World's first ZigBee PRO compliant module

The Telegesis ZigBee module product range has successfully achieved certification based upon the ZigBee PRO feature set of the ZigBee standard

The widely acclaimed Telegesis AT Command layer has been tested by US test house National Technical Systems at their Culver City laboratories in California, USA, where Telegesis was granted ZigBee certification for their Manufacturer Specific Profile (MSP).

This makes the Telegesis ETRX2 the world's first ZigBee PRO compliant module.

All Telegesis ZigBee PRO products are built around the Ember EM250 chip with core mesh networking technology provided by the Ember Corporation EmberZnet 3.1 software.

EmberZNet PRO 3.1 was the first ZigBee software to support the ZigBee PRO Feature Set and it was one of three platforms to be granted a "Golden Unit" status by the ZigBee Alliance.

Telegesis will be releasing their ZigBee PRO compliant products to beta customers during February 2008 with the whole Telegesis ZigBee PRO range expected to be generally available shortly afterwards.

Telegesis managing director Nicholas Gomersall said: "We are delighted to be the first company in the world to offer our customers certified ZigBee PRO compliance with our module range.

ZigBee is now a technology that is truly ready for use in real world applications and we envisage rapid expansion of our customer base throughout 2008 as ZigBee is applied to a wide range of wireless solutions".

"Telegesis is our longest standing module partner and we are very pleased to see them achieving ZigBee PRO certification for their products," said Ember vice president of marketing, Bob Gohn.

"Ember customers now have the option of ZigBee PRO compliant modules to accelerate the development of their ZigBee solutions".

ZigBee Alliance chairman, Bob Heile, added: "We congratulate Telegesis on being a leader in producing a ZigBee certified module based on the latest ZigBee feature set, ZigBee PRO.

The ZigBee Alliance expects many other ZigBee companies to begin certifying their own ZigBee products to meet the rapidly growing demand for ZigBee technology".

"NTS is pleased to see manufacturers, such as Telegesis, bringing ZigBee PRO compliant products to market so quickly, and having them officially certified to verify that they meet the standards developed by the ZigBee Alliance," commented Osman Sakr, chief technology officer of NTS.

"We're looking forward to seeing an explosion of new products based on these Telegesis modules in the coming year".

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