APPENDIX E
Excel Spreadsheet Packet-Creator Tool
The Excel spreadsheet Packet Creator 2.xls will help you create command packets of bytes used in several XBee-module experiments. The spreadsheet converts decimal numbers and ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) characters into their equivalent hexadecimal values and calculates a checksum. It also helps you determine the byte count in a message and will insert that value in the packet as two bytes.
To create an API command packet that uses an AT command or other information, run Excel and open the Packet Creator 2 spreadsheet (Figure E.1). The sheet has a fixed Start Byte of 0x7E and you will not need to change this value. The spreadsheet provides sample information so you ...
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