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:
Fri Jan 31 23:53:16 2014 +0000
Parent:
10:0d084d0253a7
Child:
12:58319a467943
Commit message:
Switch to using macros to implement the access functions in XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking.; Implement XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::setChannel()

Changed in this revision

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--- a/Utility/XBeeApiCmdAt.cpp	Fri Jan 31 09:29:28 2014 +0000
+++ b/Utility/XBeeApiCmdAt.cpp	Fri Jan 31 23:53:16 2014 +0000
@@ -150,89 +150,107 @@
 
 extern Serial pc;
 
-
-template<typename par>
-bool blockingGet( XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking* p_t, 
-                  bool (XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::*p_req)( void ), 
-                  bool (XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::*p_get)( par* const ), 
-                  par* const p_par, 
-                  uint16_t p_timeout, 
-                  uint16_t p_slice )
-{
-    bool ret_val = false;
-    uint16_t counter = p_timeout;
-
-    if( (p_t->*p_get)( p_par ) )
-    {
-        ret_val = true;
-    } 
-    else if( (p_t->*p_req)() )
-    {
-        bool cont = false;
+/** 
+   Macro to wrap around the "requestXXX" & "getXXX" methods and implement a blocking call.
+   This macro is used as the basis for getXXX functions in XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking.
 
-        do{
-            wait_ms( p_slice );
-            if( (p_t->*p_get)( p_par ) )
-            {
-                ret_val = true;
-            }
-            else if( counter > p_slice ) {
-                counter -= p_slice;    
-                cont = true;
-            } 
-        } while( cont );
-    }
-    
+   Originally looked to achieve this using a template function passing method pointers, however 
+   there's no way to get a method pointer to the parent class implementation as opposed to the 
+   implementation in this class, meaning that the result was a recursive method call.  The joys of 
+   polymorphism.
+          
+   e.g. We pass a pointer to method getHardwareVersion().  The function receiving the pointer
+        uses it to make a function call.  The actual function that's called is (correctly)
+        the one implemented in this class, however what we actually wanted in this case
+        was to call the implementation in the base class.  Using static_cast<> doesn't have
+        any effect and taking the address of XBeeApiCmdAt::getHardwareVersion ends up with
+        XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getHardwareVersion being called due to polymorphism. */
+#define BLOCKING_GET( _REQ_FN, _GET_FN, _VAR ) \
+    bool ret_val = false; \
+    uint16_t counter = m_timeout; \
+\
+    if( _GET_FN( _VAR ) )\
+    {\
+        ret_val = true;\
+    } \
+    else if( _REQ_FN() )\
+    {\
+        bool cont = false;\
+\
+        do{\
+            wait_ms( m_slice );\
+            if( _GET_FN( _VAR ) )\
+            {\
+                ret_val = true;\
+            }\
+            else if( counter > m_slice ) {\
+                counter -= m_slice;    \
+                cont = true;\
+            } \
+        } while( cont );\
+    }\
+    \
     return( ret_val );
-}
 
-bool XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getHardwareVersionS( uint16_t* const p_ver )
-{
-    return XBeeApiCmdAt::getHardwareVersion( p_ver );
-}
+/** 
+   Macro to wrap around the "setXXX" & "getXXX" methods and implement a blocking call.
+   This macro is used as the basis for setXXX functions in XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking.
+*/
+#define BLOCKING_SET( _SET_FN, _GET_FN, _VAR, _TYPE ) \
+    bool ret_val = false; \
+    uint16_t counter = m_timeout; \
+    _TYPE readback; \
+\
+    if( _SET_FN( _VAR ) )\
+    {\
+        bool cont = false;\
+\
+        do{\
+            wait_ms( m_slice );\
+            if( _GET_FN( &readback ) &&\
+               ( readback == p_chan ))\
+            {\
+                ret_val = true;\
+            }\
+            else if( counter > m_slice ) {\
+                counter -= m_slice;    \
+                cont = true;\
+            } \
+        } while( cont );\
+    }\
+    \
+    return( ret_val );
 
-bool XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getFirmwareVersionS( uint16_t* const p_ver )
-{
-    return XBeeApiCmdAt::getFirmwareVersion( p_ver );
-}
-
-bool XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getChannelS( uint8_t* const p_chan )
-{
-    return XBeeApiCmdAt::getChannel( p_chan );
-}
-
+    
 bool XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getHardwareVersion( uint16_t* const p_ver )
 {
-    return blockingGet( this,
-                        &XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::requestHardwareVersion,
-                        &XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getHardwareVersionS,
-                         p_ver,
-                         m_timeout, m_slice );
+    BLOCKING_GET( XBeeApiCmdAt::requestHardwareVersion, 
+                  XBeeApiCmdAt::getHardwareVersion,  
+                  p_ver );
 }
 
 bool XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getFirmwareVersion( uint16_t* const p_ver )
 {
-    return blockingGet( this,
-                        &XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::requestFirmwareVersion,
-                        &XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getFirmwareVersionS,
-                        p_ver,
-                        m_timeout, m_slice );
+    BLOCKING_GET( XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::requestFirmwareVersion,
+                  XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getFirmwareVersion,
+                  p_ver );
 }
 
 bool XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getChannel( uint8_t* const p_chan )
 {
-    return blockingGet( this,
-                        &XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::requestChannel,
-                        &XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getChannelS,
-                        p_chan,
-                        m_timeout, m_slice );
+    BLOCKING_GET( XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::requestChannel,
+                  XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getChannel,
+                  p_chan );
 }
        
 bool XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::setChannel( uint8_t const p_chan )
 {
+    BLOCKING_SET( XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::setChannel,
+                  XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getChannel,
+                  p_chan,
+                  uint8_t );    
 }
 
-
 XBeeApiCmdAt::XBeeApiCmdAtFirmwareVersionRequest::XBeeApiCmdAtFirmwareVersionRequest( void ) : XBeeApiFrame( )
 {
      m_apiId = XBEE_CMD_AT_CMD;
--- a/Utility/XBeeApiCmdAt.hpp	Fri Jan 31 09:29:28 2014 +0000
+++ b/Utility/XBeeApiCmdAt.hpp	Fri Jan 31 23:53:16 2014 +0000
@@ -99,23 +99,6 @@
         uint16_t m_timeout;
         uint16_t m_slice;
 
-       /* The following are "shadow" methods which allow access to the methods in the base class
-          which we're overriding.  We need these as we need to be able to pass a method pointer
-          (e.g. to getHardwareVersion() ) and there's no way to get a method pointer to the parent 
-          class implementation as opposed to the implementation in this class.  The joys of 
-          polymorphism.
-          
-          e.g. We pass a pointer to method getHardwareVersion().  The function receiving the pointer
-               uses it to make a function call.  The actual function that's called is (correctly)
-               the one implemented in this class, however what we actually wanted in this case
-               was to call the implementation in the base class.  Using static_cast<> doesn't have
-               any effect and taking the address of XBeeApiCmdAt::getHardwareVersion ends up with
-               XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking::getHardwareVersion being called due to polymorphism. */
-
-       bool getHardwareVersionS( uint16_t* const p_ver );
-       bool getFirmwareVersionS( uint16_t* const p_ver );
-       bool getChannelS( uint8_t* const p_chan );
-
     public:
        XBeeApiCmdAtBlocking( const uint16_t p_timeout = 1000, const uint16_t p_slice = 100);