exit the WHILE loop. break

Note You can easily copy and paste code from the online version of this Guide. Use caution with the

PDF version, as it may not maintain essential indentations.

Note If you have problems pasting the code, see Syntax error at line 1. For SMS failures, see Error

Failed to send SMS.

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Add the time the button was pressed

After you add the ability to send an SMS to the code, add functionality to insert the time at which the button was pressed into the SMS that is sent. To accomplish this:

1. Create a UDP socket with the socket() method.

2. Save the IP address and port of the time server in the addr variable.

3. Connect to the time server with the connect() method.

4. Send hello to the server to prompt it to respond with the current date and time.

5. Receive and store the date/time response in the buf variable.

6. Send an SMSin the same manner as before using the sms_send() method, except that you add

the time into the SMS message, such that the message reads: [Button pressed at: YYYY-MM-

DD HH:MM:SS]

To verify that your phone number is still in the memory, at the MicroPython >>> prompt, type ph and press Enter.

If MicroPython responds with your number, copy the following code and enter it into MicroPython using paste mode and then run it. If it returns an error, enter your number again as shown in Send a

text (SMS) when the button is pressed. With your phone number in memory in the ph variable, copy

the code below and enter it into MicroPython using paste mode and then run it.

from machine import Pin import network import usocket import time

c = network.Cellular() dio0 = Pin("D0", Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_UP) while not c.isconnected(): # While no network connection.

print("Waiting for connection to cell network...")

time.sleep(5) print("Connected.") # Give feedback to inform user a button press is needed. print("Waiting for SW2 press...") while (1):

if (dio0.value() == 0):

# When button pressed, now the module will send "Button Press" AND # the time at which it was pressed in an SMS message to the given # target cell phone number. socketObject = usocket.socket(usocket.AF_INET, usocket.SOCK_DGRAM) # Connect the socket object to the web server specified in

"address".

addr = ("52.43.121.77", 10002) socketObject.connect(addr) bytessent = socketObject.send("hello") print("Sent %d bytes on socket" % bytessent) buf = socketObject.recv(1024) # Send message to the given number. Handle error if it occurs. try:

c.sms_send(ph, 'Button Pressed at: ' + str(buf)) print("Sent SMS successfully.")

except OSError:

print("ERROR- failed to send SMS.")

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# Exit the WHILE loop. break

Note You can easily copy and paste code from the online version of this Guide. Use caution with the

PDF version, as it may not maintain essential indentations.

Now you have a system based on the XBee Smart Modem that sends an SMS in response to a certain input, in this case a simple button press.

Note If you have problems pasting the code, see Syntax error at line 1. For SMS failures, see Error

Failed to send SMS.

Exit MicroPython mode

To exit MicroPython mode:

In the XCTU MicroPython Terminal, click the green Close button .

2. Click Close at the bottom of the terminal to exit the terminal.

In XCTU's Configuration working mode , change AP API Enable to another mode and click

the Write button . We recommend changing to Transparent mode [0], as most of the

examples use this mode.

Other terminal programs

If you do not use the MicroPython Terminal in XCTU, you can use other terminal programs to communicate with the XBee Smart Modem. If you use Microsoft Windows, follow the instructions for Tera Term, if you use Linux, follow the instructions for picocom. To download these programs:

n Tera Term for Windows; see https://ttssh2.osdn.jp/index.html.en.

n Picocom for Linux; see https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_Picocom_-_

Ubuntu and for the source code and in-depth information https://github.com/npat-

efault/picocom.

Tera Term for Windows

With the XBee Smart Modem in MicroPython mode (AP = 4), you can access the MicroPython prompt using a terminal.

1. Open Tera Term. The Tera Term: New connection window appears.

2. Click the Serial radio button to select a serial connection.

3. From the Port: drop-down menu, select the COM port that the XBee Smart Modem is

connected to.

4. Click OK. The COMxx - Tera Term VT terminal window appears and Tera Term attempts to

connect to the device at a baud rate of 9600 b/s. The terminal will not allow communication

with the device since the baud rate setting is incorrect. You must change this rate as it was

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previously set to 115200 b/s.

5. Click Setup and Serial Port. The Tera Term: Serial port setup window appears.

6. In the Tera Term: Serial port setup window, set the parameters to the following values:

n Port: Shows the port that the XBee Smart Modem is connected on.

n Baud rate:115200

n Data: 8 bit

n Parity: none

n Stop: 1 bit

n Flow control: hardware

n Transmit delay: N/A

7. Click OK to apply the changes to the serial port settings. The settings should go into effect

right away.

8. To verify that local echo is not enabled and that extra line-feeds are not enabled:

a. In Tera Term, click Setup and select Terminal.

b. In the New-line area of the Tera Term: Serial port setup window, click the

Receive drop-down menu and select CR if it does not already show that value.

c. Make sure the Local echo box is not checked.

9. Click OK.

10. Press Ctrl+B to get the MicroPython version banner and prompt.

Now you can type MicroPython commands at the >>> prompt.

Use picocom in Linux

With the XBee Smart Modem in MicroPython mode (AP = 4), you can access the MicroPython prompt using a terminal.

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Note The user must have read and write permission for the serial port the XBee Smart Modem is

connected to in order to communicate with the device.

1. Open a terminal in Linux and type picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0. This assumes you have

no other USB-to-serial devices attached to the system.

2. Press Ctrl+B to get the MicroPython version banner and prompt. You can also press Enter to

bring up the prompt.

If you do have other USB-to-serial devices attached:

1. Before attaching the XBee Smart Modem, check the directory /dev/ for any devices named

ttyUSBx, where x is a number. An easy way to list these is to type: ls /dev/ttyUSB*. This

produces a list of any device with a name that starts with ttyUSB.

2. Take note of the devices present with that name, and then connect the XBee Smart Modem.

3. Check the directory again and you should see one additional device, which is the XBee Smart

Modem.

4. In this case, replace /dev/ttyUSB0 at the top with /dev/ttyUSB<number>, where <number>

is the new number that appeared.

5. It should connect and show Terminal ready.

Now you can type MicroPython commands at the >>> prompt.

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Interface and hardware specifications 58 RF characteristics 58 Networking specifications 58 Power requirements 58 Power consumption 59 Electrical specifications 59 Regulatory approvals 60

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Interface and hardware specifications

The following table provides the interface and hardware specifications for the device.

Specification Value

Dimensions 2.438 x 3.294 cm (0.960 x 1.297 in)

Weight 5 g (0.18 oz)

Operating temperature

Antenna connector U.FL for primary and secondary antennas

Digital I/O 13 I/O lines

ADC 4 10-bit analog inputs

RF characteristics

The following table provides the RF characteristics for the device.

Specification Cellular value BLE value

Modulation LTE/4G – QPSK, 16 QAM

Transmit power 23 dBm

Receive sensitivity -102 dBm

Over-the-air maximum data rate 10 Mb/s 2 Mb/s

Networking specifications

The following table provides the networking and carrier specifications for the device.

-40 to +80 °C

QPSK

9 dBm

-92 dBm

Specification Value

Addressing options TCP/IPand SMS

Carrier and technology AT&T LTE Cat 1

Supported bands 2, 4 and 12

Security SSL/TLS

Power requirements

The following table provides the power requirements for the device.

Specification Value

Supply voltage range 3.0 to 5.5 VDC

Extended voltage range 2.7 to 5.5 VDC

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Power consumption

Average

Specification State

2.4 GHz TX Active transmit @ 3.3 V 70 mA

2.4 GHz RX Active receive @ 3.3 V 30 mA

Cellular Tx+RX current Active transmit, 23 dBm @ 3.3 V 860 mA 1020 mA

Cellular Tx+RX current Active transmit, 23 dBm @ 5.0 V 555 mA 630 mA

Cellular TX Only current

Cellular Rx + ACK current

Cellular RX Only current

Idle current Idle/connected, listening @ 3.3V110 mA N/A

Idle current Idle/connected, listening @ 5 V 75 mA N/A

Sleep current Notconnected,Deep

Activetransmit,23dBm@3.3V 680 mA N/A

Active receive @ 3.3 V 530 mA N/A

Active receive @ 5 V 360 mA N/A

Active receive @ 3.3 V 300 mA N/A

Sleep@3.3V

current

12 µA N/A

Measured peak current

Electrical specifications

The following table provides the electrical specifications for the XBee Smart Modem.

Symbol Parameter Condition Min Typical Max Units

VCCMAX Maximum limits

of VCC line

VDD_IO Internal supply

voltage for I/O

VDD_IO Internal supply

voltage for I/O

0 5.5 V

While in deep sleep and during initial power up

In normal running mode 3.3 V V

Min (VCC-

0.3,3.3)

3.3 V

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Symbol Parameter Condition Min Typical Max Units

VI Voltage on 5 V

tolerant pins

Other input pins 0.3 VDD_IO +

VIL Input low voltage 0.3*VDD_IO V

VIH Input high

voltage

VOL Voltage output

low

VOH Voltage output

high

I_IN Input leakage

current

RPU Internal pull-up

resistor

RPD Internal pull-

down resistor

XBee pin 6 0.3 Min

(5.25,VDD_

IO+2)

0.3

0.7*VDD_ IO

Sinking 3 mA VDD_IO = 3.3 V 0.2*VDD_IO V

Sourcing 3 mA VDD_IO = 3.3V0.8*VDD_

High Z state I/O connected to Ground or VDD_IO

Enabled 40 kΩ

0.1 100 nA

Regulatory approvals

The following table provides the regulatory and carrier approvals for the device.

Specification Value

Model XB3C1

United States

Contains IC: 1846A-XB3C1

Europe (CE) N/A

RoHS Lead-free and RoHS compliant

Australia N/A

Verizon end-device certified No

AT&T end-device certified Yes

PTCRB end-device certified Yes

Pin 6 is also 5 V tolerant even when the XBee Smart Modem is not powered. We recommend only driving this pin with 3.3 V for compatibility with other XBee products. The VBUS line is not used to enable/disable USB on this product.

FCC ID: MCQ-XB3C1 Contains FCC ID:RI7XE866A1NA

IC: 1846A-XB3C1 Contains IC: 5131A-XE866A1NA

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Mechanical drawings 62 Pin signals 62 RSSI PWM 64 SIM card 64 The Associate LED 64

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Hardware Mechanical drawings

Mechanical drawings

The following figures show the mechanical drawings for the XBee Smart Modem. All dimensions are in inches.

Pin signals

The pin locations are:

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Hardware Pin signals

The following table shows the pin assignments for the through-hole device. In the table, low-asserted signals have a horizontal line above signal name.

Pin Name Direction Default Description

2 DOUT Output Output UART Data Out

DIN / CONFIG

4 DIO12 / SPI_MISO Either Disabled Digital I/O 12 or SPI Slave Output line

5 RESET Input

Input Input UART Data In

Power supply

6 PWM0 / RSSI /

DIO10/USB_VBUS

7 DIO11/USB D+ Either Disabled Digital I/O 11 or USB D+ line

8 USB D- Direct USB D- line

DTR / SLEEP_RQ/

DIO8

10 GND Ground

11 DIO4 / SPI_MOSI Either Disabled Digital I/O 4 or SPI Slave Input Line

CTS / DIO7

ON /SLEEP/DIO9

14 VREF - Feature not supported on this device. Used on

15 Associate / DIO5 Either Output Associated Indicator, Digital I/O 5

RTS / DIO6

AD3/DIO3/SPI_

18 AD2 / DIO2 / SPI_

CLK

Either Output PWM Output 0 / RX Signal Strength Indicator /

Digital I/O 10

Either Disabled Pin Sleep Control Line or Digital I/O 8

Either Output Output Clear-to-Send Flow Control or Digital I/O 7

Output Output Module Status Indicator or Digital I/O 9

other XBee devices for analog voltage reference.

Either Disabled Input Request-to-Send Flow Control, Digital I/O 6

Either Disabled Analog Input 3 or Digital I/O 3, SPI low enabled

select line

Either Disabled Analog Input 2 or Digital I/O 2, SPI Clock line

AD1/DIO1/ SPI_

ATTN

20 AD0/DIO0 Either Input Analog Input 0, Digital I/O 0

Either Disabled

Pin connection recommendations

The recommended minimum pin connections are VCC, GND, DIN, DOUT, RTS, DTR and RESET. Firmware updates require access to these pins.

To ensure compatibility with future updates, make USB D+ and D- (pin 7 and pin 8) available in your design.

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Analog Input 1 or Digital I/O 1, SPI Attention line output

Hardware RSSI PWM

RSSI PWM

The XBee Smart Modem features an RSSI/PWM pin (pin 6) that, if enabled, adjusts the PWM output to indicate the signal strength of the cellular connection. Use P0 (DIO10/PWM0 Configuration) to enable the RSSI pulse width modulation (PWM) output on the pin. If P0 is set to 1, the RSSI/PWM pin outputs a PWM signal where the frequency is adjusted based on the received signal strength of the cellular connection.

The RSSI/PWM output is enabled continuously unlike other XBee products where the output is enabled for a short period of time after each received transmission. If running on the XBIB development board, DIO10 is connected to the RSSI LEDs, which may be interpreted as follows:

Number of LEDs turned

PWM duty cycle

79.39% or more 3 -83 dBm or higher

on Received signal strength (dBm)

62.42% to

79.39%

45.45% to

62.42%

Less than

45.45%

SIM card

The XBee Smart Modem uses a 4FF (Nano) size SIM card.

CAUTION! Never insert or remove SIM card while the power is on!

The Associate LED

The following table describes the Associate LED functionality. For the location of the Associate LED on the XBIB-U development board, see number 6 on the XBIB-U-DEV reference.

2 -93 to -83 dBm

1 -103 to -93 dBm

Less than -103 dBm, or no cellular network connection

Blink

LED status

On, solid Not joined to a mobile network.

Double blink

Standardsingleblink

The normal association LED signal alternates evenly between high and low as shown below:

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timing Meaning

½second

1second

The last TCP/UDP/SMS attempt failed. If the LED has this pattern, you may need to check DI (Device Cloud Indicator) or CI

(Protocol/Connection Indication) for the cause of the error.

Normal operation.

Hardware The Associate LED

Where the low signal means LED off and the high signal means LED on.

When CI is not 0 or 0xFF, the Associate LED has a different blink pattern that looks like this:

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Antenna recommendations

Antenna connections 67 Antenna placement 68

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Antenna recommendations Antenna connections

Antenna connections

CAUTION! The XBee Smart Modem will not function properly with only the secondary

antenna port connected!

The XBee Smart Modem has two U.FL antenna ports; a primary on the upper left of the board and a secondary port on the upper right, see the drawing below. You must connect the primary port and the secondary port is optional. The secondary antenna improves receive performance in certain situations, so we recommend it for best results.

See FCC-approved antennas for a list of approved antennas.

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Antenna recommendations Antenna placement

Connect the antenna cables as shown below.

WARNING! Cable directions matter. Do not cover the integrated antenna areas (the red squares below) with cables. The left cable can travel up or down only.

Antenna placement

For optimal cellular reception, keep the antenna as far away from metal objects and other electronics (including the XBee Smart Modem) as possible. Often, small antennas are desirable, but come at the cost of reduced range and efficiency.

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Design recommendations

Cellular component firmware upgrades 70 USB Direct design 70 Power supply considerations 70 Add a capacitor to the RESET line 70 Heat considerations and testing 71 Heat sink guidelines 71 Add a fan to provide active cooling 73

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Design recommendations Cellular component firmware upgrades

Cellular component firmware upgrades

Even if you do not plan to use the USB interface, we strongly recommend you provide a way to access the USB to support direct firmware upgrades of the cellular modem.

One way to provide access to the USB interface is to connect XBee pins 6, 7, and 8, and 10 to an unpopulated USB connector; see USB Direct design for more information. At a minimum you should connect pins 7 and 8 to test points so they are easy to wire to a connector if necessary.

If you are using pins 6, 7, and 8 for other purposes you must provide a way to disconnect those interfaces during USB operation, such as using zero ohm resistors.

USB Direct design

Connect USB data pins 7 and 8 (USB_D+ and USB_D- respectively) on the XBee Smart Modem to the appropriate pins on the host processor or connector. You may optionally connect pin 6 to VBUS if you want USB to be enabled based on whether your host is connected. Alternatively, you may configure VBUS in software; see USB direct mode for more details. VBUS is only used as a reference, not for powering anything on the XBee Smart Modem, so it may be routed as a standard signal trace.

The USB interface follows the USB 2.0 high speed specification and data lines must be designed as a 90 Ω differential pair. Both traces should be the same length and the overall trace length should be kept as short as possible. If you are connecting to a USB connector then we recommend that you employ an ESD suppressor appropriate for USB 2.0 HS (for example the Littelfuse PESD0402-140). Other than the ESD suppressor, do not place additional components in the signal paths. The suppressor is not needed if you are connecting to an on-board host processor.

Power supply considerations

When considering a power supply, use the following design practices.

1. Power supply ripple should be less than 75 mV peak to peak.

2. The power supply should be capable of providing a minimum of 1.5 A at 3.3 V (5 W). Keep in

mind that operating at a lower voltage requires higher current capability from the power

supply to achieve the 5 W requirement.

3. Place sufficient bulk capacitance on the XBee VCC pin to maintain voltage above the minimum

specification during inrush current. Inrush current is about 2 A during initial power up of cellular

communications and wakeup from sleep mode.

4. Place smaller high frequency ceramic capacitors very close to the XBee Smart Modem VCC pin

to decrease high frequency noise.

5. Use a wide power supply trace or power plane to ensure it can handle the peak current

requirements with minimal voltage drop. We recommend that the power supply and trace be

designed such that the voltage at the XBee VCC pin does not vary by more than 0.1 V between

light load (~0.5 W) and heavy load (~3 W).

Add a capacitor to the RESET line

In high EMI noise environments, we recommend adding a 10 nF ceramic capacitor very close to pin 5.

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Heat considerations and testing

The XBee Smart Modem may generate significant heat during sustained operation. In addition to heavy data transfer, other factors that can contribute to heating include ambient temperature, air flow around the device, and proximity to the nearest cellular tower (the XBee Smart Modem must transmit at a higher power level when communicating over long distances). Overheating can cause device malfunction and potential damage. In order to avoid this it is important to consider the application the XBee Smart Modem is going into and mitigate heat issues if necessary. We recommend that you perform thermal testing in your application to determine the resulting steady state temperature of the XBee Smart Modem. Use TP (Temperature) to estimate the device temperature. Convert the TP reading from hex format to decimal.

You also need to know the ambient temperature and the average current consumption during your test. If you do not have a way to measure current consumption you can estimate it from the table in the next section.

Use those results to approximate the maximum safe ambient temperature for the XBee Smart Modem,TMAX,amb, with the following equation:

Where:

is the steady state temperature of the XBee Smart Modem that you measured during your test

XBee

(if using the TP command, be sure to convert from hex format to decimal).

amb,test

AVG,test

MAX

power; see Power consumption.

is the ambient air temperature during your test.

is the average current measured during your test.

is the average current draw expected for your application when transmitting at maximum RF

Heat sink guidelines

Based on the results of your thermal testing you may find it is advisable or required to implement a method of dissipating excess heat. This section explains how to employ a heat sink on top of the XBee

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Design recommendations Heat sink guidelines

Smart Modem.

A bolt-down style heat sink on top of the XBee Smart Modem provides the best performance. An example part number is Advanced Thermal Solutions ATS-PCBT1084/ATS-PCB1084. You must use an electrically non-conductive thermal gasket on top of the XBee device under the area that will be covered by the heat sink. A thermal gasket such as Gap Pad® 2500S20 is suitable for this purpose. We recommend using a gasket with thickness of at least 0.080 in to ensure that components on top of the XBee device do not tear through the material when pressure is applied to the heat sink.

Install the SIM card prior to placement of the heat sink. Position the thermal gasket and heat sink assembly on the top of the device so that it covers the entire section shown inside the blue box below (covering the RF shield with thermal gasket is optional because the RF shield is allowed to directly contact the heat sink). Do not cover the U.FL connectors.

When attaching to the host PCB, tighten the mounting hardware until the gasket is compressed at least 25% and the heat sink is snug against the RF shield. Avoid overtightening. To prevent shorting, check that the surface of the heat sink does not directly contact any of the XBee device components.

The following table provides a list of typical scenarios and the maximum ambient temperature at which the XBee Smart Modem can be safely operated under that condition. These are provided only as guidelines as your results will vary based on application. We recommend that you perform sufficient testing, as explained in Heat considerations and testing, to ensure that the XBee Smart Modem does not exceed temperature specifications.

Maximum safe ambient temperature

Heat Average current

Scenario

Maximum transmission duty cycle

50% duty cycle 475 mA Running low resolution

consumption (VCC = 3.3V) Example application

950 mA Running video camera 500 to

video camera

Peak data consumed (MB/hr)

2000

200 to 400 TBD 65 C 75 C

sink

(bolt-

heat

down

sink

style)

N/A 49 C 70 C

Heat sink and fan

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Maximum safe ambient temperature

Heat

Scenario

Average current consumption (VCC = 3.3V) Example application

Peak data consumed (MB/hr)

No heat sink

sink

(bolt-

down

style)

Heat sink and fan

20% duty cycle 200 mA Sending high resolution

photo less than once per minute

Device awake, limited transmissions

Device primarily asleep, very limited transmissions

170 mA Updating traffic sign 1 to 10 TBD 75 C 80 C

20 mA Small data

transmission/receptions which occur once per hour

Add a fan to provide active cooling

Another option for heat mitigation is to add a fan to your system to provide active cooling. You can use a fan instead of or in addition to a heat sink. The XBee Smart Modem offers a fan control feature on I/O pin DIO11 (pin 7). When the functionality is enabled, that line is pulled high to indicate when the fan should be turned on. The line is pulled high when the device gets above 70 °C and the cellular component is running, and turns off when the device drops below 65 °C.

To enable the functionality set P1 (DIO11/PWM1 Configuration) to 1. Note that the I/O pin is not capable of driving a fan directly; you must implement a circuit to power the fan from a suitable power source.

50 to 150 TBD 74 C 78 C

Less than

0.1

80 C 80 C 80 C

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Cellular connection process

Connecting 75 Cellular network 75 Data network connection 75 Data communication with remote servers (TCP/UDP) 75 Disconnecting 75 SMS encoding 76

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Cellular connection process Connecting

Connecting

In normal operations, the XBee Smart Modem automatically attempts both a cellular network connection and a data network connection on power-up. The sequence of these connections is as follows:

Cellular network

1. The device powers on.

2. It looks for cellular towers.

3. It chooses a candidate tower with the strongest signal.

4. It negotiates a connection.

5. It completes cellular registration; the phone number and SMS are available.

Data network connection

1. The network enables the evolved packet system (EPS) bearer with an access point name

(APN). See AN (Access Point Name) if you have APNissues. You can use OA (Operating APN) to

query the APN value currently configured in the cellular component.

2. The device negotiates a data connection with the access point.

3. The device receives its IP configuration and address.

4. The AI (Association Indication) command now returns a 0 and the sockets become available.

Data communication with remote servers (TCP/UDP)

Once the data network connection is established, communication with remote servers can be initiated in several ways:

n Transparent mode data sent to the serial port (see TD (Text Delimiter) and RO (Packetization

Timeout) for timing).

n API mode: Transmit (TX) Request: IPv4 - 0x20 received over the serial connection.

n Digi Remote Manager connectivity begins.

Data communication begins when:

1. A socket opens to the remote server.

2. Data is sent.

Data connectivity ends when:

1. The server closes the connection.

2. The TM timeout expires (see TM (IP Client Connection Timeout)).

3. The cellular network may also close the connection after a timeout set by the network

operator.

Disconnecting

When the XBee Smart Modem is put into Airplane mode or deep sleep is requested:

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Cellular connection process SMS encoding

1. Sockets are closed, cleanly if possible.

2. The cellular connection is shut down.

3. The cellular component is powered off.

Note We recommend entering Airplane mode before resetting or rebooting the device to allow the

cellular module to detach from the network.

SMS encoding

The XBee Smart Modem transmits SMS messages using the standard GSM 03.38 character set. Because this character set only provides 7 bits of space per character, the XBee Smart Modem ignores the most significant bit of each octet in an SMS transmission payload.

The device converts incoming SMS messages to ASCII. Characters that cannot be represented in ASCIIare replaced with a space (' ', or 0x20 in hex). This includes emoji and other special characters.

Also referred to as the GSM 7-bit alphabet.

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Modes

Select an operating mode 78 Transparent operating mode 79 API operating mode 79 Bypass operating mode 79 USB direct mode 80 Command mode 80

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Modes Select an operating mode

Select an operating mode

The XBee Smart Modem interfaces to a host device such as a microcontroller or computer through a logic-level asynchronous serial port. It uses a UART for serial communication with those devices.

The XBee Smart Modem supports three operating modes: Transparent operating mode, APIoperating mode, and Bypass operating mode. The default mode is Transparent operating mode. Use the AP (API

Enable) command to select a different operating mode.

The following flowchart illustrates how the modes relate to each other.

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Modes Transparent operating mode

Transparent operating mode

Devices operate in this mode by default. The device acts as a serial line replacement when it is in Transparent operating mode. The device queues all serial data it receives through the DIN pin for RF transmission. When a device receives RF data, it sends the data out through the DOUT pin. You can set the configuration parameters using Command mode.

The IP (IP Protocol) command setting controls how Transparent operating mode works for the XBee Smart Modem.

Note Transparent operation is not available when using SPI.

API operating mode

API operating mode is an alternative to Transparent operating mode. API mode is a frame-based protocol that allows you to direct data on a packet basis. The device communicates UART or SPI data in packets, also known as API frames. This mode allows for structured communications with computers and microcontrollers.

The advantages of APIoperating mode include:

n It is easier to send information to multiple destinations

n The host receives the source address for each received data frame

n You can change parameters without entering Command mode

Bypass operating mode

CAUTION! Bypass operating mode is an alternative to Transparent and API modes for

advanced users with special configuration needs. Changes made in this mode might change or disable the device and we do not recommended it for most users.

In Bypass mode, the device acts as a serial line replacement to the cellular component. In this mode, the XBee Smart Modem exposes all control of the cellular component's AT port through the UART. If you use this mode, you must setup the cellular modem directly to establish connectivity. The modem does not automatically connect to the network.

Note The cellular component can become unresponsive in Bypass mode. See Unresponsive cellular

component in Bypass mode for help in this situation.

When Bypass mode is active, most of the XBee Smart Modem's AT commands do not work. For example, IM (IMEI)may never return a value, and DB does not update. In this configuration, the firmware does not test communication with the cellular component (which it does by sending AT commands). This is useful in case you have reconfigured the cellular component in a way that makes it incompatible with the firmware. Bypass operating mode exists for users who wish to communicate directly with the cellular component settings and do not intend to use XBee Smart Modem software features such as API mode.

Command mode is available while in Bypass mode; see Enter Command mode for instructions.

Enter Bypass operating mode

To configure a device for Bypass operating mode:

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Modes USB direct mode

1. Set the AP (API Enable) parameter value to 5.

2. Send WR command to write the changes.

3. Send FR (Force Reset) to reboot the device.

4. After rebooting, enter Command mode and verify that Bypass operating mode is active by

querying AI (Association Indication) and confirming that it returns a value of 0x2F.

It may take a moment for Bypass operating mode to become active.

Leave Bypass operating mode

To configure a device to leave Bypass operating mode:

1. Set AP (API Enable) to something other than 5.

2. Send WR command to write the changes.

3. Send FR (Force Reset) to reboot the device.

4. After rebooting, enter Command mode and verify that Bypass operating mode is not active by

querying AI (Association Indication) and confirming that it returns a value other than 0x2F.

Restore cellular settings to default in Bypass operating mode

Send AT&F1 to reset the cellular component to its factory profile.

USB direct mode

This mode allows you to replace the cellular component with the XBee Smart Modem such that the USB lines are the same through a configuration option.

Enable USB direct mode

Set P1 (DIO11/PWM1 Configuration) to 7 to enable USB direct mode. When set to 7 DIO11/PWM1 (pin

7) brings out the USB D+ signal of the cellular component. The USB D- signal is available on pin 8. With these pins connected to a USB host a direct connection is made to the cellular component which is not mediated by the XBee processor.

When in USB direct mode AI (Association Indication) returns 0x2B.

Command mode

Command mode is a state in which the firmware interprets incoming characters as commands. It allows you to modify the device’s configuration using parameters you can set using AT commands. When you want to read or set any parameter of the device when operating in Transparent mode, you have to enter Command mode and send an AT command. Every AT command starts with the letters AT followed by the two characters that identify the command and then by some optional configuration values.

The three operating modes are controlled by the AP (API Enable) setting, but Command mode is always available as a mode the XBee Smart Modem can enter while configured for any of the operating modes.

Command mode is available on the UART interface in both Transparent and API modes. You cannot use the SPI interface to enter Command mode.

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Modes Command mode

Enter Command mode

To get a device to switch into this mode, you must issue the following sequence: +++ within one second. There must be at least one second preceding and following the +++ sequence. Both the command character (CC) and the silence before and after the sequence (GT) are configurable. When the device sees a full second of silence in the data stream (the guard time, GT) followed by the string +++ (without Enter or Return) and another full second of silence, it knows to stop sending data and start accepting commands locally.

Note Do not press Return or Enter after typing +++ because it will interrupt the guard time silence

and prevent you from entering Command mode.

When the device is in Command mode, it listens for user input and is able to receive AT commands on the UART. If CT time (default is 10 seconds) passes without any user input, the device drops out of Command mode and returns to the previous operating mode (Transparent, Bypass, API, Python, and so forth).

You can customize the command character, the guard times and the timeout in the device’s configuration settings. For more information, see CC (Command Sequence Character), CT (Command

Mode Timeout) and GT (Guard Times).

Troubleshooting

Failure to enter Command mode is often due to baud rate mismatch. Ensure that the baud rate of the connection matches the baud rate of the device. By default, the BD parameter = 3 (9600 b/s).

There are two alternative ways to enter Command mode:

n A serial break for six seconds enters Command mode. The "break" command can be issued

from a serial console, and is often a button or menu item.

n Asserting DIN (serial break) upon power up or reset enters Command mode. XCTU guides you

through a reset and automatically issues the break when needed.

Both of these methods temporarily set the device's baud rate to 9600 and return an OK on the UART to indicate that Command mode is active. When Command mode exits, the device returns to normal operation at the baud rate the BD parameter is set to.

Send AT commands

Once the device enters Command mode, use the syntax in the following figure to send AT commands. Every AT command starts with the letters AT, which stands for "attention." The AT is followed by two characters that indicate which command is being issued, then by some optional configuration values.

To read a parameter value stored in the device’s register, omit the parameter field.

The preceding example changes the IP protocol to SMS.

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Multiple AT commands

You can send multiple AT commands at a time when they are separated by a comma in Command mode; for example, ATSH,SL.

Parameter format

Refer to the list of AT commands for the format of individual AT command parameters. Valid formats for hexidecimal values include with or without a leading 0x for example FFFF or 0xFFFF.

Response to AT commands

When reading parameters, the device returns the current parameter value instead of an OK message.

Apply command changes

Any changes you make to the configuration command registers using AT commands do not take effect until you apply the changes. For example, if you send the BD command to change the baud rate, the actual baud rate does not change until you apply the changes. To apply changes:

1. Send the AC (Apply Changes) command.

or:

2. Exit Command mode.

Make command changes permanent

Issue a WR command command to save the changes. WR writes parameter values to non-volatile memory so that parameter modifications persist through subsequent resets.

Exit Command mode

1. Send CN command followed by a carriage return.

or:

2. If the device does not receive any valid AT commands within the time specified by CT

(Command Mode Timeout), it returns to the mode that the device was last in.

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Sleep modes

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Sleep modes About sleep modes

About sleep modes

A number of low-power modes exist to enable devices to operate for extended periods of time on battery power. Use SM (Sleep Mode) to enable these sleep modes.

Normal mode

Set SM to 0 to enter Normal mode.

Normal mode is the default sleep mode. If a device is in this mode, it does not sleep and is always awake.

Devices in Normal mode are typically mains powered.

Pin sleep mode

Set SM to 1 to enter pin sleep mode.

Pin sleep allows the device to sleep and wake according to the state of the SLEEP_RQ pin (SLEEP_RQ).

When you assert SLEEP_RQ (high), the device finishes any transmit or receive operations, closes any active connection, and enters a low-power state.

When you de-assert SLEEP_RQ (low), the device wakes from pin sleep.

Cyclic sleep mode

Set SM to 4 to enter Cyclic sleep mode.

Cyclic sleep allows the device to sleep for a specific time and wake for a short time to poll.

If you use the D7 command to enable hardware flow control, the CTS pin asserts (low) when the device wakes and can receive serial data, and de-asserts (high) when the device sleeps.

Cyclic sleep with pin wake up mode

Set SM to 5 to enter Cyclic sleep with pin wake up mode.

This mode is a slight variation on Cyclic sleep mode (SM = 4) that allows you to wake a device prematurely by de-asserting the SLEEP_RQ pin (SLEEP_RQ).

In this mode, you can wake the device after the sleep period expires, or if a high-to-low transition occurs on the SLEEP_RQ pin.

Airplane mode

While not technically a sleep mode, airplane mode is another way of saving power. When set, the cellular component of the XBee Smart Modem is fully turned off and no access to the cellular network is performed or possible. Use AM (Airplane Mode) to configure this mode.

Connected sleep mode

XBee Smart Modem hardware part number XB3-C-A1-UT-xxx can enter Connected sleep mode.

Set bit 0 of SO (Sleep Options) for connected sleep. When bit 0 is set and the XBee Smart Modem goes to sleep, instead of the cellular component shutting down, it enters a lower power consumption mode that maintains registration with the cellular network. This allows significantly faster resumption of communications when coming out of sleep at the cost of additional power used.

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Sleep modes The sleep timer

Connected sleep mode draws 9 mA during sleep and 11 mA average over time (including periodically waking up to maintain connection).

The sleep timer

If the device receives serial or RF data in Cyclic sleep mode and Cyclic sleep with pin wake up modes (SM = 4 or SM = 5), it starts a sleep timer (time until sleep).

n Use ST (Wake Time) to set the duration of the timer.

n When the sleep timer expires the device returns to sleep.

MicroPython sleep behavior

When the XBee Smart Modem enters deep sleep mode, any MicroPython code currently executing is suspended until the device comes out of sleep. When the XBee Smart Modem comes out of sleep mode, MicroPython execution continues where it left off.

Upon entering deep sleep mode, the XBee Smart Modem closes any active UDP connections and turns off the cellular component. As a result, any sockets that were opened in MicroPython prior to sleep report as no longer being connected. This behavior appears the same as a typical socket disconnection event will:

n socket.send raises OSError: ENOTCONN

n socket.sendto raises OSError: ENOTCONN

n socket.recv returns the empty string, the traditional end-of-file return value

n socket.recvfrom returns an empty message, for example:

(b'', (<address from connect()>, <port from connect()>) )

The underlying UDP socket resources have been released at this point.

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Serial interface 87 Serial data 87 UART data flow 87 Serial buffers 87 CTS flow control 88 RTS flow control 88

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Serial communication Serial interface

Serial interface

The XBee Smart Modem interfaces to a host device through a serial port. The device can communicate through its serial port with:

n Through logic and voltage compatible universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART).

n Through a level translator to any serial device, for example, through an RS-232 or USB

interface board.

n Through a serial peripheral interface (SPI) port.

Serial data

A device sends data to the XBee Smart Modem's UART through pin 3 DIN as an asynchronous serial signal. When the device is not transmitting data, the signals should idle high.

For serial communication to occur, you must configure the UART of both devices (the microcontroller and the XBee Smart Modem) with compatible settings for the baud rate, parity, start bits, stop bits, and data bits.

Each data byte consists of a start bit (low), 8 data bits (least significant bit first) and a stop bit (high). The following diagram illustrates the serial bit pattern of data passing through the device. The diagram shows UART data packet 0x1F (decimal number 31) as transmitted through the device.

You can configure the UART baud rate, parity, and stop bits settings on the device with the BD, NB, and SB commands respectively. For more information, see Serial interfacing commands.

In the rare case that a device has been configured with the UART disabled, you can recover the device to UART operation by holding DIN low at reset time. DIN forces a default configuration on the UART at 9600 baud and it brings the device up in Command mode on the UART port. You can then send the appropriate commands to the device to configure it for UART operation. If those parameters are written, the device comes up with the UART enabled on the next reset.

UART data flow

Devices that have a UART interface connect directly to the pins of the XBee Smart Modem as shown in the following figure. The figure shows system data flow in a UART-interfaced environment. Lowasserted signals have a horizontal line over the signal name.

Serial buffers

The XBee Smart Modem maintains internal buffers to collect serial and RF data that it receives. The serial receive buffer collects incoming serial characters and holds them until the device can process them. The serial transmit buffer collects the data it receives via the RF link until it transmits that data out the serial or SPI port.

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Serial communication CTS flow control

CTS flow control

We strongly encourage you to use flow control with the XBee Smart Modem to prevent buffer overruns.

CTS flow control is enabled by default; you can disable it with D7 (DIO7/CTS). When the serial receive buffer fills with the number of bytes specified by FT (Flow Control Threshold), the device de-asserts CTS (sets it high) to signal the host device to stop sending serial data. The device re-asserts CTS when less than FT-32 bytes are in the UART receive buffer.

Note Serial flow control is not possible when using the SPI port.

RTS flow control

If you set D6 (DIO6/RTS) to enable RTS flow control, the device does not send data in the serial transmit buffer out the DOUT pin as long as RTS is de-asserted (set high). Do not de-assert RTS for long periods of time or the serial transmit buffer will fill.

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AT commands

MicroPython commands 90 Special commands 91 Cellular commands 92 Network commands 95 Addressing commands 97 Serial interfacing commands 100 I/O settings commands 102 I/O sampling commands 110 Sleep commands 110 Command mode options 112 Firmware version/information commands 112 Diagnostic interface commands 114 Execution commands 116

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AT commands MicroPython commands

MicroPython commands

The following commands relate to using MicroPython on the XBee Smart Modem.

PS (Python Startup)

Sets whether or not the XBee Smart Modem runs the stored Python code at startup.

Range

0 - 1

Parameter Description

0 Do not run stored Python code at startup.

1 Run stored Python code at startup.

Default

PY (MicroPython Command)

Interact with the XBee Smart Modem using MicroPython. PY is a command with sub-commands. These sub-commands are arguments to PY.

PYC(Code Report)

You can store compiled code in flash using the Ctrl-F command from the MicroPython REPL; refer to the Digi MicroPython Programming Guide. The PYC sub-command reports details of the stored code. In Command mode, it returns three lines of text, for example:

source: 1662 bytes (hash=0xC3B3A813) bytecode: 619 bytes (hash=0x0900DBCE) compiled: 2017-05-09T15:49:44

The messages are:

n source: the size of the source code used to generate the bytecode and its 32-bit hash.

n bytecode:the size of bytecode stored in flash and its 32-bit hash. A size of 0 indicates that

there is no stored code.

n compiled:a compilation timestamp. A timestamp of 2000-01-01T00:00:00 indicates that the

clock was not set during compilation.

In API mode, PYC returns five 32-bit big-endian values:

n source size

n source hash

n bytecode size

n bytecode hash

n timestamp as seconds since 2000-01-01T00:00:00

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AT commands Special commands

PYD (Delete Code)

PYDinterrupts any running code, erases any stored code and then does a soft-reboot on the

MicroPython subsystem.

PYV (Version Report)

Report the MicroPython version.

PY^ (Interrupt Program)

Sends KeyboardInterrupt to MicroPython. This is useful if there is a runaway MicroPython program and you have filled the stdin buffer. You can enter Command mode (+++) and send ATPY^ to interrupt the program.

Default

N/A

Special commands

The following commands are special commands.

AC (Apply Changes)

Immediately applies new settings without exiting Command mode.

Applying changes means that the device re-initializes based on changes made to its parameter values. Once changes are applied, the device immediately operates according to the new parameter values.

This behavior is in contrast to issuing the WR (Write) command. The WR command saves parameter values to non-volatile memory, but the device still operates according to previously saved values until the device is rebooted or you issue the CN (Exit AT Command Mode) or AC commands.

Parameter range

N/A

Default

N/A

FR (Force Reset)

Resets the device. The device responds immediately with an OK and performs a reset 100 ms later.

If you issue FR while the device is in Command Mode, the reset effectively exits Command mode.

Note We recommend entering Airplane mode before resetting or rebooting the device to allow the

cellular module to detach from the network.

Parameter range

N/A

Default

N/A

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RE command

Restore device parameters to factory defaults.

The RE command does not write restored values to non-volatile (persistent) memory. Issue the WR (Write) command after issuing the RE command to save restored parameter values to non-volatile memory.

Parameter range

N/A

Default

N/A

WR command

Writes parameter values to non-volatile memory so that parameter modifications persist through subsequent resets.

Note Once you issue a WR command, do not send any additional characters to the device until after

you receive the OK response.

Parameter range

N/A

Default

N/A

Cellular commands

The following AT commands are cellular configuration and data commands.

PH (Phone Number)

Reads the SIM card phone number. If PH is blank, the XBee Smart Modem is not registered to the network.

Parameter range

N/A

Default

Set by the cellular carrier via the SIM card

S# (ICCID)

Reads the Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) of the inserted SIM.

Parameter range

N/A

Default

Set by the SIMcard

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IM (IMEI)

Reads the device's International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI).

Parameter range

N/A

Default

Set in the factory

MN (Operator)

Reads the network operator on which the device is registered.

Parameter range

N/A

Default

AT&T

MV (Modem Firmware Version)

Read the firmware version string for cellular component communications. See the related VR

(Firmware Version) command.

Parameter range

N/A

Default

Set in the currently loaded firmware

DB (Cellular Signal Strength)

Reads the absolute value of the current signal strength to the cell tower in dB. If DB is blank, the XBee Smart Modem has not received a signal strength from the cellular component.

Parameter range

0x71 - 0x33 (-113 dBm to -51 dBm) [read-only]

Default

N/A

AN (Access Point Name)

Specifies the packet data network that the modem uses for Internet connectivity. This information is provided by your cellular network operator. After you set this value, applying changes with AC (Apply

Changes) or CN (Exit Command mode) triggers a network reset.

Parameter range

1 - 100 ASCII characters

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Default

OA (Operating APN)

Reads the APN value currently configured in the cellular component.

Parameter range

ASCII characters

Default

N/A

AM (Airplane Mode)

When set, the cellular component of the XBee Smart Modem is fully turned off and no access to the cellular network is performed or possible.

Parameter range

0 - 1

0 = Normal operation

1 = Airplane mode

Default

DV (Antenna Diversity)

Set and read the antenna diversity setting of the cellular component. When enabled, the cellular component uses both antennas to improve receive sensitivity.

This setting is applied only while the XBee Smart Modem is initializing the cellular component. After changing this setting, you must:

1. Use WR command to write all values to flash.

2. Use FR (Force Reset) to reset the device.

3. Wait for the cellular component to be initialized: AI (Association Indication) reaches 0x00.

4. Use FR to reset the device a second time.

5. Wait again for the cellular component to initialize:AI reaches 0x00.

Parameter range

0 - 1

0 - diversity disabled

1 - diversity enabled

Default

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AT commands Network commands

Network commands

The following commands are network commands.

IP (IP Protocol)

Sets or displays the IP protocol used for client and server socket connections in IP socket mode.

Parameter range

0 - 4

Value Description

0x00 UDP

0x01 TCP

0x02 SMS

0x03 Reserved

0x04 SSL over TCPcommunication

Default

0x01

TL (SSL/TLS Protocol Version)

Sets the SSL/TLS protocol version used for the SSL socket. If you change the TL value, it does not affect any currently open sockets. The value only applies to subsequently opened sockets.

Note Due to known vulnerabilities in prior protocol versions, we strongly recommend that you use the

latest TLS version whenever possible.

Range

Value Description

0x00

0x01

0x02

0x03

Default

0x03

SSL v3

TLS v1.0

TLS v1.1

TLS v1.2

TM (IP Client Connection Timeout)

The IP client connection timeout. If there is no activity for this timeout then the connection is closed. If TMis 0, the connection is closed immediately after the device sends data.

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If you change the TM value while in Transparent Mode, the current connection is immediately closed. Upon the next transmission, the TM value applies to the newly created socket.

If you change the TM value while in API Mode, the value only applies to subsequently opened sockets.

Parameter range

0 - 0xFFFF [x 100 ms]

Default

0xBB8 (5 minutes)

TS (IP Server Connection Timeout)

The IP server connection timeout. If no activity for this timeout then the connection is closed. When set to 0 the connection is closed immediately after data is sent.]

Parameter Range

10 - 0xFFFF; (x 100 ms)

Default

3000

DO (Device Options)

Enables and disables special features on the XBee Smart Modem according to the following table.

Bit 0 - Remote Manager support

If the XBee Smart Modem cannot establish a connection with Remote Manager , it waits 30 seconds before trying again. On each successive connection failure, the wait time doubles (60 seconds, 120, 240, and so on) up to a maximum of 1 hour. This time resets to 30 seconds once the connection to Remote Manager succeeds or if the device is reset.

Bits 1 - 7

Reserved

Range

0x00 - 0x07

Value Description

0x00 Disable Remote Manager support.

0x01 Enable Remote Manager support.

Default

0x01

EQ (Device Cloud FQDN)

Sets or display the fully qualified domain name of the Remote Manager server.

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Range

From 0 through 63 ASCII characters.

Default

my.devicecloud.com

Addressing commands

The following AT commands are addressing commands.

SH (Serial Number High)

The upper digits of the unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) assigned to this device.

Parameter range

0 - 0xFFFFFFFF [read-only]

Default

N/A

SL (Serial Number Low)

The lower digits of the unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) assigned to this device.

Parameter range

0 - 0xFFFFFFFF [read-only]

Default

N/A

DL (Destination Address)

The destination IPv4 address or fully qualified domain name.

To set the destination address to an IP address, the value must be a dotted quad, for example XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.

To set the destination address to a domain name, the value must be a legal Internet host name, for example remotemanager.digi.com

Parameter range

0 - 128 ASCII characters

Default

0.0.0.0

P# (Destination Phone Number)

Sets or displays the destination phone number used for SMS when IP (IP Protocol) = 2. Phone numbers must be fully numeric, 7 to 20 ASCIIdigits, for example:8889991234.

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P# allows international numbers with or without the + prefix. If you omit + and are dialing internationally, you need to include the proper International Dialing Prefix for your calling region, for example, 011 for the United States.

Range

7 - 20 ASCII digits including an optional + prefix

Default

N/A

N1 (DNS Address)

Displays the IPv4 address of the primary domain name server.

Parameter Range

Read-only

Default

0.0.0.0 (waiting on cellular connection)

N2 (DNS Address)

Displays the IPv4 address of the secondary domain name server.

Parameter Range

Read-only

Default

0.0.0.0 (waiting on cellular connection)

DE (Destination Port)

Sets or displays the destination IP port number.

Parameter range

0x0 - 0xFFFF

Default

0x2616

TD (Text Delimiter)

The ASCII character used as a text delimiter for Transparent mode. When you select a character, information received over the serial port in Transparent mode is not transmitted until that character is received. To use a carriage return, set to 0xD. Set to zero to disable text delimiter checking.

Parameter range

0 - 0xFF

Default

0x0

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MY (Module IP Address)

Reads the device's IP address. This command is read-only because the IPaddress is assigned by the mobile network.

In APImode, the address is represented as the binary four byte big-endian numeric value representing the IPv4 address.

In Transparent or Command mode, the address is represented as a dotted-quad string notation.

Parameter range

0- 15 IPv4 characters

Default

0.0.0.0

LA (Lookup IP Address of FQDN)

Performs a DNS lookup of the given fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and outputs its IP address.

When you issue the command in API mode, the IP address is formatted in binary four byte big-endian numeric value. In all other cases (for example, Command mode) the format is dotted decimal notation.

Range

Valid FQDN

Default

OD (Operating Destination Address)

Read the destination IPv4 address currently in use by Transparent mode. The value is 0.0.0.0 if no Transparent IP connection is active.

In API mode, the address is represented as the binary four byte big-endian numeric value representing the IPv4 address.

In Transparent or Command mode, the address is represented as a dotted-quad string notation.

Parameter range

Default

0.0.0.0

C0 (Source Port)

Set or get the port number used to provide the serial communication service. Data received by this port on the network is transmitted on the XBee Smart Modem's serial port.

As long as a network connection is established to this port (for TCP) data received on the serial port is transmitted on the established network connection.

IP (IP Protocol) sets the protocol used when UART is in Transparent or APImode.

For more information on using incoming connections, see Socket behavior.

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Parameter range

0 - 0xFFFF

Value Description

0 Disabled

Non-0 Enabled on that port

Default

Serial interfacing commands

The following AT commands are serial interfacing commands.

BD (Baud Rate)

Sets or displays the serial interface baud rate for communication between the device's serial port and the host.

Modified interface baud rates do not take effect until the XBee Smart Modem exits Command mode or you issue AC (Apply Changes). The baud rate resets to default unless you save it with WR command or by clicking the Write module settings button in XCTU.

Parameter range

Standard baud rates:0x1 - 0x8

Non-standard baud rates:0x5B9 to 0x3D090 (250,000 b/s)

Parameter Description

0x0 1200 b/s

0x1 2400 b/s

0x2 4800 b/s

0x3 9600 b/s

0x4 19200 b/s

0x5 38400 b/s

0x6 57600 b/s

0x7 115200 b/s

0x8 230400 b/s

Default

0x3 (9600 b/s)

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

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Applicable firmware and hardware

SIM cards

Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit

Identify the kit contents

XBIB-U-DEV reference

Cellular service

Connect the hardware

Configure the device using XCTU

Add a device

Check for cellular registration and connection

Update to the latest firmware

Send an SMS message to a phone

Debugging

Connect to the ELIZA server

Debugging

Connect to the echo server

Debugging

Connect to the Daytime server

Debugging

Connect to a TCP/IP address

Debugging

Perform a (GET) HTTP request

Debugging

Get started with MQTT

Example: MQTT connect

Send a connect packet

Example: send messages (publish) with MQTT

Example: receive messages (subscribe) with MQTT

Use MQTT over the XBee Cellular Modem with a PC

Get started with CoAP

CoAP terms

CoAP quick start example

Configure the device

Example: use Python to generate a CoAP message

Configure the XBee Smart Modem using Digi Remote Manager

Create a Remote Manager account

Get the XBee Smart Modem IMEI number

Add a XBee Smart Modem to Remote Manager

Update the firmware

Software libraries

Get started with MicroPython

About MicroPython

Why use MicroPython

MicroPython on the XBee Smart Modem

Use XCTU to enter the MicroPython environment

Use the MicroPython Terminal in XCTU

Example: hello world

Example: turn on an LED

Example: code a request help button

Enter MicroPython paste mode

Catch a button press

Send a text (SMS) when the button is pressed

Add the time the button was pressed

Exit MicroPython mode

Other terminal programs

Tera Term for Windows

Use picocom in Linux

Technical specifications

Interface and hardware specifications

RF characteristics

Networking specifications

Power requirements

Power consumption

Electrical specifications

Regulatory approvals

Hardware

Mechanical drawings

Pin signals

Pin connection recommendations

RSSI PWM

SIM card

The Associate LED

Antenna recommendations

Antenna connections

Antenna placement