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APM2 ESC BEC doesn't power up the board

OK, I got my shiny new APM2 purple board on Tuesday.  I powered it up with the microUSB cable, installed 2.1a and everything checks out.  Easiest Out-Of-Box experience ever.  I can't find Arducopter APM2 docs yet, but I found the ArduPlane wiki now h

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Compass problem with 2.0.55

I've wiped my board (reset APM to default), then reprogrammed 2.0.55.  I have the compass and sonar, along with an XBee 900 pro for telemetry.  Removed the XBee, no change.  Removed sonar, no change. 

The compass constantly reads in an endless loop of

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XBEE Pro 900 DM APM Error

I think I have the XBEE modems communicating correctly (I think), but i get the error below from APM on connect.  Connect, shows getting Params, then the error message below.  And yes the CLI switch is in flight position. 

 

I'd appreciate any advice o

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