XBee S2 for Remote Car on Arduino

Wireless & IoT
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Hi!

FIrst of all, yes, I googled.

I have an RC car, controlled by Arduino (oh, don’t ask why), with the Adafruit Motorshield on top.

By using simple code i made the car moving.

I need it to recieve the pushbuttons data, so it will move forward, backward, right and left.

Special for that (and for future education purposes) I got two XBee Series 2, with the Explorer (Regulated) and Explorer USB.

Right now I am having problems with direct input of XBee.

I want simply connect pushbuttons to DIO0-DIO3 of one XBee and have it as output on DIO0-DIO3 of another XBee.

After that I want to connect it to Arduino and make it move the wheels by the motorshield.

I was trying to follow many instructions, but, whatever I do, nothing works, so i stoped at that particular one:

http://www.freakent.co.uk/2013/01/20/lo … r-network/

At the and I am getting RSSI being ON on both XBee modules, and DOUT of reciever module.

However, test LED on the DIO0 does not flash.

This is my test circuit for XBees:http://forums.parallax.com/attachment.p … 1364962629

Please, any help, tip or guidance will be an asset.

ps.

I power up the circuit by AAA batteries. Could i have problems because of power lackage?

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I was suggested to parse the 0x92 frames that the arduino will receive and then take actions.

Though, do not know how to do that and if it will work.

What is my next step?

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What is my next step?

Do a lot of reading.

Study the XBee S2 document (Doc #90000976 downloaded from Digi Int).

Search and read through the threads in these SparkFun forums. What you want to do has been discussed.

Here are some links that may help:

http://www.circuitsathome.com/category/wireless/xbee

http://code.google.com/p/libxbee/

http://www.faludi.com/2006/12/03/xbee-d … -with-adc/

This does what you originally asked about but can only be done with Series 1 XBee not series 2.

http://nootropicdesign.com/projectlab/2 … re-sensor/

http://lizard43.blogspot.com/2009/04/xb … -mode.html