Hi,
I am looking for a zigbee device that I can set up to transmit a lot of data fast and at a good distance (1000m or so). I've just read about zigbee and probably don't fully understand its purpose or functionality, so if zigbee doesn't look right for me, let me know. Anyways, what I want to do is have one device as a coordinator and have it talk to multiple end devices or routers (not sure what they'll be yet). These end devices or routers will be attached to a sensor that will take readings rather fast (lets say as fast as the A/D will handle) then do one of two things: either transmit the data right away (may be constantly transmitting while sensing) or store the sensor data and transmit it all at once after all the sensor readings have occurred. I'm not sure which way is best to do it. So the end devices will probably be sensing for 1 to 5 sec and off for no shorter than 1sec but I'm not too sure if this is too short already (I'm not sure about the FCC regulations on this band). Then I want my coordinator to receive the data and do things with it. One concern I have is the ability of having 8 or so sensors transmitting to the coordinator all at once and either the coordinator misses some or it can't receive them all in enough time (1 or 2 sec). This is my ideal situation; however, I could see a workaround where the coordinator is only focused on one end device or router at a time so I wouldn't have to worry about receiving 8 messages at once (although that would be nice). As far as the distance goes, I know I can boost the output power to any level in the US but I want to keep it approved globally so I think Europe has the limit of 100mW, which I read may get over 1000m in outside applications (which mine is).
Any help/advice is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Tony
