XBees and Arduino Communication

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) Hardware Interfacing
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Hi,
Im using 2 XBees series 1 (one with Sparkfun XBee sheild),usb explorer and Arduino Deuminalove 328 controller board.

Ive followed the link given here: Xbee Adapter - wireless Arduino programming.

I am not sure if i have to jumper the RTS/DIO3 as required and set up the reset circuit (in the web)for the RX XBee.

My problem here is my Transmitter XBee cant seem to communicate with the Receiver XBee(with arduino) and the range test keeps failing(it shows 0% range).

What should i do to get the point to point communication between XBees first before i get the XBees talking with the Board itself?

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Please post links to the hardware that you have, specifically, the XBee shield and the USB explorer, just so we know we are talking about the same things.

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This is what i am using so far..

Xbee retail kit( Sheild+ usb explorer+modems)
.http://www.littlebirdelectronics.com/products/XBee-Wireless-Kit-Retail.html

Arduino Deuminalove 328 board -http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardDuemilanove.

I have mounted the sheild on top of the arduino board and have followed instructions from this link. -Xbee Adapter - wireless Arduino programming

I do get a link-up(rss on sheild blinks) and the transmitter modem does have the tx(blinking) but using the X TCU utility,the range test fails at it stays at 0%.

what can i do ?

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What configuration have you performed on the XBees (using X-CTU)?

What firmware version have you got installed?

What PAN ID, MY, and DL settings are assigned to each XBee?

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the XBee configuration was done at 57600 baud rate.

For TX XBee- (57600 rate, packetization 10, Di03 Output,i/o enabled) -Jumpered RTS with DIO03 pin(Explorer)

RX XBee- (57600,packetization 10, DIO03 input, i/o disabled..etc)

The config done in X-CTU is the same as the config provided in this link lhttp://www.ladyada.net/make/xbee/arduino.html.

Firmware is up to date(not sure which)

PAN ID is default at 3332, and wats MY and DL settings btw?

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Look at the first picture on that (mangled) link that show the modem configuration page. The last two lines in that picture show MY and DL.

MY is the address of the XBee being configured. You set it to some value. DL is the address of the XBee that you want to talk to (its MY address).

If you set MY to 8001 on the first XBee, and 8002 on the second XBee, DL on the first XBee would be 8002, and DL would be 8001 on the second XBee.