You can reset the XBee Hive for Wi-SUN settings using the ERASE button. You can erase the device configuration with one button press, and reset the device to the factory defaults with a second button press. You must press the button the second time within 5 minutes of the reboot that occurs after the first button press.

The device’s firmware version remains the same.

First press: Erase device configuration

  • Clears all configuration settings. When the device restarts, it uses the factory default configuration.

  • Deletes all user files includes Python scripts.

  • Clears event and system log files.

Second press: Reset the device to factory defaults

  • Erases all automatically generated certificates and keys.

  • Creates a new event in the event log, indicating a factory reset.

  • The password for the admin user reverts to the factory-assigned default password that is printed on the label on your device.

To erase device configuration and reset factory defaults:

  1. Make sure that the XBee Hive for Wi-SUN has been powered on for at least 30 seconds.

  2. Locate the ERASE button on the front of the device.

  3. First press: Erase the device configuration.

    1. Using a pinhole tool, press and hold the ERASE button for 10 seconds.

    2. The following actions occur:

      • Clears all configuration settings. When the device restarts, it uses the factory default configuration.

      • Deletes all user files includes Python scripts.

      • Clears event and system log files.

    3. The device powers off and automatically reboots.

  4. Second press: Reset to the factory defaults.

    You must press the button the second time within 5 minutes of the reboot that occurs after the first button press.

    1. Using a pinhole tool, press and hold the ERASE button for 10 seconds.

    2. The following actions occur:

      • Erases all automatically generated certificates and keys.

      • Creates a new event in the event log, indicating a factory reset.

      • The password for the admin user reverts to the factory-assigned default password that is printed on the label on your device.

    3. The device powers off and automatically reboots.