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XBee is the brand name from Digi International for a family of form factor compatible radio modules. The first XBee radios were introduced under the MaxStream brand in 2005 and were based on the 802.15.4-2003 standard designed for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications at over-the-air baud rates of 250 kbit/s.

More information on XBee can be found on this Wikipedia article, where there also are many useful links (the excerpt was also taken from it).

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Can an XBee be programmed with an XBee Shield

I have an XBee and an XBee Arduino shield. Can I program my XBee through my Arduino Twenty-Ten and an XBee shield? Can I do anything with just one XBee?
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How does baud rate affect power consumtion on a Xbee module?

How do baud rates affect power consumption on Xbee wireless modules? For example: What would be more power efficent: Sending a packet with lower baud rate or with one, twice greater than the first, but thus saving time and being able to set the…
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XBee needs reset for every action I do in X-CTU

I am setting up my XBee radio using the official X-CTU tool. The XBee is connected to a USB XBee explorer. The first time I did it was a few weeks ago, and I kept getting errors (see below), but however not constantly. Today, I have not been able to…
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Use XBee IO with out microcontroller

Im going to be using XBees in my project to wirelessly communicate between things, one of the devices is going to have a set of switches and 1 output - the xbee has enough IO to handle it. Is it possible to program the XBee to do the processing…
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Xbee receiver producing garbage characters when not transferring data

We are trying to make two Xbees communicate with each other. One Xbee module (configured as transmitter) is connected to one PC (PC1), and the other Xbee module (configured as receiver) is connected to another PC (PC2). Using HyperTerminal of PC1,…
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ZIF Sockets for xbee

Does anyone make a ZIF socket for Xbee? It seems like a needed item, since you need to program each Xbee with X-CTU before installing it in it's final circuit. But, I can't seem to find one.
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Why can 2 xbee units not discover each other?

I have followed the steps outlined here and everything appeared to work 100%. However, when I open up X-CTU and click "Digi Device Discovery" the two xbee units cannot find each other. My suspicion is because the coordinator node is on channel…
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XBEE Antennas and their range

I have an XBEE (XBee 2mW PCB Antenna - Series 2 (ZigBee Mesh)) and it only seems to work within 5 feet of the other Xbee. Is there a certain orientation or line of sight parameter for Xbee's? Is it possible something else could be causing…
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Xbee series 2 drops off network without apparent cause - diagnostic suggestions?

I've built a meter reader, based around an ATMega 328P and an XBee series 2. The initial protoype built with an Adafruit trinket pro (3.3V) and it worked like a charm. It was stable for 10ish days, before it ran out of battery. To improve battery…
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Xbee data messed up with 2 sensors communicating to master

I have an Xbee Master and slave set up as below (from Arduino website): This way works great for 1-1 communication. I'm getting my serial data perfectly. However, when I had one more slave, the data is completely messed up. How exactly can I get…
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xbee doesn't respond to command sequence

I have two Xbee S6 wifi modules (XB24-WFSIT-001 rev G), DF robot xbee atapter V2 and sparkfun XBee Explorer USB. I'm able to upload firmware to any of them (version 102D for example) using sparkfun adapter,(not df robot's one), but X-CTU can't set…
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How to configure Xbee S2C module(end device) in order to avoid merging of data at another Xbee S2C(coordinator)?

from India. I am working on a project where multiple xbee s2c devices form a star network, i.e., 1 coordinator and 3 end devices. Each end device attached to the Arduino Uno, coordinator to the NodeMCU. I am collecting data from all 3 end devices…
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Xbee Running Stuff that Requires More than 3 Volts

Electronics newbie here. I have an xbee remote that I want to control a model train smoker (6 volt) and a motor (6 volt) (separate channels). The remote runs off of 3 volts and puts 3 volts out in the output channels. A guy at Radio Shack drew up a…
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Digi XCTU 7.0 not recognizing Xbee Pro SX but can recover without issue

I've assembled a custom PCB that has a Xbee Pro SX on it. After not using it for about a month, I am unable to add it to XCTU, or to communicate with it over UART. However, I am able to use Xbee Recovery to reset the firmware without issue, so I…
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Is it possible to restart XBee with command when power on?

I am using XBee S2 ZigBee to do wireless communication, but sometimes I met cases that XBee failed to get some data frame and after several rounds it stopped. I found out that after I power off both XBees and then power on again, it will work again.…
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