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Xbee S1 issues

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I have been banging my head trying to figure out what the issue is with a couple of Xbees I ordered last month, and finally figured out that two of the three XBee Module - Series 1 - 1mW with Wire Antenna (XB24-AWI-001) that I purchased don't work (I only just got to the electronics part of my project in the past week).

I determined this when I took turns plugging each of the three into the Adafruit adapter I assembled. Only one of them worked.

I can only find the one of the three Xbees in XCTU. The green light on the adapter only blinks with the one that works. I have attached photos of the Xbee in the adapter using FDTI friend to connect to my Windows computer.
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Re: Xbee S1 issues

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You really can't solder header pins that way. I think you've probably got some bad connections. You should be using right-angle header:
https://www.adafruit.com/products/1540

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Re: Xbee S1 issues

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How is what I did different than the instructions on the adafruit page here?:
https://learn.adafruit.com/xbee-radios/solder-it

That is what I was following.

It gives a couple of choices, including to solder the header flat against the back of the adapter, so that it sticks out along the edge.

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Re: Xbee S1 issues

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Huh. I've never seen it done that way before. But if it works...

Do you have a multimeter? Can you check the continuity on each of those pins?

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Re: Xbee S1 issues

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Continuity is good. I purchased three Xbees from adafruit. One of the Xbees works fine with this setup. The other two never have. I am thinking that the Xbees themselves are bad.

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Re: Xbee S1 issues

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We can try replacing them. Please email [email protected] with a link to this thread for replacement XBees

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Re: Xbee S1 issues

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Thanks.

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