ZigBee 聯盟公布新型 ZigBee Green Power 功能套件
加州聖拉蒙2009年6月29日電 /美通社亞洲/ — 爲能源管理、商業以及消費應用創造無線解决方案的全球性企業聯盟 ZigBee(R) 聯盟今天宣布開發 ZigBee Green Power 功能套件，從而爲通過能量收集 (energy harvesting) 技術運行的自供電設備確立一種全球性標準化的技術。這些設備將與現有的 ZigBee 和 ZigBee PRO 網絡進行完美無缺的通信，幷將使環境友好型的免維護産品成爲可能，動力控制設備不再需要電線和電池。
ZigBee Green Power 使新的功能可用於 ZigBee 和 ZigBee PRO 網絡。等到2009年年底 ZigBee Green Power 標準面向聯盟會員推出的時候，將只有 ZigBee 利用收集的能源在住宅、商業和工業環境中配置開關、傳感器和控制器，提供一個已經建成且具有競爭力的市場。其能源收集能力將使製造商在設計創新型 ZigBee 産品和解决方案時擁有更大的靈活性。由於 ZigBee Green Power 將與 ZigBee 和 ZigBee PRO 網絡完美無缺協作，所以它將享有 ZigBee 的衆多優勢，其中包括：
–常用的無線電–採用衆多供應商都採用的 IEEE 802.15.4 標準無線電
–2.4 GHz 頻段–提供簡單的全球性操作，而不是特定國家的無線電頻率（射頻，RF）
–避免干擾–在有雜訊的 RF 環境下的可靠表現得到證明
–强大的網狀連網能力–使網路安裝和維護變容易，並且具有較大覆蓋面和突出的可靠性
–安全–充分利用 ZigBee 可靠的安全套件
–認證–ZigBee 産品無偏見的獨立認證
–開放式標準–强大而又具有成本效益的環境，而不是單一廠商的解决方案
施耐德電氣 (Schneider Electric) 技術創新副總裁 Frederic Vaillant 表示：「ZigBee 標準的這種改進顯示了這樣一個充滿生機的企業聯盟如何能爲市場帶來創新。把能收集能源的裝置完美無缺地連接到標準的 ZigBee 網絡，爲我們的客戶提供免維護、甚至是更有環境意識的解决方案。」
ZigBee 聯盟主席 Bob Heile 說：「ZigBee Green Power 針對可以利用收集的能源之控制和傳感産品，爲全球帶來了真正的標準。這些免維護的設備一旦被添加到已使企業、家庭和工業環境實現自動化幷對其進行監控的廣泛 ZigBee 網絡中，將大大拓展您的靈活性。」
這次爲 ZigBee 系列增添的 ZigBee Green Power 顯著拓展了製造商可用的選擇範圍，並且拓展了已經十分重要的 ZigBee 的能力，而 ZigBee 因在易安裝、易使用的單一網絡配置無線自動化設備所位居的全球性標準領導地位，從而獲得進一步的鞏固。這些網路提供卓越的抗干擾能力和功能性，可以托管數千個設備。ZigBee 設備的功耗要求超低，如今已可憑藉常用的電池運行多年，排除了向電源配線的必要性，並且提供了無與倫比的維護便利性和安裝靈活性。
ZigBee: 控制您的世界
ZigBee 是一種全球性無線語言，能够將將截然不同的設備連接起來一起運作，改善日常生活。ZigBee 聯盟是一個非營利性聯盟，擁有300多家正在推動 ZigBee 無線技術發展的會員企業。ZigBee 聯盟致力於在全球各地推廣 ZigBee，促進 ZigBee 成爲消費電子、能源、住宅、商業和工業領域採用的領先無線聯網、傳感和控制標準。垂詢詳情，請訪問：http://www.zigbee.org 。
New ZigBee Green Power Feature Set Revealed
SAN RAMON, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced development of the ZigBee Green Power feature set to establish a global, standard technology for self-powered devices operating through energy harvesting techniques. These devices will communicate seamlessly with existing ZigBee and ZigBee PRO networks and will enable maintenance free, environmentally friendly products that eliminate the need for wires and batteries to power control devices.
ZigBee Green Power enables new capabilities available to the ZigBee and ZigBee PRO networks. When the ZigBee Green Power standard is made available to Alliance members at the end of 2009, only ZigBee will offer an established, competitive marketplace for deploying switches, sensors and controllers using harvested energy in residential, commercial and industrial environments. Its energy harvesting capabilities will give manufacturers greater flexibility when designing innovative ZigBee products and solutions. Because ZigBee Green Power will work seamlessly with ZigBee and ZigBee PRO networks, it will enjoy all of ZigBee’s numerous strengths, including:
– Physical Radio – Uses popular IEEE 802.15.4 standard radios available
from numerous suppliers
– 2.4 GHz Band – Offers simple global operation vs. country specific
radio frequency
– Interference Avoidance – Demonstrated robust performance in noisy radio
frequency environments
– Robust Mesh Networking – Makes network set-up and maintenance easy,
along with large coverage areas, and renowned reliability
– Security – Takes full advantage of ZigBee’s robust security suite
– Certification – Unbiased, independent certification of ZigBee products
– Open Standard – Strong, cost competitive environment versus
single-vendor solutions
“This new enhancement of the ZigBee standard demonstrates how such a dynamic ecosystem can bring innovation to the market”, says Frederic Vaillant, vice president, Technology Innovation at Schneider Electric. “Having energy harvesting devices connected seamlessly to standard ZigBee networks will provide our customers with maintenance-free and even more environment-conscious solutions.”
“ZigBee Green Power provides the world with a true standard for control and sensing products that can utilize harvested energy,” said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. “These maintenance-free devices greatly expand your flexibility when added to comprehensive ZigBee networks already automating or monitoring businesses, homes and industrial environments.”
This addition of ZigBee Green Power to the ZigBee family significantly expands the options available to manufacturers, and expands the already significant abilities of ZigBee, further strengthening its leadership position as the global standard for wirelessly building automation devices into a single, easy to install and use network. These networks offer superb interference immunity and capabilities to host thousands of devices. With its ultra low-power requirements, ZigBee devices today run on regular batteries for years, eliminating the need for wiring to a power source and offering unparalleled maintenance convenience and installation flexibility.
ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices to work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a non-profit association of more than 300 member companies driving development of ZigBee wireless technology. The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in consumer electronic, energy, home, commercial and industrial areas. For more information, visit: http://www.ZigBee.org .