According to these guys http://six.media.mit.edu:8080/6/development/daughterboards/xbee-daughterboard  It seems that you could flash your XBee in an Arduino if you connect the following pins:

RTS => 3.3 V
CTR => GND

but I haven't tried yet.

I figured out the solution is to turn on serial in the setup function: Serial.begin(9600)
This is necessary even if you are not using serial at all, as was my case.

I have a Arduino + XBee shield that is sending data to a base XBee through the XBee I/O line passing configuration.  It works if the shield jumpers are in the USB position, but if I put them in the XBee position, it sends one packet and nothing more.  The problem is that when the jumpers are in the USB position, the Arduino can't communicate with the XBee.  I was hoping to be able to run Arduino code and communicate with XBee, while the XBee is sending I/O samples but it appears this is not possible or I am missing something.  Any ideas?  Thanks

I just received two of them in the mail and both had two 6 pin female connectors included.
 

The 6 pins are to expose the Arduino I/O; the XBee requires 2* 10 pin

Anyone using the XBee Shield http://www.nkcelectronics.com/freeduino-arduino-xbee-shield-kit.html

I'm wondering why they didn't put a female header on the XBee pins. I'ld like to use the I/O line passing feature of the XBee and that requires access to the XBee pins. Anyone see a reason I couldn't solder two 10 pin female headers to the shield? Thanks

thanks for the clarification

I think this is what I was looking for:

Molex 50-57-9002

http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=50B8426&CMP=AFC-GB100000001

The image shows four but this one is two connections and they come in different sizes.

I don't think I explained this very well so I sketched a diagram http://rappnet.dyndns.org:8080/img192.jpg

The crimper solution is good but I would rather have something less permanent (e.g. something that can be plugged/unplugged, just like a breadboard).  In the diagram, what I'm interested in is the "mysterious socket connector".  

I think it might look something like this http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=103157
if the bottom of the post has matching female socket.  Thanks

Hi,

I'm interested in connecting some of my components to my Arduino without a breadboard.  I did some goog'ling and it appears that what I need is Female/Female jumper wires (like http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8430).  I'm a big fan of sparkfun but I'm already ordering from another store and I'd rather not pay shipping for just a few wires.  This seems like a fundamental part (i.e. connect two wires without solder) but I can't seem to find this anywhere.  A lot of these electronic supplier stores don't provide pictures of their items so that doesn't help either.  Any ideas?  Thanks