Lilypad Simple to Xbee Shield

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Okay, so I wanna know how to connect a Lilypad arduino simple board, to an xbee shield so I can send serial data from my computer (which is connected to an xbee on an xbee explorer board) to my arduino, and vice-versa.

Lilypad Simple: LilyPad Arduino Simple Board - DEV-10274 - SparkFun Electronics
Xbee shield: SparkFun XBee Shield - WRL-12847 - SparkFun Electronics?

So far I have it hooked up like this, not sure if its correct though:

Arduino Shield

  • 3.3V
  • GND
    5(TX) RX
    6 (RX) TX

Then this is the code im trying to use.

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

#define rxPin 6
#define txPin 5


SoftwareSerial mySerial =  SoftwareSerial(rxPin, txPin);

void setup()  {
  pinMode(rxPin, INPUT);
  pinMode(txPin, OUTPUT);
  mySerial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
  mySerial.print('H');
  delay(1000);
  mySerial.print('L');
  delay(1000);
}

If anyone is able to help it'd be much appreciated!