I purchased the tweet a watt package, mainly just to get the Xbee series 1 units for working through a Distributed Network Data book.
All was good, and I have a video of a successful test, but suddenly one Xbee has died.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindspeak/8633292998
I am unable to connect to one of the Xbees at all, on Mac or PC. I have all of the drivers installed and - as you can see - DID have this working. It appears my Xbee is "bricked" - so now what?
Many hours into this project, so hope someone can help.
More on this project can be found here:
http://www.shivasongster.com/2013/03/ar ... e-project/
Xbee bricked (Series 1) SensorMote project
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Re: Xbee bricked (Series 1) SensorMote project
You might try the Digi forum (Digi makes the XBees). They can show you some procedures to 'un-brick' the module.It appears my Xbee is "bricked"
forums.digi.com/
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Re: Xbee bricked (Series 1) SensorMote project
I have tried this several times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KamcI1wjNQ8
All I have is the Adafruit XBee adapter - not a dev board, so all of the other instructions I've found (including the DIgi forum) so far haven't helped. Spent many hours on this and pretty frustrated - especially after the project DID work. Do you have any other recommendations?
Just have a green blinking light, and no serial communication. Also, in terms of which Xbee firmware to use, which selection should I be making from the available list for an Xbee Series 1?? None of the numbers on the back of the Xbee correspond exactly to the list in X-CTU. But that's a moot point until I can get some serial communication happening here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KamcI1wjNQ8
All I have is the Adafruit XBee adapter - not a dev board, so all of the other instructions I've found (including the DIgi forum) so far haven't helped. Spent many hours on this and pretty frustrated - especially after the project DID work. Do you have any other recommendations?
Just have a green blinking light, and no serial communication. Also, in terms of which Xbee firmware to use, which selection should I be making from the available list for an Xbee Series 1?? None of the numbers on the back of the Xbee correspond exactly to the list in X-CTU. But that's a moot point until I can get some serial communication happening here.
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Re: Xbee bricked (Series 1) SensorMote project
Have you tried swapping XBee modules to determine whether it is the module itself or the adapter?
The most recent version of the Series 1 firmware is 8.x.1.7 from 12/07/2006. That's more than 6 years old, so it has been stable for a good long time.
The most recent version of the Series 1 firmware is 8.x.1.7 from 12/07/2006. That's more than 6 years old, so it has been stable for a good long time.
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Re: Xbee bricked (Series 1) SensorMote project
Yes, actually I have already determined the adapter is fine. It's the Xbee for sure. And since there is no serial communication happening with it, I can not update the firmware to even an older more stable one.
What's the return policy on these, or am I SOL? Does Digi exchange them?
What's the return policy on these, or am I SOL? Does Digi exchange them?
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Re: Xbee bricked (Series 1) SensorMote project
When did you purchase it?
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