RN-XV WiFly: connection refused

Wireless & IoT
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I have set up my wifly to manually start in ad-hoc mode so i can configure it, but using the default address and port when telnetting to it, i get a connection refused error. I can ping the wifly and get a valid response so I know it is there. Right before this happened, i had configured it to auto join my network, but i had used a wrong ip, so i needed to reconfigure it. Since putting pio9 high at start gives a default ip and port, I thought I would have no problem, but for some reason I cant telnet to it anymore.

I can connect to it from my PC, so I know the network is being created, and I can ping it. I tested the voltage at each pin and ~3.3v is being output, so i dont think that is a problem either. Anyone else have this problem and fix it or have an idea on how to fix it? thanks in advance.

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It happened to me. You try to set “factory reset” then start everything again.

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i thought pulling pio9 high on start up was like a factory reset… guess ill reread the datasheet again and report back. thanks

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only way to factory reset your wifly is to put pio9 high, which is what im doing and that still wont let me telnet to it once i am connected.

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Pulling GPIO9 High at power-up only forces it to AdHoc mode with the following settings, it doesn’t do a factory reset:

  • **[u]FACTORY SETTINGS[/u]**

    SSID: WiFly-GSX-XX, where XX is the final two bytes of the devices MAC address

    Channel: 1

    DHCP: Off

    IP address: 169.254.1.1

    Netmask: 255.255.0.0

    • To do a factory reset you have to either send it the “factory RESET” command, or toggle GPIO9 five times - see page 84 of the latest manual.

    6

    This actually worked, I had opened a ticket with their support and they suggested the same thing. During this process I also think I found out why i could not telnet into my device. I still needed to update the firmware on it and since i dont have a serial connection all I could do was telnet to it. To be able to telnet to my wifly on my own network I had to download portpeeker and change my tcp port to 5000. Once i did this i could telnet to my device with the ip and port 192.168.X.X 2000. From there I was able to update my firmware to the soft ap one. Now i can power up my device like I would with ad-hoc mode except its in soft-ap mode. I can telnet to it with the ip and port 1.2.3.4 2000.