Great deal on Xbee Series 1 (I think) U.S. Only

[rjchu]

Just as a reminder This thread is in the "great deals" category and you might want to post RenW issues in the appropriate area to get more eyes on the problem.

Very true.

But you may want to check that you've got them all configured with the same PAN ID and that you've adjusted the Renard plug-in serial settings in Vixen to be 8 *M* 1 instead of 8N1 to match what I assume you configured the XBee's to. The light on the RenW flashes no matter what's going on so don't take that as a sign that it's receiving good data from Vixen.

Sorry Mud, you're absolutely right, just wanted to get some suggestions out there before I'm off to work for the day.

Thanks,

-joni-

[Xenia]

My second order of three came in this afternoon and they all updated and make blinky-flashy.

[Blackbeard]

What are the options for boards used to programs these things? I see the Explorer is used, but are there other common boards? Can an Arduino be used in any way?

Thanks

[Mudsculpter]

There is an xbee adapter for the arduino,... search amazon.com or sparkfun

[Blackbeard]

There is an xbee adapter for the arduino,... search amazon.com or sparkfun

I have an XBee adapter for my Mega 2560. I wasn't aware I could program the Xbee though that.
Thanks

[Lefserev]

I just received my 2 XBEEs today and they work great. It just took a little dancing around with the baud rate and parity after a firmware update to smoothen things out. Anybody know if there is a newer version of the firmware that I should be using? I know that 10E6 is listed in the wiki and that's what I upgraded it to, but there are several other versions listed.

[dirknerkle]

I'd imagine that anything 10E6 or later ought to be fine.

[LabRat]

Anyone else planning to order any? Being "international" this great buy isn't an option for me, but I'd love to get a hold of at least 4 more modules.

[Lefserev]

On the firmware list, which way is the new firmware? Up or Down? 1081 is at the top.

[Mudsculpter]

I got three more today "make an offer" at $8.90