Daintree Networks SNA Release 2.3 Now Shipping

FREMONT, CA — July 30, 2008 — Daintree Networks, Inc. today announced shipment of the latest release of its popular Sensor Network Analyzer (SNA). The SNA has been enhanced to provide support for testing and monitoring ZigBee® Smart Energy networks, and is designed to help developers of Smart Energy products achieve ZigBee certification and get to market faster. 

Daintree's SNA provides the industry's most comprehensive solution for both the development and deployment of IEEE 802.15.4™ and ZigBee® systems. This standards-based tool keeps up-to-date with the latest ZigBee specifications to help ensure compliance and interoperability.

This latest release provides full decodes for the Smart Energy application profile and support for ZigBee PRO Smart Energy Security (Key Establishment). New functionality includes the ability to use the SNA to start or join a network using Key Establishment security (to independently test security implementation), and to send Smart Energy messages to trigger responses from devices under test.

The SNA's new Smart Energy functionality was used extensively during the recent ZigBee Alliance Smart Energy certification process, culminating in certification of 17 Smart Energy products. These products enable a broad range of services designed to help utility companies worldwide implement systems for managing energy and help consumers improve their own energy efficiency, all with multi-vendor product interoperability. (You can find more information about these products on the ZigBee Alliance web site at www.zigbee.org.)

"It was exciting to be part of the ZigBee Smart Energy certification process," said Lisa Ardern, Daintree Networks Director of Support. "We used the SNA to help with the testing and certification of a wide variety of products from different companies, and everyone felt a great sense of achievement at the end of the event when all products achieved certification."

"Daintree is happy to now be offering this same functionality to the broader community. This latest SNA release will help those who are developing and testing ZigBee Smart Energy products get to market faster," said Lisa.

Not only does Daintree's SNA provide full support for ZigBee Smart Energy, it also includes an extensive selection of tools for development, testing, deployment and management of ZigBee solutions, including unique visualization that shows network operation visually, full protocol decodes to drill down and get detailed information about every packet, extensive measurements to determine performance and critical metrics, and a commissioning tool that helps to hide the complexity of ZigBee deployment.

Daintree’s analysis solutions also form a cornerstone of the conformance test platforms used to independently verify compliance with the standard by the Alliance’s two official test labs, including solutions from Wireless Glue Networks.

Information about Daintree's Sensor Network Analyzer can be found at www.daintree.net or by contacting Daintree.

ZigBee: Wireless Control That Simply Works

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About Daintree Networks, Inc.

Based in Fremont, California, Daintree Networks is a leading provider of design verification and operational support tools for wireless sensor and control networks. In a rapidly evolving industry, accelerated development and deployment cycles are key to market success. Daintree's professional tools help OEMs, system integrators and installers of wireless sensor and control networks speed their time to market. As an active member of the ZigBee Alliance, the company is playing a vital role in bringing the first wave of interoperable standards-based sensing and control products to market. For more information, visit www.daintree.net.

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