User guide

BB2-7040 User Guide – Rev. 1.2 Page 1
1 Overview
1.1 How to Use This Guide
Section 1 gives an overview of the BB2-7040 gateway. Section 2 talks about connecting your PC to the BB2-7040 for
the first time. Section 3 talks about connecting your first ZigBee device. The remaining sections provide additional detail
about using the BB2-7040.
1.2 The BB2-7040’s Role on the ZigBee Network
The Babel Buster BB2-7040 will function as the Coordinator on the ZigBee network. Other devices on the network
should be Endpoints or Routers. If you will have 10 endpoints or less, you do not need routers except to solve range
problems. If you will have more than 10 endpoints, you need routers to coordinate traffic back to the coordinator.
The most anticipated application scenario that the BB2-7040 is intended to support is a network of wireless sensors
connected to a wired BACnet LAN or backbone. In this instance, it is important for the BB2-7040 to be the coordinator
since it needs to be on the receiving end of all ZigBee traffic. The other possible application for the BB2-7040 is to make
a wireless connection to a piece of BACnet equipment where the BB2-7040 and the BACnet equipment is intended to be