waltr:
Does the FTDI show up in the Windows Hardware Manger when its plugged in?Are the connects to/from the FTDI to the breakout correct?
Is the voltage on the XBee good? 3.3V
Which XBee modules, Series 1 or series 2? Which protocol, 802.15.4, ZB, ZNET, Digimesh?
Do you try other baud rates in X-CTU?
How about API mode?
FTDI shows up as COM3.
Connections are correct
Voltage is good, regulated using Xbee Serial Regulated and I also tried the 3v output from the arduino, direct to the 3.3v power on xbee.
I don’t know which protocol the Xbee is. I bought it off Sparkfun Xbee Pro 900 RPSMA.
I tried every baud rate.
I tried it with API mode like you said. It says:
Communicate with modem… OK
Modem type = Name unknown (ID = BUNCHOFNUMBERS)
Modem firmware version =
Then two buttons for retry and ok.
I tried to read in Modem Configuration and it says:
Failed to enter command mode
Unable to read Version (ATVR)
Read parameters… Failed.