User guide

BB2-7040 User Guide – Rev. 1.2 Page 16
6 Setting Up ZigBee Client Read and Write Maps
6.1 ZigBee Client Read Maps
A note about "reading" ZigBee devices: ZigBee is optimized for low power battery operated sensors that sleep most of
the time. This means the traditional "polling" of the remote device cannot be done with ZigBee as it can with Modbus or
other remote hard wired devices. Most Babel Buster family members are set up to periodically poll remote devices.
While the same terms such as "read map" are used in the BB2-7040, the definition of "read" really means "prepared to
receive". The read maps found here never initiate any radio traffic, they only respond to receiving radio transmissions
from remote ZigBee devices.
Map number simply tells you where you're at on the list of object maps. Click "next" and "prev" to scroll through the list.
To advance directly to a specific map, enter the desired number in the "Showing" box, then click Update.
Maps entered on this page only read data from remote devices. Go to the Client Write Map to write data to those devices.
The full parameter set is different for read versus write.