Frame descriptions Explicit Addressing Command frame - 0x11
Digi XBee® 3 Zigbee® RF Module
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Explicit Addressing Command frame - 0x11
Description
This frame is similar to Transmit Request (0x10), but it also requires you to specify the application-
layer addressing fields: endpoints, cluster ID, and profile ID.
This frame causes the device to send payload data as an RF packet to a specific destination, using
specific source and destination endpoints, cluster ID, and profile ID.
n For broadcast transmissions, set the 64-bit destination address to 0x000000000000FFFF for
all devices. Address the coordinator by either setting the 64-bit address to all 0x00s and the 16-
bit address to 0xFFFE, or setting the 64-bit address to the coordinator's 64-bit address and the
16-bit address to 0x0000.
n For all other transmissions, setting the 16-bit address to the correct 16-bit address helps
improve performance when transmitting to multiple destinations. If you do not know a 16-bit
address, set this field to 0xFFFE (unknown). If successful, the Transmit Status frame (0x8B)
indicates the discovered 16-bit address.
When transmitting to a broadcast address, the broadcast radius field can be used to determine how
many hops should be traversed.
You can read the maximum number of payload bytes with the NP command.
Note Using source routing reduces the RF payload by two bytes per intermediate hop in the source
route.
Format
The following table provides the contents of the frame. For details on frame structure, see API frame
format.
Frame data
fields Offset Description
Frame type 3 0x11
Frame ID 4
Identifies the data frame for the host to correlate with a subsequent
response. If set to 0, the device does not send a response.
64-bit
destination
Address
5-12
The 64-bit address of the destination device.
Reserved 64-bit address for the coordinator = 0x0000000000000000
Broadcast = 0x000000000000FFFF
16-bit
destination
Network
Address
MSB
13
LSB
14
Set to the 16-bit address of the destination device, if known. Set to
0xFFFE
if the address is unknown, or if sending a broadcast.