Hello, new to Xbee,
I have a sparkfun Xbee shield, on a Uno board.
Should I be able to attach the USB cable and talk to the Xbee module with X-CTU?
It lists the Uno board in the device window but will not talk directly to the Xbee module. I have tried it with the AtMega chip in and out of the board with no luck.
Probably something simple but am I missing something here?
Thanks.
Basically, no. The shield is intended to be used taking the XBee input from the serial pins on the Arduino. This presents a problem with both of them talking at the same time. You can put a sketch on the arduino to hang it in a loop and then you may be able to talk to the XBee. There are also a couple of jumpers on the board that you can use to move it to different ports on the arduino. However, you'll have trouble with this as well. I recommend getting a usb adapter for the XBee so you can talk to it directly and then when you get it programmed, move it to the shield. Take a look at the schematic on Sparkfun and you'll see what I mean.