Getting started with xbees

Wireless & IoT
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Hi,

Please I need some help to get started with the XBee wireless radios. I have two XBee pro 900 connected to XBee explorer boards, which came with a Mikrokopter. I have connected one to the USB of my laptop and installed X-CTU on windows 7. The other one is connected to the Kopter. I was following a tutorial on the net, and I was able to Test/Query earlier on, using the USB Serial port connection. The result was “Communication with modem OK. Modem type=Name unknown (ID=272883) Modem firmware version = 8144”. I dont know what happened thereafter, now when I Test/Query in X-CTU I get the message, “Unable to communicate with modem”.

Please anybody got experience with using the XBees for UAVs? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

Inno.

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Have you read the newbie guides/FAQs here?

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You might consider getting “Wireless Sensor Networks” by Robert Faludi. Specifically written for Series 2 XBees though, so if you’re using Series 1, it won’t be of much help. Or at least, very little.

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I dont know what happened

Baud rate get changed?

API box checked/unchecked?

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http://www.digi.com/support/productdetl … tp=5&tp2=0

X-CTU wont work with windows 7 64 bit. The application might but the drivers don’t.

Migs

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I’d think that XCTU on 64bit win7 would work using a standard windows serial port driver for a real UART serial port, and a USB to serial.

I’ve not seen any XCTU-specific drivers for XP, or w7 32 bit

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The layout of the data-window on the rangetest tab gets a bit corrupted when you run it in Aero Themes. But other than that XCTU works perfectly on my end. (W7 Ulti x64)