Multiple XBee networks

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Hello guys,

I have a project I am working on where I need to connect 1x Arduino (Master) to 8x Arduino (Slaves). The arduinos will be to far apart to be connected by cables so I am looking at using XBee’s to connect them.

Now these 9 arduinos will be in the same room, so I know that this will work well.

My question is, If I have this same setup of 9 arduinos in multiple rooms that are next to each other will there be interference?

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No, so long as there is little or no use of transmitting frames to the broadcast address destination 0xFFFF.

This all differs between XBee series 1 (preferred) and series 2 (ZigBee only).

Each radio will have a unique (MAC) address. You can also put each room’s XBees on a different RF channel, but not necessary.