I went thru the simple xbee shield setup and everything seems correct. Can receive "H"&"L" on the serial monitor. LED turns on & off when connected via USB. when I switch shield to XBee and try the radios, the #13 LED flashes fast on both boards and no comm. On the radio that is sending "H" & "L", I added code to blink the LED on with "H" and off with "L". when I remove the xbee shield, the arduino runs fine. when I plug the xbee shield in, #13 LED flashes fast. appears to be not running the code.
Here's the hardware, all purchased from FunGizmos.com
2 x XBee 1mW Chip Antenna (1mw chip)
1 x Arduino Uno (Uno)
1 x Arduino Uno Basic Bundle
2 x Arduino Xbee Shield (Bare) (Xbee (Bare))
One arduino is running the PhysicalPixel example code.
the other is running the following:
I followed the example from the xbee arduino website.
The xbee's are out-of-the-box. No configuration.
Per the instructions, both arduino's seem to be working while they're talking to the IDE but as soon as I disconnect, change the jumpers to xbee from USB and plug the arduinos back into the USB cables for power, they appear not to be running. I'm assuming this because the #13 LED is fast flashing on both arduino's and the #13 LED is not turning on/off on a 1 second cycle.
Let me know if you need additional info and thanks again.
Perhaps you should make a visit to digi.com and look at the variety of XBees that they make and sell. The 1mW is a power rating. Lots of models have that power level. The XBees come with 4 different antenna configurations - each model of XBee that is.
All I know now is the antenna type, which only affects range, and power level, which affects range and battery life. I still don't know which XBees you have.
I still don't know WHICH shield you have. There are at least 3 generally available.
One arduino is running the PhysicalPixel example code.
If you want help, post the code. I'm not going to go looking for it.
The xbee's are out-of-the-box. No configuration.
Both Digi and Sparkfun say that out-of-the-box, the XBees can communicate. That is a lie.
And must know 1 thing that appears in other private post:
1 ZigBee network = 1 coordinator + (0+ routers) + (0+ end devices).
End devices are awaken when their led is on (to upload firmware/communicate), so maybe would be better use 1 coordinator+1 router for testing purposes.