
Getting started with the XBee Smart Modem Development Kit
Software libraries
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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
. 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:
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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.