Zigbee® PRO Software Community

The ZBOSS Open Initiative (ZOI) is a community of companies with a shared understanding of the value of a common, Zigbee® PRO software platform to overcome, together, the challenges around interoperability, security, testing, and optimization of Zigbee®-enabled products and solutions.

Achieving lasting interoperability across the vast smart device ecosystem from dozens of different manufacturers is a constant challenge. ZOI addresses this challenge by creating a shared platform, utilized and maintained by chipset vendors and consumer product companies from across the ecosystem. This greatly reduces issues of interoperability, simplifies development for manufacturers, and lowers R&D costs for ZOI members.

The main goal of the Initiative is to provide IoT market players with a proven, reliable, and highly interoperable Zigbee® software protocol stack, required development tools, and infrastructure to establish a solid ground for effective collaboration on the unified Zigbee® PRO software platform.

ZOI provides members with royalty-free access to market-proven Zigbee wireless stack source code; rather than open-sourcing the software to the general public. ZOI’s “member-source” approach ensures continued investment into, and collaboration on, the ZBOSS stack, meaning ZOI members are always in front of the newest Zigbee releases and are able to contribute to stack enhancements directly; getting to market faster and with a better product. In addition to membership fees being re-invested into stack maintenance and development, ZOI allows members to determine the direction of the stack. In this way, ZOI addresses the need for a robust, well-maintained, royalty-free Zigbee stack, in a market where a full-featured, open-source option doesn’t exist.

If you are developing products with Zigbee, ZOI is for you. The ZBOSS Open Initiative is by far the most cost-effective and most efficient way to start up and maintain Zigbee development for your company.

Companies looking to have a future-proof Zigbee stack solution with a low cost of maintenance should also consider ZOI. The member-source approach reduces the need for in-house stack maintenance and ZBOSS’s platform interoperability protects you from chip shortages and predatory vendor agreements.

Gain access to in-development versions of ZBOSS and have a certifiable stack as soon as new Zigbee features are introduced. Hit the market in step with all of the biggest players!

ZOI members get access to DSR Corporation’s market-proven ZBOSS stack code base, along with all of the necessary tools and support to make integrating the stack with new chips and consumer products simple. This joint effort allows for the development of a unified software platform for Zigbee®-enabled smart devices and makes it the most interoperable Zigbee software stack solution on the market. By accessing ZBOSS source code, chipset vendors and consumer product companies will be able to make any necessary changes to the stack to speed up the product development process and make it more streamlined and effective.

ZOI encourages all members to contribute to the ZBOSS source code quality and evolution, regardless of membership level. In the same vein, suggestions for new feature development are also acceptable from any member of the initiative.

The ultimate effect and prioritization of the aforementioned contributions will depend on the membership of that particular ZOI member. The more senior the membership level adopted, the greater the access that is provided, and the more influence that member has within the ZOI community.