ABOUT ZIGBEE BINDING....

[liuxiang]

Are you familiar with ZIGBEE binding? I have a problem more confused, before binding, I can use eCLD_OnOffCommandSend (
                 U8MyEndpoint,
                 SDeviceState.sMatchDev [sDeviceState.u8Index] .u8Ep,
                 & SAddress, & u8Seq, eCmd); function to control a light, and then I set up an end-to-end binding, binding is complete, I still use eCLD_OnOffCommandSend (
                 U8MyEndpoint,
                 SDeviceState.sMatchDev [sDeviceState.u8Index] .u8Ep,
                 & SAddress, & u8Seq, eCmd); function to control a light off, can you explain to me? Since this is the case, why need to bind it? What is the meaning of binding?

[jc_pacheco]

It's true that you could simply write to an attribute on a remote node and in this case (light), it will work.

Here's some general information about binding:

- Binding creates logical links between endpoints on devices.

- The ZC or the source device of the binding pair maintains the binding table for the network.

For example, a single network may contain many lights and switches, and binding allows any switch to control either a particular light or a group of lights.

- Binding is unidirectional; a switch binds to a light, but not the light to the switch.

- Binding is required for attribute reporting.