Garage Car Presence Sensor & Button Recommendation

[rsjaffe]

@djw1191

so does the xbee and dev board snap together and that’s what ends up plugging in via USB in the car? Or does the xbee itself have its own USB port?

There are two sources of information on putting this together:

Made a set of Xbee3 repeaters in cases

I needed some Zigbee repeaters and decided to get some Xbees. I ended up with a set of repeaters and the capability to add sensors to them for a reasonable price. Since finding the right case and drilling it was such a task, I thought it would be nice to share my findings. Pictures at the end. First, the parts: XK3-Z8S-WZM. XBee3 Module Dev Kit, 2.4 Ghz ZB 3.0 by DIGI for $99 (I got mine at Mouser). This kit is a great bargain, as it includes three each of: XB3-24Z8US-J. Zigbee Modules (802.…

and

Everything Xbee

Since Xbee devices were taking the Xiaomi devices - are they pairing / staying connected for you? thread off track and info is scattered between here and the SmartThings forum. I figured I would create a thread for everything Xbee related. You can display Xbee zigbee network scans as a graph like this [Xbee%20graph] or a table like this [Xbee%20table] These are great little devices to use as routers to extend your network and for mapping out your zigbee network. They have made my Xiaomi…

The physical construction is very simple. The setup takes a bit of reading as you have to program the xbee3 to make it work with a normal Zigbee network, but each of the above threads discusses how to do that in the first post of each thread.