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Xbee Help

Posted by Jeslin Gan on August 13, 2010 at 7:00am

Hi all, I had purchased the Xbee 1mW Wire Antenna modules from Sparkfun. Also, I am using the Sparkfun Xbee Explorer Dongle for the PC side while the ardupilot side is the Xbee Explorer Regulated.

May I know do we configure only Xbee Explorer Dongle into PC in order to contact to the Xbee module?

However, on the ardupilot side, how do we connect the Xbee to the Ardupilot Shield as I'm using the Xbee Explorer Regulated instead of the recommended Adafruit Xbee Adapter?

Sorry as I'm new to wireless communication and thanks if anyone can help me.

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Jeslin Gan August 19, 2010 at 9:15pm

May I know how do we interface the Xbee Explorer Regulated on the Ardupilot Shield with the Xbee Explorer Dongle on my PC? And can we connect the FTDI Cable directly to the Xbee Explorer Regulated?

Thanks for the help (:
Garry Qualls August 15, 2010 at 8:45pm

I wasted a lot of time on this very issue yesterday. It turns out that the XBee Explorer might have an issue with the 900 MHz XBee Pro. I found these two threads to be useful:

http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=20807

http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/xbee-900-help?commentId=70584...

I went ahead and shorted out the diode that they mention in that first link, but before I tested it, I tried Jordi's XtreamBee Board from the DIYDrones store and it worked right away. I have not gone back to test the Sparkfun board since my real goal is to get some DGPS stuff working, not putz around with XBees.
Scott Quartochi August 14, 2010 at 9:26am

Did you take a look at this yet? http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Wireless
Darren Ng August 14, 2010 at 7:30am

Hi Jeslin~

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