ZigBee is a low-cost, low-power, wireless mesh network standard.
The low cost allows the technology to be widely deployed in wireless control and monitoring applications. Low power-usage allows longer life with smaller batteries.
Mesh networking provides high communication reliability and more extensive range. ZigBee expansion module allowes Zipabox to communicate with all ZigBee enabled devices and integrate them into one unified home automation network.
Since majority of smart energy meters supports ZigBee, Zipabox becomes even more interested for consumers, telcos and utilities to integrate smart metering applications within connected home.
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Warning: Works with Zibabox ZWZIP ZB.ZWEU.G only
433Mhz spectrum range is traditionaly being used by many simple and cost effective wireless devices.
Long range and high reliability makes those products as the perfect choice for the cost effective security and automation applications where two-way communication is not needed. However, there is a wide vairety of different protocols available on the market and making them work all together is impossible withou a sofisticated gateway device.
By using the 433MHz expansion module, Zipabox allowing you to, not just to connect vast majojrity of the popular protocols based on 433Mhz to work together, but also, to connect them all together to work within a same network with Z-wave, Zigbee and KNX devices.
