Zigbee (ZigPC)

Introduction

Here we explain how to get up and running quickly to test out Unify on the Raspberry Pi reference platform for Zigbee devices.

Prerequisites

  • Zigbee module EFR32MG2X/EFR32xG22 radio board on Wireless STK

  • Unify installed on Raspberry Pi (as described here)

  • Simplicity Studio software

Load NCP Firmware

  • Program the WSTK with the Zigbee NCP firmware (ncp-uart-hw) using Simplicity Studio Simplicity Studio

    • Click create to generate a project

    • In the project we need to adjust the value of EMBER_ADDRESS_TABLE_SIZE to be 32 Simplicity Studio Properties

    • Build and load the firmware

Connect Wireless STK (WSTK) board

  • First make sure ZigPC is not running

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo systemctl stop uic-zigpc

  • Connect the WSTK to the USB port of the Raspberry Pi

Configure ZigPC

  • Set the USB serial device for ZigPC to /dev/ttyACM0. Use the following command or edit /etc/uic/uic.cfg.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure uic-zpc

Start ZigPC

  • Start ZigPC

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo systemctl start uic-zigpc

  • Verify it is running using the following command

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo systemctl status uic-zigpc

  • Check the log for errors

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ journalctl -u uic-zigpc

Connect to Unify UI

  • Launch a web browser and connect to http://raspberrypi.local:3080

  • In the top right of the UI enter “localhost” and port 1883, then click “Connect” devui