Bees Shield v2.12 & Seeeduino v3.0 not working

I've connected the Bees Shield v2.12 up with a regular old XBee Pro and a Seeeduino v3.0. I bought these a few years ago for a project I never quite got off the ground so I'm a bit behind the curve on using these.

I'm running the following code:

Code:

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial mySerial(7, 8);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("Goodnight moon!");

  // set the data rate for the SoftwareSerial port
  mySerial.begin(9600);
  mySerial.println("Hello, world?");
}

void loop() {
  // run over and over
  delay(1000);
  mySerial.println("Hello, world?");
}

I get nothing when monitoring the Coordinator on a serial port and the XBees Shield configured per instructions with jumpers indicated like the wiki image. I did confirm that the code works without the Bees Shield by connecting the Seeeduino v3.0 to a Ladyada XBee breakout board and was able to see comms with the Coordinator so I'm thinking this is a shield problem. I tried it on a second shield as well.

The odd thing is the ON light starts by staying on, and the ASSOC light starts flashing like it's acquiring a signal but then after about 5 seconds, it goes out. Are these boards not giving enough juice to the part? The wiki says it it's compatible with 3.3v which is what the XBee needs.

Statistics : Posted by mcgski • on Sat Jan 03, 2015 3:34 pm • Replies 2 • Views 227

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