Xbee Wi-Fi Lab Transponder

This is a LabVIEW project which uses XBee Wi-Fi module (S6B) connected through a serial port. It is intended to be used in the following scenario: students are tasked with developing a LabVIEW application that uses a XBee Wi-Fi module to send a message to a teacher and receive a response from the teacher. This project is the teacher's part of the exercise.

Description

I originally wrote this in 2018, so please take the description below with a grain of salt. Here is a brief description of files in this project. For proper detail see VIs.

File	Type	Description
Mode enum.ctl	Enum	XBee status. Other or Command mode
Protocol enum.ctl	Enum	UDP or TCP
WiFi API Frame.ctl	Enum	XBee API frame cluster
WiFi API Frame Type.ctl	Enum	Frame type
stop button.vi	Global var	Global variable
Execute AT command.vi	SubVI	Enter AT mode and execute command
Connect to WiFi network.vi	SubVI	self-explanatory
Create Tx IPv4 Frame.vi	SubVI	self-explanatory
Rx IPv4 Frame Payload to data.vi	SubVI	extract src IP, src and dst ports, proto, and data from IPv4 Rx frame payload
Serial Port connect.vi	SubVI	Open serial port and show network parameters
WiFi lab coordinator API.vi	Main VI	API mode transponder
WiFi lab coordinator Transparent v2.vi	Main VI	Transparent mode transponder
XBEE Rx Serial Frame Processor.vi	Frame Processor VI	Producer/consumer Rx frame processing
XBEE Tx Serial Frame Processor.vi	Frame Processor VI	Producer/consumer Tx frame processing
XBee WiFi lab coordinator.aliases	LabVIEW project
XBee WiFi lab coordinator.lvlps	LabVIEW project
XBee WiFi lab coordinator.lvproj	LabVIEW project
profile_2026.xpro	XBee config	Created in XCTU

Frame Processor VIs

Rx and Tx Frame Processor VIs, frame builder VI, and overall project architecture are copied from the reference [1].

References

• [1] Schell M, Guvench M. Development of a general purpose XBee series-2 API-mode communication library for LabVIEW. In Northeast Section Conference (ASEE) 2012 Apr 27.