BoraGear uses the EmberZNet PRO 3.1 ZigBee Pro-compliant chip sets and driver stacks.

Because these have gone through the ZigBee Pro interoperability and compliance certification process, this ensures the BoraGear products will interoperate well with the other ZigBee Pro and ZigBee 2006-based products.

Being ZigBee Pro-based also means they also can take advantage of the enhanced security, power management, and network scalability of this new standard for low-powered, low speed wireless connectivity.

These are some of the additional features enabled by the Ember implementation of the ZigBee Pro Feature Set:

• BETTER MOBILE SUPPORT: Handles end nodes that may move around within the ZigBee Pro network topology like remotes and key fobs.
• MORE SECURE: Supports security extensions for advanced network encryption and device security.
• MORE RESILIENT: Supports Frequency Agility features that allow the network to dynamically change channels in the face of interference.
• BETTER POWER MANAGEMENT: Supports more efficient and deeper power modes for "sleepy" end nodes.
• DENSER NETWORKS: Assures better network stability even when dozens of routing nodes are within close proximity via intelligent table management.
• LARGER NETWORKS: Incorporates Stochastic Addressing, Many-to-One Source Routing, and Asymmetric Link Handling that allow the network to grow to thousands of nodes.

This chart spells out some differences between ZigBee and ZigBee Pro.


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