XBee transparent mode with Alternate pins.

Using Arduino Networking, Protocols, and Devices
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Finally got a chance to play with the XBees, I reprogrammed them with custom channels and gave them new ID's etc. Very straight forward with the X-CTU software, very happy so far XD.

I decided to start from square one and run a few simple experiments to get a better handle on how this all works. the first thing I did was load a code to make a LED turn on with the press of the 1 and 2 keys on a keyboard.

This code works while tethered to a USB cable (COM5)

I then hooked up one of the XBees to the Arduino using pins 0 & 1 (RX & TX) and the code worked flawlessly (COM6) [ :. Really cool by the way :. ]

But I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the RX and TX to move over to pins 2 & 13 where I need them to be, much less both serials to work in the same code (The end goal).

Here's what I have been playing with, only I have tried several variations all without too much in the way of progress:

#include <SoftwareSerial.h> 

void setup() { 
Serial.begin(9600); // Setup Serial library at 9600 bps 

SoftwareSerial mySerial = SoftwareSerial(2, 13);
mySerial.begin(9600); // Setup Serial library at 9600 bps
} 
 
void loop() { 
  // read the IO: 
  if (Serial.available() > 0) { 
    int inByte = Serial.read(); 
  
    for (int thisPin = 9; thisPin < 11; thisPin++) {
    pinMode(thisPin, OUTPUT);
  
         switch (inByte) { 
   
//Pin 9 - Lights 
 
    case '1':    
      digitalWrite(9, HIGH); // Turns on Lights
      break;

    case '2':    
      digitalWrite(9, LOW); // Turns off Lights
      break;
 
    default: 
      // turn all the connections off: 
      for (int thisPin = 9; thisPin < 11; thisPin++) { 
        digitalWrite(thisPin, LOW); 
        } 
      } 
    } 
  } 
}

Thanks,
Ec7