XBee Ruby

This is a API library for interfacing with XBee modules from the Ruby language.

I developed this gem for my CoYoHo Home Automation System. Currently only a small part of the XBee-API is currently implemented. Especially only Series-2 modules in API-mode 2 and a subset of the available frame types are supported.

Example: Transmit a packet to another node

xbee = XBeeRuby::XBee.new port: '/dev/ttyUSB0', rate: 57600
xbee.open
request = XBeeRuby::TxRequest.new
  XBeeRuby::Address64.new(0x00, 0x13, 0xa2, 0x00, 0x40, 0x4a, 0x50, 0x0c), [0x12, 0x34, 0x56]
xbee.write_request request
puts xbee.read_response
xbee.close

Example: Receive packets

xbee = XBeeRuby::XBee.new port: '/dev/ttyUSB0', rate: 57600
xbee.open
while true do
  response = xbee.read_response
  case response
    when XBeeRuby::RxResponse
      puts "Received from #{response.address64}: #{response.data}"
    else
      puts "Other response: #{response}"
  end
end

RubyGems.org

Use this gem in your projects by installing it from RubyGems.org: https://rubygems.org/gems/xbee-ruby

GitHub

The source code for this project is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/grappendorf/xbee-ruby