# Resetting Xbee **URL:** \ **Category:** Wireless & IoT\ **Created:** [May 11, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/resetting-xbee/15711 "2010-05-11T16:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lord-maricek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@lord-maricek](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/lord-maricek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/resetting-xbee/15711/1 "2010-05-11T16:46:03Z")
Hello, I wrote a to old Firmware on my Xbee. So I told the digi support, and they told me that I have to reset my Xbee. They gave me this tutorial:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxOqQZD- … r\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxOqQZD-oaM&feature=player_embedded) The problem is that I don’t have an interface board but an USB Explorer Board and the Funnel IO. Is it possible to reset the Xbee with the Explorer board? If yes, how? Greetings Philipp ---
**Author:** ![waltr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/898d66/32.png) [@waltr](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/waltr)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/resetting-xbee/15711/2 "2010-05-11T18:07:42Z")
Clip or solder a wire onto pin #5, /RESET, of the XBee and connect to ground. ---
**Author:** ![lord-maricek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@lord-maricek](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/lord-maricek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/resetting-xbee/15711/3 "2010-05-11T18:36:03Z")
hi, when I open the X-CTU with the Xbee unplugged, I can’t see the Com Port like in the movie and when I create a User Port, I will get this mssage: ```auto Failed to open com port Write Parameters...Failed ``` When I plug the Xbee in befor I start the software with reset connectet to ground, after a few secounds the window comes, but when I disconnect the reset from ground nothing happens. Philipp