Need Help - I’m trying to communicate to Arduino. Arduino is installed on quad-copter.
I have Windows Vista. I have 2 XBee Pros; SparkFun USB board (Explorer Dongle); XBee shield; and other stuff to set up two-way communication to Arduino.
How do I set up the SparkFun Explorer Dongle such that the XBee Pro can communicate? I’ve tried numerous things with no success.
Thanks,
JW
As far as the USB goes, you should be able to treat it just like any other serial device. You can transmit to it using the arduino serial monitor.
I don’t know if that’s the part your having trouble with.
Which XBee Pro? There are two different XBee hardware modules running four different protocols.
Post the Firmware version in the XBees you are using (obtained from ‘Test/Query’ in X-CTU).
Does the Arduino communicate with your PC without the XBees? Get this working first.
Isn’t there a jumper on the Arduino board to switch between bootloading and serial com?
Search and read the many other threads in the forums. This is a very common problem.