Wireless Programming catch-22

[henrik]

Hi Guys,

I'm afraid I might have been too quick with my Moteino order... 

I've just ordered 1 Moteino USB (to be used as the gateway) and 5 Moteino "regular". All with the flash memory.

But I do not have a FTDI thingy and after reading through these forums and others I think I might have problems programming the 5 "remote" Moteinos.

Can anyone clarify if I need the FTDI thing to get things started or should I be able to program the 5 Moteinos wirelessly out of the box?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Felix]

Hey henrik,
Yes you will need the FTDI to program them. Please email me directly at [email protected] to modify your order.
Wireless programming depends on 2 things and requires your action (not ready out of box):
- FLASH chip on the Moteino - this is where the sketch is temporarily uploaded before it is permanently written to the AVR flash ROM
- active listening for a wireless programming command - done via the CheckForWirelessHEX() function in the WirelessHEX library