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Submission Title: [Profile Architecture WG for Open House presentation]Date Submitted: [3rd June 2003 ]Source: [Nick Shepherd] Company [Philips]Address [Cross Oak Lane, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5HA, UK]Voice:[+44 1293 815 057], FAX: [+44 1293 815 050], E-Mail:[nick.shepherd@philips.com]

Re: [Open House]

Abstract: [Profile Architecture WG for Open House presentation]

Purpose: [Overview of Profiles Framework]

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ZigBee Open HouseBerlin, 3rd June 2003

Nick Shepherd, Philips

Profiles Architecture WG

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Applications and Profiles

• At the top of the stack, we find the Applications• Applications are divided into specific areas,or

Profiles– Building Automation inc Lighting

• Includes commercial Lighting, HVAC– Residential and Light Commercial– Industrial Control– Remote Control /

Consumer Electronics

• Profiles define specific application devices– The devices themselves– Interaction and behaviour

BAProfiles

Resi HVAC IC

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Profiles Architecture WG

• The top of the Network / Security / 15.4 stack is an empty frame– Includes addressing to a 15.4 node

• The Profiles Architecture WG defines the infrastructure on top of the services provided by the ZigBee stack to provide a common device model and command set

• This interface is defined in the General Operational Framework, or “GOF”

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General Operational Framework

• The GOF currently covers:– Sub-addressing and addressing modes– Object Model– Device Description

• Type of device, power source, sleep modes, coordinator, etc– Commands

• Set/Get, Method, Event, Transparent and their Responses– Data formats

• including linear, exponential, relative time, string– Application level Error signalling and handling

• Actual details provided by the individual Profile

• Actual application profiles are defined in the individual profiles WGs– eg the Building Automation WG

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Goals for this meeting

• Finalise details of the XML format• Device Description and Binding

mechanisms– Including how to identify common services

between devices with different capabilities• Requirements for gateways to other

systems• Template and processes for writing

device profiles