Configure the first two devices in Transparent mode

To transmit data wirelessly between your XBee devices, configure them to be in the same network.

Tip  To locate a device, select it in XCTU and click the Read radio settings button . The Rx and Tx LED lights on its development board blink green and yellow.

Set up the first XBee device (XBEE_A)

  1. Select the first XBee device.

  1. Click the Load default firmware settings button .

    Tip  In the following steps, type parameter letters in the Search box to quickly find a parameter.

  1. Configure the following parameters:

    ID: 2015
    DH: 0013A200
    DL: SL of XBEE_B (Enter the last eight characters of the MAC address for XBEE_B. Or select XBEE_B and find its SL value.)
    NI: XBEE_A

  2. Click the Write radio settings button .

Set up the second XBee device (XBEE_B)

  1. Configure the following parameters:

    ID: 2015
    DH: 0013A200
    DL: SL of XBEE_A (Enter the last eight characters of the MAC address for XBEE_A. Or select XBEE_A and find its SL value.)
    NI: XBEE_B

  1. Click the Write radio settings button .

After you write the radio settings for the XBee devices, their names appear in the Radio Modules area.

For more information about the parameters, see the following table:

Parameter XBEE_A XBEE_B Effect
ID 2015 2015 Defines the network that a device will attach to. This must be the same for all devices in your network.
DH 0013A200 0013A200 Defines the destination address (high part) for the message.
DL SL of XBEE_B SL of XBEE_A

Defines the destination address (low part) for the message. The value of this setting is the Serial Number Low (SL) of the other XBee device.
NI XBEE_A XBEE_B

Defines the node identifier.

Note The default NI value is a blank space. Delete the space when you change the value.