Xbee Series 1 line passing

Wireless & IoT
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Both modules are using firmware 10E8.

After dozens of failed configurations, my latest attempt is to follow exactly the directions at: http://www.digi.com/support/kbase/kbase … sp?id=2188

To summarize:

Sender

DL = 0x1234

MY = 0x5678

D3 = 0x3

D4 = 0x3

IC = 0x18

IT = 0x2

IR = 0x32

Receiver

DL = 0x5678

MY = 0x1234

D3 = 0x4

D4 = 0x4

T3 = 0x64

T4 = 0x64

IA = 0xFFFF

Both modules have 3.3V connected to pin 1, ground connected to pin 10. I put a voltmeter on pin 17 (AD3) of the receiver, but I can’t get it to change from ~0. I’m putting 3.3V on pin 17 of the sender, I’ve tried connecting 3.3V to pin 14 (VREF) of the receiver, or leaving it unconnected.

I thought this was supposed to be simple, but I’m tearing my hair out. I’ve tried everything that makes any sense to me, and a lot of things that don’t. So, starting from this basic setup, where do I need to go from here?

Thanks!

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I should mention, I searched the forums here and at Digi, and googled “xbee configuration”, “xbee setup”, “xbee line passing”, “xbee troubleshooting”, “xbee faq” and “xbee tutorial”. I tried every possible solution I found in the first 2 pages of each search, to no avail.

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are they on the same channel and pan? in xctu iirc it’s the first two options in modem configuration.

4

pchalla90:
are they on the same channel and pan? in xctu iirc it’s the first two options in modem configuration.

Yes. After messing around with the settings for so long, I thought it would be best to restore them both to defaults. The only changes I made thereafter were the settings listed above. So the channel is C, and the PAN is 3332, for both.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

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dishpit:
I should mention, I searched the forums here and at Digi, and googled “xbee configuration”, “xbee setup”, “xbee line passing”, “xbee troubleshooting”, “xbee faq” and “xbee tutorial”. I tried every possible solution I found in the first 2 pages of each search, to no avail.

Do you have the XBee user/OEM manual? It's well done. About 100 pages.
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stevech:
Do you have the XBee user/OEM manual? It’s well done. About 100 pages.

Are you referring to something other than the one sparkfun links to? http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Wire … Manual.pdf