- New comprehensive Smart Energy product family expands iDigi(TM) Energy offering -
MINNETONKA, Minn., June 30 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) today introduced a comprehensive Smart Energy product family, including the industry’s first ZigBee Smart Energy ready modules and certified Energy Service Portal (ESP) gateways built on these modules. The ZigBee Smart Energy public profile defines how a collection of devices works cooperatively within a network, enabling utilities to intelligently manage energy loads, monitor energy use and optimize consumption. As a device communication standard for home area networks (HANs) selected by the U.S. Department of Energy in their initial standards framework for Smart Grid development, ZigBee Smart Energy is a key technology for addressing America’s energy management needs in the future. With the release of ZigBee Smart Energy ready modules and gateways, Digi is making this technology more accessible than ever before.
Digi’s new ZigBee Smart Energy product family includes the XBee(R) and XBee-PRO(R) SE ZigBee modules and ConnectPort(TM) X2 ESP certified gateway. Built upon the existing XBee and XBee-PRO ZB, the new XBee and XBee-PRO SE modules feature firmware that simplifies the development work required to develop and certify a ZigBee Smart Energy device. The ConnectPort X2 ESP gateway provides the connection between a consumer’s HAN and an energy service provider over a broadband or cellular connection.
“We developed a new programmable and controllable thermostat using the XBee SE module,” said Michael Kuhlmann, president, Residential Control Systems. “The XBee SE module made the development process easy and reduced development time of our industry-leading product by almost half.”
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