ZB-2000 series

EOL 2013-08-23

ICP DAS hereby formally unveils the End of Life (EOL) notification that all the ZB-2000 series will be phased out of production at December 31, 2013. The suggested replacement devices are ZT-2000 series.

EOL Reason: the main component, ZigBee module, is stopped production.
Replacement Device: ZT-2000 series (Available now)

Description:
The ZT-2000 series provides most of all functions of the ZB-2000 series, but the ZT-2000 series and the ZB-2000 series use different low level communication protocols. That is to say that the ZT-2000 series can’t communicate with all of the ZB-2000 series. The differences are listed in the following table.
Product series ZB-2000 ZB-2000-T ZB-2000-P ZB-2000-PA ZT-2000
Transmission power 9 dBm 4 dBm 22 dBm 11 dBm (CE/FCC) (Max. 19 dBm)
Antenna Gain 3 dBi 5 dBi
Transmission range (LOS) 100 m 700 m (Typical)
1 km (Max.)
Certification No CE/FCC, FCC ID No CE/FCC, FCC ID
Max. Nodes in one network 61 255 61 255 256
Protocol Private ZigBee 2007 Pro
Routing Mechanism Automatic/Specific Automatic
RSSI Indicator No Yes
Configuration Complex Simple
Support ZB-100R or ZB-100T No Yes No Yes No

Due to the high compatibility of the product functions, most of applications can directly use the ZT-2000 series to instead of ZB-2000 series without any modification. In order to reduce the impact of original applications, we will still supply the ZB-2000 series until the end of this year, and also do our best to help users to apply the ZT-2000 series in their original system. By means of more reliable and more flexible features, the ZT-2000 series brings you better user experience of the ZigBee applications. For more information about the ZT-2000 series, please visit the following web site: 
https://www.icpdas.com/en/product/guide+Wireless__Communication+ZigBee+Converter#856