From what I've read, the series 2 are capable of mesh networking and low power mode, provided the unit is not a router or coordinator. I believe anything in a mesh that is not an end node cannot go down to a low-power state, by virtue of it needing to listen and relay from other nodes.
I understand that I don't 'need' 1wire for many purposes, but I like the flexibility, and am convinced that without too much pain I can get an attiny85 to do the legwork and make it happen. The price point is about $17, which (given other options) I find quite reasonable. I'll let you know how I get on. Please do the same. Colin > On Jan 2, 2014, at 9:53, Pedro Côrte-Real <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Colin Reese <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I've seen fragments here and there about wireless 1wire networks, but >> nothing that sticks out as developed and/or inexpensive. Anybody have >> success with IO over wireless, be it zigbee, sdr, or otherwise, to >> something like an RPi? > > A while ago I looked over the same fragments and bought two Xbees and > tried to do it. I could never get the Xbee UART to work with 1wire and > haven't touched it since. I'll probably not go back to Xbee/Zigbee > unless they make mesh networking much better. Last time I checked > Zigbee doesn't support it and Xbee has a proprietary setup that > requires boards to be always on which makes it unworkable for > low-power situations. > > My next approach is actually WiFi. There are these wifly modules with > a xbee footprint: > > https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10822 > > They talk wifi and have much the same ports as the Xbee (UART, ADC, > DAC), so you can also do a bunch of stuff directly without 1wire at > all. They also support a mode where the connection is initiated by the > module. So you can have a server on AC power and have the battery > powered module periodically connect to the server. Whenever the module > is not talking to the server it powers itself down to a very low > consumption. Make the cycle long enough and you can use this for low > power situations even though it uses Wifi. > > I see that Xbee itself has wifi modules now: > > https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12569 > > So maybe those allow the same kind of setup as well. > > Pedro > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Owfs-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
