What is ZigBee Device Profile?
top A set of Device Descriptors that describes a distributed application view of several devices is called ZigBee Device Profile (also referred to as Application Profile or simply Profile). Thus, in ZigBee theres one-to-one correspondence of Application Profiles and Applications. Profiles are developed by ZigBee vendors to address solutions to specific technology needs. Profiles are simultaneously a means to unify interoperable technical solutions within the ZigBee standard, as well as to focus usability efforts within a given marketing area. For example, it is expected that vendors of lighting equipment will want to provide ZigBee profiles that interoperate with several varieties of lighting types or controller types. Application Profile is not an entity or some kind of software, but rather an agreement on messages, message formats and processing actions that enable applications residing on separate devices to send commands, request data and process commands/requests to create an inte
