XBee Firmware Update Killed my XBee!

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XBee Firmware Update Killed my XBee!

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I had just updated the firmware on my XBee with the trace antenna while it was on the XBee Adapter Kit and using the Adafruit USB FTDI TTL-232 cable. The green LED was blinking before the update. After the update, the green light went out and now that particular XBee that was on it won't work. I swapped out the XBees and the second one works with both adapters. What the heck happened?
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Re: XBee Firmware Update Killed my XBee!

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I found a couple of instructables on un-bricking XBees:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Changin ... ozen-Xbee/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Restori ... oken-XBee/

Otherwise, you should check out the XBee Forums for help with this problem:
http://www.digi.com/support/forum/

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Re: XBee Firmware Update Killed my XBee!

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This happens sometimes. Digi has a page on diagnosing and recovering unresponsive modules:
This article is an all-inclusive guide for recovering a Digi RF product that is in an unresponsive state.
Please click on the type of radio you are experiencing problems with to go to the appropriate section:
http://www.digi.com/support/kbase/kbase ... tl?id=3402

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Re: XBee Firmware Update Killed my XBee!

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Thanks, The second link helped, though it didn't work step by step as the instructable described. It got me close enough I was able to unbrick and update the firmware.

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