I am just getting started with interfacing between the arduino and the xbee shield. I have two arduino boards each with an xbee shield. I am following the tutorial in the arduino playground, which can be found here: Arduino Playground - Xbee01
According to the third page of that tutorial, it seems like I am able to load a program onto a remote board and have it communicate with my PC via the wireless link of the two Xbees. This seems kinda neat, but what I really want to know is if I can reprogram a remote arduino that has an xbee shield with a ( chip-free ) arduino/xbee connected to my PC. That seems like the real appeal of an arduino/xbee combo, and I know this can be done on a breadboard ( see http://itp.nyu.edu/~raf275/meshnetworking/XBee/XBee_program_Arduino_wireless.html ), but can the Xbee shield do the same thing for me?
Has anyone done this or know that it can be done? Thanks to all.
...Got a remote arduino re-programmed wirelessly using a chip-less arduino board with the xbee shield connected to a PC on one end and an arduino board, with the chip and xbee shield, on the other. The remote device must have the transistor reset ciruit detailed on Rob Faludi's "Programming the Arduino Wirelessly" page: http://itp.nyu.edu/~raf275/meshnetworking/XBee/XBee_program_Arduino_wireless.html.
Post here with any questions if you are interested in the process. Pretty sweet little things, those Xbee shields!
Hi, Bill i've been trying to reprogram my arduino wirelessly with xbee's, but i can't, i have a arduino board chip-less with shield conected to the computer, and a atmega conected to xbee, all the comunications work fine, but i unable to reprogram it!!! can u point some special thing that you've done??? did u used de 19200BaudRate???
I've been meaning to post my methods somewhere, but I have very little time to do so soon. I'm not sure I can help you with the information you have provided. The 19200 baud rate should work fine. Let me know more about your setup, and where you're getting stuck and I can try to help. The easiest mistakes are how you set the jumpers on the two units: the base should be jumpered on USB and the remote should be jumpered on XBee. Also, the timing is really difficult to get just right.
Anyway, give me some more info, and I can try to help more.
