SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T03:13:43-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsM-Short on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)M-Shorturn:uuid:d854b753-2505-bc87-7af1-509a855ec7532015-08-06T08:56:50-06:00<p>Hi, this is not an RFID reader. For RFID readers and tags check <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=rfid" rel="nofollow">here</a>. If you have any other questions feel free to email techsupport@sparkfun.com.</p>
Customer #704538 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #704538urn:uuid:ed7a79dc-1a62-50f5-7f13-ee1b459c7b202015-08-05T21:47:32-06:00<p>Can someone tell me which RFID tag this module detect? I am a beginner to the Arduino project. Is there any spec (frequency or something like that) that I need to check to see if this module can read.<p>Thanks.</p></p>
bboyho on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)bboyhourn:uuid:385fc34e-dc7e-ddfd-9f43-10545e1c19322015-02-06T16:33:34-07:00<p>XBee Series 1 Trace Antenna Defaults as of 2/6/2015 if you ever brick your XBee:<p><strong>Product Family</strong>: XB24</p><p><strong>Function Set</strong>: XBee 802.15.4</p><p><strong>Firmware Version</strong>: 10ec</p></p>
Customer #546154 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #546154urn:uuid:64bc03ac-74d9-2292-c46c-68a10314f7dd2014-04-16T21:32:52-06:00<p>Hi, Can anyone help me on how do I configure the digital I/O passing feature on 2 of these radios. I need to configure 5 digital inputs on the transmitter side which should be translated as 5 digital outputs at the receiver side and send commands to the microcontroller on the receiver module. Please help. Thanks.</p>
Customer #136736 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #136736urn:uuid:a7db9371-cbb3-93f5-ffd9-3d99a6e897802014-02-20T08:15:26-07:00<p>Can this module communicate with xbee wifi module? Thank you.</p>
Datalink on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Datalinkurn:uuid:768d3880-62c5-551f-4702-e8126541e26e2013-12-15T00:15:32-07:00<p>Under X-CTU, you can set each pair of devices to it's own PAN ID (car1, car2 or similar) and they will treat devices of the other PAN (Personal Area Network) as a different network then their own, and ignore it. This ID is also used by SSID for Wifi modules. This can also be done with AT commands.</p>
Ing.TonyV on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Ing.TonyVurn:uuid:f2c80545-ded3-71d6-3faa-5b8f543806872013-11-15T15:57:45-07:00<p>Hello nice sparkfun people, i got a question, i would like to control 2 RC robot cars using 4 xbee's, one xbee module for a controller and one xbee module for the car i want to control from one user, and another pair of modules for the other car of the other user, i have this working fine for one car or another but not both at the same time, is there something im missing like configuring diferent address or channel on the xbee modules, or simply its that i cant use them at same time? to make this work as i want (both pairs at the same time) its only possible with series 2 modules or what can i do?, thanks =)</p>
M-Short on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)M-Shorturn:uuid:115e321e-681c-e3d0-915e-751bbe4b71e72013-10-23T15:51:29-06:00<p>Also, the phone would need to able to do and be setup as a USB host device. You would need a OTG cable and capable phone. Also the XBee Explorer USB boards do require drivers, I don't know if FTDI has any for Android so you might have to write the interface yourself as well. Another option is to connect the XBees to the IOIO board and connect the IOIO to the Android.</p>
Customer #302799 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #302799urn:uuid:5b53e717-207a-a3db-23e4-cbd62540db7d2013-10-23T11:13:53-06:00<p>As far as hardware goes, you would need one of the Sparkfun USB adapter boards and a cable to go to the micro USB on the phone. On the arduino side, it would be just a standard xbee setup. For software, you would probably have to write your own app for the phone.</p>
Customer #477176 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #477176urn:uuid:17923421-3e7a-d101-d75d-32aaf21d08e42013-10-10T01:21:24-06:00<p>Can i connect this module with an android phone?
It should work as a transreceiver for phone and arduino board
the arduino board is Arduino nano carrier 2.007</p>
M-Short on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)M-Shorturn:uuid:99f49b4e-8c6a-7073-0dc4-eb3afeab715c2013-07-26T13:53:12-06:00<p>I don't know anyway to have the XBee do it, that doesn't mean you cant have the middle XBee connected to an Arduino which reads all incoming data and reroutes it if necessary.</p>
Customer #457184 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #457184urn:uuid:321e6cce-5da3-7fed-beb0-6fe8b853984a2013-07-26T13:51:03-06:00<p>Thank you for your help
So is there no way i can do it even if i work in the API mode like if i have the sender and destination address i can route the packet accordingly ?</p>
M-Short on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)M-Shorturn:uuid:1ae1de21-d898-1c63-c494-386be1daddc02013-07-26T10:04:42-06:00<p>Basically this is the definition of a mesh network. This is the main feature of Series 2 over Series 1. Unfortunately Series 1 can not do mesh networking.</p>
Customer #457184 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #457184urn:uuid:3871d194-4166-8f52-81e2-4db88cfa27102013-07-26T04:03:35-06:00<p>Hi everyone<p>I am using these Xbee modules for my project. I want to know can these xbee modules be used for multi hopping? for example I have 3 nodes, i want to send data to node 3 from node 1 but node 3 is not in range of node 1 but node 2 is so i send data to node 2 and node 2 send data to node 3.</p><p>is there any option like this or i program it into my code ?</p></p>
mos70 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)mos70urn:uuid:964e9892-e5d2-f4ba-59d2-6cb427b649b42013-07-18T05:52:24-06:00<p>I just bought three of these modules and during configuration of my PAN, and address info (per the chat tutorial off the Digi Examples) I bricked two of the units. They seem to be very sensitive! One appears to be DOA (getting firmware checksum errors) and the other came back and seems ok now.<p>I noticed others have had the same issue and someone gave a link to a tutorial that supposedly tells you how to reset the unit. <strong>DO NOT</strong> follow those directions! They're not 100% wrong but they bypass some safer procedures (i.e. less likely to wipe your device) you should try first. Instead see <a href="http://www.digi.com/support/kbase/kbaseresultdetl?id=3402" rel="nofollow">Digi's support page</a>. This page has recovery instructions for many different devices made by Digi. For this specific MODEM (e.g. XBee Series 1) reference the section titled <em>XBee (Excluding ZigBee)</em>.</p><p>Note that if you are using the SparkFun USB host board and have to try the last nuclear "hold the reset" while seating the XBee module procedure you will need to wire up a switch (or equivalent) to pins 5 (/RESET) and 10 (GND). See the Datasheet referenced on this product page for pictures etc if you're not sure how to find pins 5 and 10.</p></p>
kerpow on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)kerpowurn:uuid:b2f5486a-c226-64da-92d3-ebb505c6df2c2013-05-16T16:33:26-06:00<p>An Xbee in transparent mode (default) will pass anything except "(pause) +++ (pause)" so I would check what TeraTerm is sending.</p>
Customer #418816 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #418816urn:uuid:bc25ecf3-d3b3-dbac-0ce6-827cafa20e392013-04-08T19:28:02-06:00<p>did you get this to work i am trying to do the same thing. have an xbee control a dig pot.</p>
Customer #2286 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #2286urn:uuid:1aa4a597-8b7b-a318-7b3f-85a2d77922b12013-03-23T20:20:54-06:00<p>I just received two units today.<p>In my testing I tried to send a file from one unit to the other.
(I am using TeraTerm on both ends)</p><p>The received text file is missing the carriage return/line feed 0x0d/0x0a.</p><p>I have looked at all the options in TeraTerm and the XBee manual,
Does anyone know why these chars are getting lost in the air?</p><p>And how to fix it.</p><p>Thanks</p></p>
Customer #408804 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #408804urn:uuid:08f31c2d-dc6a-4d96-7e09-8bad9e4713512013-02-13T15:40:37-07:00<p>Good morning! Please, I want to buy XBee 1mW Wire 4 plates Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4). You delivery in Brazil and how much? Thank you.</p>
Customer #369988 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #369988urn:uuid:0d4d29ca-f428-b987-1109-02a13659adcc2012-10-15T12:03:58-06:00<p>Hello! Hey, I'm using Xbees Series 1 and 2B in some projects here. Very cool radios. Anyone have a suggestion about how I might simply interface a Series 1 with a digital potentiometer? Can I do this direct mode, or do I just need to bite the bullet and drop in a minimal ATMega 128 or so ? My need for this particular project is to control a digi pot. from a web interface. Have the dev setup working for the flash slider front end, n/p , but thought I'd ask the smart SparkFun crowd if they had any ideas for the simplest method to achieve simplest digital potentiometer interfacing to Series 1 or 2B. It looks like Series 1 would be better for this application, but any suggestions would be appreciated! I got about a month to iron this out, should work? Anybody done this before? On what manuf's digi pots. should I concentrate?</p>
Customer #60026 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #60026urn:uuid:2eb28fe5-8e17-e088-6475-0106a95d1b3a2012-08-31T08:36:25-06:00<p>Is the antenna on this module simply a wire cut to the correct length? If I needed an antenna for a module that is missing one, could I simply cut a wire of similar gauge and length and solder onto this board?</p>
faludi on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)faludiurn:uuid:9e7c5599-6a22-b13f-66b3-878be13a1aa42012-07-16T09:43:56-06:00<p>XBee's are not designed or optimized for video, though they're great for controlling a pan/tilt mechanism or another controller that's attached to a webcam.</p>
Customer #337726 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #337726urn:uuid:51805401-187a-f5f0-51dd-19982efda1e52012-07-12T15:54:53-06:00<p>hi;
can i transmit video through this xbee? i want to transmit webcam video to pc using this xbee, plz reply .thanks in advance</p>
Toni_K on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Toni_Kurn:uuid:201a2405-b44b-8781-0c01-ce2884f830112011-06-16T16:03:50-06:00<p>Try resetting them. You can see instructions on this at http://www.instructables.com/id/Changing-Xbee-Baud-Rates/. If you still can't communicate, contact us at techsupport at sparkfun dot com.</p>
Customer #221468 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #221468urn:uuid:094e9c52-59af-ea17-cbd1-da7d162f74272011-05-20T14:39:19-06:00<p>Does anyone know how to fix this error " Unable to communication with modem"?<br>
I had 3 of the xbee series 1 and all of them aren't working at all. There's nothing wrong with the xbee chip for sure, because at the first time i try it, it works but what I try to change it. It just stop.</p>
dudefise on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)dudefiseurn:uuid:a99006ee-6cfb-edbc-a076-49ddecd63bf12011-05-07T16:51:38-06:00<p>in transparent mode, do the i/o pins all just show up on the other Xbee? I was thinking about using this to replace a RS232 cable...</p>
AirBorne89 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)AirBorne89urn:uuid:31b7d777-d967-9d9a-97a4-de51cde568df2011-05-03T19:35:16-06:00<p>I'm using these for a school engineering project, and I've been through 3 of them (they seem to be quite easy to break), and now that I've gotten two of them working and communicating, it's not reliable at distances over 1m. This seems like a pretty catastrophic failure, any ideas or common mistakes that I could be making? There's no way that these devices would be this popular if they weren't dependable.</p>
Customer #213253 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #213253urn:uuid:ffa1c32b-843d-e2c1-e24c-3e3c424468302011-04-21T09:40:45-06:00<p>Hi guys..<br>
I have bought 3 Xbee from Sparkfun and UART-USB converter, then I develop own level shifter to communicate with PC, I follow the instruction to write firmware into Xbee (using XCTU modem configuration). At first there is no problem, until at the middle of downloading, error happened and fail. Then I try again, unfortunately, my Xbee cannot be detected. I have try several times still not work until now. I'm sure my Xbee still fine (not burn), the error from downloading make it like this.<br>
Anyone have this experience? Please do share with me..<br>
Thanks :)</p>
Young Maker on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Young Makerurn:uuid:c12a097c-6855-8c66-a5d3-872ead69a3392011-02-19T16:29:47-07:00<p>yes this is a 1mW transceiver. you need another end, and i don't think that most computers have an x bee port (yet ;) )</p>
mbrown9412 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)mbrown9412urn:uuid:a33d686e-47c5-dc9b-1e7b-105a2be0b3432011-01-27T10:45:55-07:00<p>How do I connect this to my computer? Does my computer need an XBEE of its own?</p>
LukeW on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)LukeWurn:uuid:ce822591-b5cd-4f26-45a0-1ab63191cfdb2010-12-27T14:15:21-07:00<p>This module is a transceiver and will support two way communication with another identical model (or any other series 1 model). The <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8687" rel="nofollow">XBee Explorer USB</a> page has a chart that breaks down the various models.</p>
Customer #154113 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Customer #154113urn:uuid:de9ab295-70df-c8c9-fa9e-1e58c17bb23d2010-12-26T22:20:18-07:00<p>Hi, i'm a beginner and I have a question. Can this module be used as a transmiter and receiver?</p>
Lutorm on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Lutormurn:uuid:f9bccdf5-9eb6-fbf3-a42d-08d0d96e1fd32010-11-18T21:12:46-07:00<p>Anyone know where to find info on how much better reception to expect with this compared to the chip antenna? They both state 300ft, but it seems you should get better signal with this.<br /></p>
Peng on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Pengurn:uuid:955545a5-775e-fbc3-9dff-7a38234fa2712010-04-02T13:45:51-06:00<p>Hello guys,<br>
I bought two of this module for a project in hand. I need to use "i/o line passing" feature to update output pins status of remote module, based on the input pin of base module. However, when I read the input pins information of the base module through the UART (on X-CTU), I find all the DIO pins are high (represented by "1" in data frame), regardless the really value on that pin. Btw the communication through Din and Dout works fine. The problem is only on DIO pins. Can anyone point out the possible problems in my case? (Maybe my description is not clear enough. I can give more info if anyone feels like)<br>
Thanks in advance.</p>
Chiel on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)Chielurn:uuid:7a6f9a61-4497-d040-2461-b46929bf3e932010-02-08T14:04:35-07:00<p>if you want set up a basic Serial Pipeline (UART at speeds ranging from 1200Baud to 230400 are standard) then this might help:<br>
Xbees are standardly set to provide a "transparent" serial pipeline @ 9600Baud so what comes in on the DIN at 9600bauds will come out at the DOUT on other xbees at the same speed.<br>
to alter the baud(or other settings) its best to use Digi's X-CTU.<br>
to use X-CTU you must connect the Xbee with a Serial Com port (USB explorer or an FTDI breakout will do nicely) then in X-ctu you can alter the xbees settings (including the baud rates). hope this helps and if not please tell me</p>
itsme_qamar on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)itsme_qamarurn:uuid:4c9a3b08-e760-1ab4-5ed8-eda3dc02b70d2009-12-29T00:09:11-07:00<p>hello<br>
kindly guide me about XBEE transmitter and receiver suitable communication with each other<br>
thank and waiting for reply..!</p>