Troubleshooting the WiFly shield for Arduino

hello!

i’ve gotten the WIFLY up and running at home with my airport express (WPA2), but am needing to transfer my whole setup to work, where I also have a secure WPA/WPA2 network, but am having trouble connecting to it. I’m using the library designed for it and it just hangs. so i thought i’d try your troubleshooting sketch, but am not able to get into command mode at all. in fact, following is what i see, with no response from the IDE when i enter $$$:


This is a tool to help you troubleshoot problems with the WiFly shield.

For consistent results unplug & replug power to your Arduino and WiFly shield.

(Ensure the serial monitor is not open when you remove power.)

Attempting to connect to SPI UART…

Connected to SPI UART.

  • Use $$$ (with no line ending) to enter WiFly command mode. (“CMD”)

  • Then send each command followed by a carriage return.

Waiting for input.

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This goes on for as long as I let it run. Any ideas?

Thank you so much!

c