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Next Generation Configuration Platform
for Digi XBee
®
/RF Solutions
Free, multi-platform application compatible
with Windows, MacOS and Linux
Graphical Network View for simple wireless
network configuration and architecture
API Frame Builder is a simple development tool
for quickly building Digi XBee
®
API frames
Firmware Release Notes Viewer allows users
to explore and read firmware release notes
Digi XCTU is a free multi-platform application
designed to enable developers to interact with Digi
RF modules through a simple-to-use graphical
interface. It includes new tools that make it easy to
set-up, configure and test Digi XBee
®
RF modules.
Digi XCTU includes all of the tools a developer needs
to quickly get up and running with XBee. Unique
features like graphical network view, which graphically
represents the Digi XBee
®
network along with the
signal strength of each connection, and the Digi
XBee
®
API frame builder, which intuitively helps to
build and interpret API frames for Digi XBees
®
being
used in API mode, combine to make development
on the Digi XBee
®
platform easier than ever.
Other highlights of Digi XCTU include the following features:
You can manage and configure multiple RF devices, even
remotely (over-the-air) connected devices.
The firmware update process seamlessly restores your module settings,
automatically handling mode and baud rate changes.
Two specific API and AT consoles, have been designed from
scratch to communicate with your radio devices.
You can now save your console sessions and load them in a different PC running Digi XCTU.
An update process allows you to automatically update the application itself and
the radio firmware library without needing to download any extra files.
Digi XCTU contains complete and comprehensive documentation
which can be accessed at any time.
Digi XCTU includes a set of embedded tools that can be executed without having any RF module connected:
Frames generator: Easily generate any kind of API frame to save its value.
Frames interpreter: Decode an API frame
and see its specific frame values.
Recovery: Recover radio modules which have damaged
firmware or are in programming mode.
Load console session: Load a console session
saved in any PC running Digi XCTU.
Range test: Perform a range test between 2
radio modules of the same network.
Firmware explorer: Navigate through Digi XCTU's firmware library.
