XCTU for Linux ?

Question

Hello,

Is it possible to use XCTU in Linux? (Ubuntu 14.04 or 15.04 (64 bits))

Regards

Answer 1

Turns out that the next generation version also works under wine, except that you have to add some registry values to make it actually detect your serial ports.

Credits for figuring this out go to Doug Brown, who has documented the needed steps on his blog: http://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2013/03/getting-x-ctu-in-wine-to-detect-your-serial-ports/ (his post is about getting the legacy version to autodetect serial ports, but I've just tested this and it works with the next generation version too).

Answer 2

I've read that the legacy version works under wine, I haven't tried that yet.

I've tried the latest ng version in wine, which installs and runs, but fails to detect the serial ports. Since the ng version is a java program, I've tried running it through my native java version, but that didn't work out either (it kept looking for classes with "win32" in their name). Perhaps either of these approaches could be made to work, but not out-of-the box at least.

To flash firmware, at least to S2 (ZB) devices, there is the xbee-comm tool (haven't tried that yet either).

To configure a module running in AT mode, you can of course use a serial console program like minicom or screen.

Answer 3

Thank you,

sudo minicom /dev/ttyUSB 9600

not work to me.

sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB 9600

receives the OK, on the screen shows only the K and then no longer responds.



I do not find the firmware to XBP08

ftp://ftp1.digi.com/support/firmware/

I look for the firmware for API Mode of XBee Pro 868


UPDATE: screen work to me now.

Answer 4

Hello,

Thanks you for the new XCTU version to Linux. Works fine to me.

Best regards