What Are The Various Zigbee Certification Mechanisms?

1.	What Are The Various Zigbee Certification Mechanisms?
Answer» The ZigBee Alliance has defined three certification levels: The ZigBee Compliant Platform (ZCP) certification is available today for hardware and software technology providers. So far 13 VENDORS have had their ZigBee platform certified. The ZigBee Network CAPABLE (ZNC) certification targets products that make use of a private ZigBee application PROFILE in addition to a compliant platform. The policy is being designed to ALLOW EASY self-certification and the use of a logo. The ZigBee Certified Product level provides interoperability with other vendors since it requires the use of a public ZigBee application profile in addition to a compliant platform. A specific test plan comes along each public application profile released by the ZigBee Alliance. The ZigBee Alliance has defined three certification levels:

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The ZigBee Alliance has defined three certification levels:

The ZigBee Compliant Platform (ZCP) certification is available today for hardware and software technology providers. So far 13 VENDORS have had their ZigBee platform certified.
The ZigBee Network CAPABLE (ZNC) certification targets products that make use of a private ZigBee application PROFILE in addition to a compliant platform. The policy is being designed to ALLOW EASY self-certification and the use of a logo.
The ZigBee Certified Product level provides interoperability with other vendors since it requires the use of a public ZigBee application profile in addition to a compliant platform. A specific test plan comes along each public application profile released by the ZigBee Alliance.

The ZigBee Alliance has defined three certification levels:

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