Xbee configuration question

mhamen3

Hi,

I'm trying to get two props to communicate via xbee and I'm wondering about the xbee configuration. If the xbees are both set to their default configuration they should be able to communicate in transparent mode without changing the configuration right? So if I use the X-CTU software to restore both then plug them into my boards I should be able to send and receive signals like this:

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on Transmitter side
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PUB Transmitter
  XB.start(XB_Rx, XB_Tx, 0, Baud)
  Repeat
    XB.dec(1234)

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on receiving side
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PUB Receiver  |   Data
  XB.start(XB_Rx, XB_Tx, 0, Baud)
  Repeat
    Data = XB.RxDec

Am I correct in thinking that I don't need any configuration for transparent communcation in order for one prop to send 1234 to the other?

davejames

Hi mhamen3,

Double posts are a Forum no-no:
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?134682-Forum-Guidelines

The sister post in the Propeller forum has been removed.

mhamen3

Sorry DaveJames

Rforbes

mhamen3-

PUB Transmitter 
 XB.start(XB_Rx, XB_Tx, 0, Baud)   
 Repeat     
    XB.dec(1234)
    XB.CR

Adding the "xb.cr" in your transmitter code should fix you up. Oh, and also fix your receiver code:

 Data = XB.RxDec

should be

Data:= XB.RxDec

Tracy Allen

Just checking, do you have the series 1 (802.15.4) XBees, or series 2 (ZB, Zigbee)? What you say about functionality out of the box is true for the former, not the latter.

mhamen3

Thanks for the responses guys. Excuse the typos in the code, I was just trying to show a quick example. An earlier posting showing the full code for each proved too long for people to bother with. I was just questioning whether they were good to go out of the box. Thanks for the answer, Tracy.

I got the xbees successfully transferring data and printing to the PST yesterday.