Digi Announces ZigBee Smart Energy Certified ESP Gateway

Digi International has 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. Digi's new ZigBee Smart Energy product family includes the XBee and XBee-PRO SE ZigBee modules and ConnectPort 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." "Digi is taking a leadership role in creating the Smart Grid," said Joe Dunsmore, CEO, Digi International. "Our March launch of iDigi Energy makes creating wireless energy management applications incredibly easy. And now with this Smart Energy launch, our OEM customers can quickly create the interoperable thermostats, in-home energy displays, metering devices and load controllers needed to make the Smart Grid a reality."