I have been having issues finding a program that can config Xbee on a Mac successfully. Pretty much everything points to Xctu which is windows only. I am running windows in 'parrallels' but it is not seeing my comm ports, while the mac side does. So my xctu isn't working. I had temporary use of a w…

Im looking for exactly the same thing! Please help him :slight_smile:

Still looking for help with this... Nobody knows how to upgrade firmware without using a PC?

I am using Arduino FIO + XBee + Sparkfun's FTDI Basic Breakout (5V). There is a "XBeeConfigTool" in the latest funnel-010_r723 software. Still couldn't make it right :cry:

any takers? no? check my story below... sound familiar? any ideas? THANKS ahead of time for ANY response!

same here! (kinda) Powerbook G4, OSX 10.5.8 running VPC 7, Windows 2000 BASE - XBee 1mW Chip Antenna on an XBee Explorer USB (connected to mac) REMOTE - XBee 1mW Chip Antenna on an XBee Explorer Regulated (connected to battery-powered Arduino Duemilanove sitting on the table) XBee 1mW Chip Ante…

UPDATE soooooooo... i gave up trying to make this seamless, so here's the dirty: ON THE MAC re-installed the mac drivers from the digi site: XCTU NOTE: installing this version will force a restart. use this opportunity to unplug ANY and ALL usb devices connected to your machine. WHY? (this i…

dkrofft1, thanks for this epic instructional post. So far, I don't have success. So I have a few questions. In step one, you say to remove all USB Devices. Macs use USB keyboards and mice. How did you do all the other steps with no keyboard or mouse? I have a fresh install of XP in Parallels, do …

oops! i'm working on a PB G4, so i completely forgot about the whole mouse/keyboard thing for desktops. you can leave those in. (uh, NEED to leave those in!) my guess is that since the keyboard and mouse are input devices, they won't be mistaken as external hard drives or card readers, etc. as for …

hi guys, I don't know if this will help in your specific situations, but here is my solution for using X-CTU on a mac. I recently went from using a windows laptop to a Intel Macbook, and needed to be able to configure and program XBees properly, ie with X-CTU. This was relatively straightforward: P…

It sounds like folks here have been facing problems similar to what I've been doing all day. I've been going from PC to Mac and back trying to figure out how to get my XBee Explorer with XBee module plugged into it to do... something useful. My goal is to get the Explorer-mounted XBee to talk to a M…

Need help with Xbee config on a Mac

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Need help with Xbee config on a Mac

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