Bricked Xbee 1

[mmoretti]

Hi,

I have a bricked Xbee 1... Unfortunately I tried to use the FTDI friend (through my PC) connected to the Xbee adapter with X-CTU to upgrade my firmware to 10ED. It failed with the error checksum failed, can't write parameters. Now no matter what I do, the thing is bricked. I've looked at Digi's instructions for how to unbrick it but they don't work. Not sure what to do... Can I send it back for a replacement? I will never update firmware again.

Thanks,
-m

[adafruit_support_bill]

You might try posting the question on the Digi Forums: http://forums.digi.com/
The Digi support engineers can probably help you get it working again.

[mmoretti]

I actually contacted their technical support and nothing they gave me to do worked. I think this thing is really bricked.

[adafruit_support_bill]

Was this XBee purchased at Adafruit? How long have you had it?

[mmoretti]

I purchased two of these about a week ago, both from Adafruit (Order 243813). Luckily one still works because after getting this one bricked by trying to upgrade the firmware I left the other alone.

Thanks,
-m

[adafruit_support_bill]

Contact support@adafruit.com with a link to this thread for a replacement.

[mmoretti]

Hi,

I emailed support but it's been about 4 days and I haven't heard back.

Thanks.

[adafruit_support_bill]

Hmmm. Try emailing again. I'll check in it from this end.

[adafruit]

Hmmm. Try emailing again. I'll check in it from this end.

we do not see any email from the address you're using for the forums, can you please try the contact form?

http://adafruit.com/contact

[mmoretti]

Thanks. I re-sent the email and also used the contact form. I couldn't really find a good option to choose from the dropdown that would let me send you the details so I chose "Missing item".