I bought two XBee Series 1, and breadboard adapters from Adafruit. They both seemed to be working OK for about a week. I then modified a proto board that I had one of the adapters soldered on to (the portions of the circuit were unrelated), and now the XBees no longer communicate.
My arduino sketch says it's transmitting w/ baud set to 9600. I don't get any errors on either side. Lights on both XBee's are flashing green, but the data never appears on the other side. Does anyone have any suggestion has to what may have gone wrong?
I can use Windows, but I don't have an FTDI cable to inspect the XBees with XTCU. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
XBee 1's no longer communicating
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Re: XBee 1's no longer communicating
These appear to be working again today. I'm not sure what the issue was, as I haven't changed anything. I'll keep an eye on it, and repost if the issue persists!
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Re: XBee 1's no longer communicating
Possibly there is a connection on the protoboard that isn't good all the time.
If you have trouble again try wiggling and/or re-seating the wires.
If you have trouble again try wiggling and/or re-seating the wires.
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Re: XBee 1's no longer communicating
Thanks Waltr!
I did continue to have issues and eventually traced it back to a weak solder joint from one of the tx pins on the the adapter to my proto board. With your suggestion, I did more checking with my multimeter, and found the issue.
Thank again!
I did continue to have issues and eventually traced it back to a weak solder joint from one of the tx pins on the the adapter to my proto board. With your suggestion, I did more checking with my multimeter, and found the issue.
Thank again!
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Re: XBee 1's no longer communicating
Great news.
Now fun some fun.
Now fun some fun.
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