Xbee Help

I don't know if this will help anyone else, but two issues I'm having with the Xbees that I just purchased:

1: The status light doesn't 'flash' like all of the instructionals suggest it should, it is just solidly lit up. It doesn't seem to impair performance though?

2: The XBee will only work the first time after a new sketch is uploaded. If i go to view the Serial output, i see it launch perfectly. Then i click the view serial output button again, and it wont start up.

Any thoughts?

What series XBee?
Did the baud rate of the XBee get changed with an AT command after the initial
setup?

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