XBee Serial Library

Warning

Some documentation in this repository may be outdated.

This library allows for the communication between a computer and a XBee RF module over the serial port.

Requirements

• Linux, Windows, or macOS
• Python 2.7 or Python 3.4 and newer

Getting Started

Clone the XBee-Python GitHub repository

git clone https://github.com/ngcp-project/xbee-python.git

Note

You may want to create a virtual environment before installing this package. This can be done with the following command.

python -m venv venv

See python's venv docs for more details.

Install dependencies

pip install -e /path/to/xbee-python

See the XBee Serial API page for method details.

See the Xbee Emulator page if you would like to use the XBeeEmulator module.

See the Examples page for example implementations of the XBee Serial Library.

Getting Help

Any questions? Feel free to @ GCS Infrastructure on Discord.

Resources

• Finding the serial port (device name)
• XBee Serial API
• Examples
• Frame Details