API for communicating with XBee devices.

Dependencies:   CircularBuffer FixedLengthList

Dependents:   XBeeApiTest XBeeApiSimpleATCmdsExample XBeeApiBroadcastExample XBeeApiBroadcastExampleRTOS ... more

Overview

XBeeApi is intended to be a library for providing a high-level API interface to the XBee - for example getChannel() and setChannel(2) methods rather than needing to send( "ATCH" ) and send( "ATCH 2" ) - and then de-code the responses.

See the notebook page here for a description of how the API works & some details on the various classes.

Features:

  • Support for transmission & reception of data packets
  • Support for reading & changing settings
  • Support for "Remote AT" interface to access settings & I/O channels on remote XBees
  • XBeeApi should work if you're using mbed-rtos, though it is not currently threadsafe. Take a look at the XBeeApiBroadcastExampleRTOS example if you're including mbed-rtos.

Example Programs

There are also example programs available:

Transmit

Import programXBeeApiSimpleBroadcastExample

Simple example of how to use XBeeApi - set up the XBee, configure P2P networking then transmit a frame.

Import programXBeeApiBroadcastExample

Example for XBeeAPI; a little more involved than XBeeApiSimpleBroadcastExample with report on failure to set up the XBee and on the transmit status of the message.

Import programXBeeApiBroadcastExampleRTOS

Example of using the XBeeApi library to broadcast a message, based on XBeeApiBroadcastExample. This example shows how to use the library when using mbed-rtos. Before compiling you must open "XbeeApi\Config\XBeeApiCfg.hpp" and change the '#if 0' to '#if 1' on the line above the comment reading "Use RTOS features to make XBeeApi threadsafe"

Settings/Status

Import programXBeeApiSimpleATCmdsExample

Simple example of using XBeeApi to send AT-style commands to the XBee

Import programXBeeApiRemoteATCmdsExample

Example of using the XBeeApi library to send AT commands to remote XBee devices in order to read/write settings

Receive

Import programXBeeApiSimpleReceiveExample

Simple example of using XBeeApi to receive data packets via wireless

Import programXBeeApiReceiveCallbackExample

Example of using the XBeeApi library to receive a message via a callback method

Import programXBeeApiReceiveCallbackExampleRTOS

Example of using the XBeeApi library to receive a message via a callback method. This example shows how to use the library when using mbed-rtos. See the comment at the top of main.cpp

Remote I/O

Import programXBeeApiRemoteIOExample

Example of using the XBeeApi library to read inputs on a remote XBee

If you have 2 mbed connected XBees available then you can use XBeeApiSimpleReceiveExample and XBeeApiSimpleBroadcastExample as a pair.

Note that this is still a work in progress! XBeeApiTodoList tracks some of the functionality still to be added.

Files at this revision

API Documentation at this revision

Comitter:
johnb
Date:
Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
Parent:
52:0950b05d5270
Child:
54:9f5b7652943e
Commit message:
Comments & clean-up

Changed in this revision

Base/XBeeApiFrame.hpp Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file
Base/XBeeDevice.hpp Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file
RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrame.hpp Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file
RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrameCircularBuffer.hpp Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file
RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrameDecoder.hpp Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file
RXTX/XBeeApiTxFrame.hpp Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file
Remote/XBeeDeviceRemoteAt.hpp Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file
Utility/XBeeApiCmdAt.cpp Show annotated file Show diff for this revision Revisions of this file
--- a/Base/XBeeApiFrame.hpp	Mon Jul 28 12:48:33 2014 +0000
+++ b/Base/XBeeApiFrame.hpp	Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
@@ -68,10 +68,13 @@
     \returns Length of the frame payload excluding overhead */
 #define MSG_LEN_IN_BUFFER( _b ) ((((uint16_t)_b[ XBEE_CMD_POSN_LEN_HI ]) << 8U) + _b[XBEE_CMD_POSN_LEN_LO])
 
+/** The number of 'overhead' (i.e. those not included in the frame payload) bytes at the start of an API frame (namely the start delimiter & 2 length bytes) */
 #define XBEE_API_FRAME_OVERHEAD_START 3U
+
+/** The number of 'overhead' (i.e. those not included in the frame payload) bytes at the end of an API frame (namely the checksum) */
 #define XBEE_API_FRAME_OVERHEAD_END   1U
 
-/** The number of 'overhead' bytes in an API frame (i.e. those not included in the frame payload, namely the start delimiter, 2 length bytes & checksum */
+/** The total number of 'overhead' bytes in an API frame */
 #define XBEE_API_FRAME_OVERHEAD (XBEE_API_FRAME_OVERHEAD_START + XBEE_API_FRAME_OVERHEAD_END)
 
 /* Forward declare this as XBeeDevice is dependent upon XBeeApiFrameDecoder */
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@
 class XBeeApiFrame
 {
     private:
+        /** Length of the frame header which precedes the data - currently a single byte which is the API ID */ 
         static const   uint8_t m_cmdHeaderLen = 1;
 
     protected:
@@ -105,7 +109,8 @@
                       const uint8_t* const p_data,
                       const size_t         p_dataLen );
 
-        /** Return the length of the API-specific structure represented by this frame.  i.e. the API frame without the overhead - see XBEE_API_FRAME_OVERHEAD */
+        /** Return the length of the API-specific structure represented by this frame.  i.e. the API frame without the overhead - see XBEE_API_FRAME_OVERHEAD.
+            The value includes both the data which is returned by getDataPtr and the byte used to identify the type of the packet, as returned by getApiId */
         virtual uint16_t getCmdLen( void ) const;
     
         /** Retrieve the API identifier for this frame */
--- a/Base/XBeeDevice.hpp	Mon Jul 28 12:48:33 2014 +0000
+++ b/Base/XBeeDevice.hpp	Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@
    
      /** Represents the different types of addressing for XBee devices */
      typedef enum {
+         /** 16-bit addressing */
          XBEE_API_ADDR_TYPE_16BIT = 0,
+         /** 64-bit addressing */
          XBEE_API_ADDR_TYPE_64BIT = 1    
      } XBeeApiAddrType_t;
 
@@ -227,6 +229,9 @@
      */
      void setIgnoreBadChecksum( const bool p_shouldIgnore );
      
+     /** Retrieve the number of packets which have failed the checksum test (see setIgnoreBadChecksum() )
+         \returns Rolling counter of the number of failed checksum tests 
+     */
      uint16_t getBadChecksumCount( void ) const;
 
      /** Retrieve the number of bytes received from the serial data stream which have been discarded
@@ -244,6 +249,11 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined XBEEAPI_CONFIG_USING_RTOS && defined XBEEAPI_CONFIG_RTOS_USE_DISPATCHER
+     /** Function used (when using the MBED RTOS) to set up a thread to dispatch received data outside 
+         of the interrupt context.  Handling received data within the interrupt context is likely to
+         result in problems due to limited stack availability.
+         Must be called once and once only (even if using multiple XBee devices)
+     */
      bool setupDispatchTask();
 #endif
 
--- a/RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrame.hpp	Mon Jul 28 12:48:33 2014 +0000
+++ b/RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrame.hpp	Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
@@ -54,22 +54,23 @@
         /** Indicate whether or not the message was PAN broadcase */
         bool m_panBroadcast;
    
-    /* TODO: doc */
+        /* TODO: doc */
         bool m_dataIsMallocd;   
 
-    /* TODO: doc */
+        /* TODO: doc */
         uint8_t* m_mallocdData; 
     public:
         /** Constructor */
         XBeeApiRxFrame();
         
-    /** Constructor */
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        /** Constructor */
         XBeeApiRxFrame( XBeeApiIdentifier_e p_id,
                         const uint8_t* const p_data,
                         const size_t         p_dataLen );
 
-    /** Deep copy */
-    /* TODO: doc */
+        /** Deep copy */
+        /* TODO: doc */
         bool deepCopyFrom( const XBeeApiRxFrame& p_frame );
        
         /** Destructor */
--- a/RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrameCircularBuffer.hpp	Mon Jul 28 12:48:33 2014 +0000
+++ b/RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrameCircularBuffer.hpp	Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
@@ -36,12 +36,19 @@
 class XBeeApiRxFrameCircularBuffer : public XBeeApiRxFrameDecoder
 {
     protected:
+        /* TODO: doc */
         size_t          m_bufferSize;
+        /* TODO: doc */
         size_t          m_head;
+        /* TODO: doc */
         size_t          m_tail; 
-    size_t          m_count;
-    XBeeApiRxFrame* m_framesBuffer;
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        size_t          m_count;
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        XBeeApiRxFrame* m_framesBuffer;
+
     public:
+        /* TODO: doc */
         /** Constructor */
         XBeeApiRxFrameCircularBuffer( size_t p_bufferSize, XBeeDevice* p_device = NULL );
         
@@ -49,17 +56,21 @@
         virtual ~XBeeApiRxFrameCircularBuffer( void ); 
 
         /* Callback which is invoked when a frame is successfully decoded
-       \param p_frame The frame content
+           \param p_frame The frame content
         */       
         virtual void frameRxCallback( XBeeApiRxFrame* p_frame );
 
-    size_t getFrameCount() const;
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        size_t getFrameCount() const;
 
-    void clear();
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        void clear();
 
-    void pop();
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        void pop();
 
-    const XBeeApiRxFrame* getTailPtr() const;
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        const XBeeApiRxFrame* getTailPtr() const;
 };
 
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
--- a/RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrameDecoder.hpp	Mon Jul 28 12:48:33 2014 +0000
+++ b/RXTX/XBeeApiRxFrameDecoder.hpp	Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         virtual ~XBeeApiRxFrameDecoder( void ); 
 
         /* Callback which is invoked when a frame is successfully decoded
-       \param p_frame The frame content
+           \param p_frame The frame content
         */       
         virtual void frameRxCallback( XBeeApiRxFrame* p_frame ) = 0;
 };
--- a/RXTX/XBeeApiTxFrame.hpp	Mon Jul 28 12:48:33 2014 +0000
+++ b/RXTX/XBeeApiTxFrame.hpp	Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
@@ -41,24 +41,28 @@
         /** Destination address of the frame */
         uint64_t          m_addr;
         
-       /** Whether or not an acknowledgement of the frame is requested */ 
-       bool              m_ack;
-       /** Whether or not the frame is a PAN broadcast */
-       bool              m_panBroadcast;
-       /** Buffer to house data relating to the frame header */
-       uint8_t           m_buffer[XBEE_API_TX_FRAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-       uint8_t           m_bufferLen;
+        /** Whether or not an acknowledgement of the frame is requested */ 
+        bool              m_ack;
+       
+        /** Whether or not the frame is a PAN broadcast */
+        bool              m_panBroadcast;
+        
+        /** Buffer to house data relating to the frame header */
+        uint8_t           m_buffer[XBEE_API_TX_FRAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
 
-       /** Called by XBeeDevice in order to offer frame data to the object for
-           decoding
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        uint8_t           m_bufferLen;
+
+        /** Called by XBeeDevice in order to offer frame data to the object for
+            decoding
            
-           \param p_data Pointer to the content of the received data
-           \param p_len Length of the data pointed to by p_data
-       */
-       virtual bool decodeCallback( const uint8_t* const p_data, size_t p_len );
+            \param p_data Pointer to the content of the received data
+            \param p_len Length of the data pointed to by p_data
+        */
+        virtual bool decodeCallback( const uint8_t* const p_data, size_t p_len );
 
-       void updateBuffer( void );
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        void updateBuffer( void );
 
     public:
        /** Enum for capturing the possible status of an XBee message TX 
@@ -82,38 +86,51 @@
            XBEE_API_TX_STATUS_LAST = 4  
        } XBeeApiTxStatus_e;
     
-       XBeeApiTxFrame( XBeeDevice* p_device = NULL,
-                       const uint8_t* p_data = NULL,
-                       const size_t   p_dataLen = 0,
-                       const uint64_t p_addr = XBEE_BROADCAST_ADDR,
-                       const XBeeDevice::XBeeApiAddrType_t p_type = XBeeDevice::XBEE_API_ADDR_TYPE_16BIT );
-       virtual ~XBeeApiTxFrame( void );
-       
-       void setDestAddrType( const XBeeDevice::XBeeApiAddrType_t p_type );
-       void setDestAddr( uint64_t p_addr );
-       void setDestAddrBroadcast( void );
-       void setPanBroadcast( const bool p_bc );
-       
-       virtual uint16_t getCmdLen( void ) const;
-       virtual void getDataPtr( const uint16_t p_start, const uint8_t**  p_buff, uint16_t* const p_len ) const;
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        XBeeApiTxFrame( XBeeDevice* p_device = NULL,
+                        const uint8_t* p_data = NULL,
+                        const size_t   p_dataLen = 0,
+                        const uint64_t p_addr = XBEE_BROADCAST_ADDR,
+                        const XBeeDevice::XBeeApiAddrType_t p_type = XBeeDevice::XBEE_API_ADDR_TYPE_16BIT );
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        virtual ~XBeeApiTxFrame( void );
        
-       virtual uint8_t getFrameId( void ) const;
-       
-       /** Callback function which is invoked when a response to the TX request is received from
-           the XBee.
-           
-           \param p_status Status of the TX attempt */
-       virtual void frameTxCallback( const XBeeApiTxStatus_e p_status );
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        void setDestAddrType( const XBeeDevice::XBeeApiAddrType_t p_type );
+
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        void setDestAddr( uint64_t p_addr );
+
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        void setDestAddrBroadcast( void );
+
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        void setPanBroadcast( const bool p_bc );
+        
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        virtual uint16_t getCmdLen( void ) const;
+
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        virtual void getDataPtr( const uint16_t p_start, const uint8_t**  p_buff, uint16_t* const p_len ) const;
        
-       /** Set the frame payload
+        /* TODO: doc */
+        virtual uint8_t getFrameId( void ) const;
+       
+        /** Callback function which is invoked when a response to the TX request is received from
+            the XBee.
+            
+            \param p_status Status of the TX attempt */
+        virtual void frameTxCallback( const XBeeApiTxStatus_e p_status );
        
-           \param p_buff Pointer to the buffer containing the data.  Note that this buffer is not copied, so
-                         must retain the appropriate content until transmission is complete
-           \param p_len Length of the data pointed to be p_buff.  Must be 100 or less.
-           \returns true in the case that the operation was successful, false in the case that it was not
-                    (content too long, etc)
-       */
-       bool setDataPtr( const uint8_t* const p_buff, const uint16_t p_len );
+        /** Set the frame payload
+       
+            \param p_buff Pointer to the buffer containing the data.  Note that this buffer is not copied, so
+                          must retain the appropriate content until transmission is complete
+            \param p_len Length of the data pointed to be p_buff.  Must be 100 or less.
+            \returns true in the case that the operation was successful, false in the case that it was not
+                     (content too long, etc)
+        */
+        bool setDataPtr( const uint8_t* const p_buff, const uint16_t p_len );
 };
 
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
--- a/Remote/XBeeDeviceRemoteAt.hpp	Mon Jul 28 12:48:33 2014 +0000
+++ b/Remote/XBeeDeviceRemoteAt.hpp	Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
 #include "XBeeApiFrame.hpp"
 #include "XBeeApiCmdAt.hpp"
 
-/** */
+/** Class used to provide a command interface to a remove XBee via the Remote AT interface.
+    The class inherits from XBeeApiCmdAt, hence the interface for the local and remote
+    XBees is generally the same.
+*/
 class XBeeDeviceRemoteAt : public XBeeApiCmdAt
 {
     protected:
@@ -42,23 +45,32 @@
         */
         virtual bool decodeCallback( const uint8_t* const p_data, size_t p_len );
 
+        /* TODO: doc */
         virtual void SendCmd_uint8_t( const uint8_t        p_frameId,
                                       const uint8_t* const p_data,
                                       const uint8_t&       p_val );
+        /* TODO: doc */
         virtual void SendCmd_uint16_t( const uint8_t        p_frameId,
                                        const uint8_t* const p_data,
                                        const uint16_t&       p_val );
+        /* TODO: doc */
         virtual void SendCmd_uint32_t( const uint8_t        p_frameId,
                                        const uint8_t* const p_data,
                                        const uint32_t&       p_val );
+        /* TODO: doc */
         virtual void SendReq( const uint8_t             p_frameId,
                               const uint8_t*            p_data );
 
+        /* TODO: doc */
         virtual size_t getResponseStatusPos( void ) const;
 
+        /** Keep track of whether we're applying changes when the AT command is sent
+            or not */
         bool     m_applyChanges;
 
     public:
+    
+        /* TODO: doc */
         /** Constructor */
         XBeeDeviceRemoteAt( XBeeDevice* p_device,
                             const uint16_t& p_addr16Bit,
@@ -68,6 +80,13 @@
         /** Destructor */
         virtual ~XBeeDeviceRemoteAt( void ); 
         
+        /** Control whether or not changes are applied when the command is sent or not.
+            There are three possibilities for appling changes on the remote:
+            1) Use this method, specifying a 'true' parameter so that changes are applied as soon as a command is sent
+            2) Use requestApplyChanges() to apply all pending changes
+            3) Use requestWriteSettings() followed by requestReset() to write the settings to non-volatile memory and reset the device
+        
+            \param Specified whether or not the settings should be applied when the command is sent to the remote device */
         void setApplyChanges( const bool p_apply );
 };
 
--- a/Utility/XBeeApiCmdAt.cpp	Mon Jul 28 12:48:33 2014 +0000
+++ b/Utility/XBeeApiCmdAt.cpp	Mon Jul 28 13:27:58 2014 +0000
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@
                                                                       CMD_RESPONSE_GET_D6,
                                                                       CMD_RESPONSE_GET_D7 };
 
-#define XBEE_CMD_POSN_FRAME_ID XBEE_CMD_POSN_ID_SPECIFIC_DATA
-#define XBEE_CMD_POSN_STATUS (7U)
+#define XBEE_CMD_POSN_FRAME_ID    (XBEE_CMD_POSN_ID_SPECIFIC_DATA)
+#define XBEE_CMD_POSN_STATUS      (7U)
 #define XBEE_CMD_POSN_PARAM_START (8U)
 
 #define XBEE_CMD_RESPONS_HAS_DATA( _p_len ) ((_p_len > ( XBEE_CMD_POSN_PARAM_START + 1 ))
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@
     uint8_t sampleCount = p_data[ p_start ];
 #endif
     
-    uint16_t channelMask = (((uint16_t)p_data[ p_start + 1 ]) << 8) |
-                           ((uint16_t)p_data[ p_start + 2 ]);
+    const uint16_t channelMask = (((uint16_t)p_data[ p_start + 1 ]) << 8) |
+                                 ((uint16_t)p_data[ p_start + 2 ]);
     const uint8_t* dataPtr = &( p_data[ p_start + 3 ] );
     const uint16_t dioMask = channelMask & DIO_CHANNEL_MASK;
     uint16_t adcMask = (channelMask & ADC_CHANNEL_MASK) >> 9U;