Optional: Install Xctu Updates; Step 3: Set Up Your First Wireless Connection; Add Xbee Modules To Xctu - Digi XBee S2C DigiMesh 2.4 Kit Getting Started Manual

Set up your XBee devices
developers once you have finished installing XCTU.
Download and install XCTU:
1. Go to www.digi.com/xctu.
2. Click Download XCTU.
3. Under Utilities, click the OSX installer link.
4. When the file has finished downloading, unzip and run the executable file and follow the steps
in the XCTU Setup Wizard. A "What's new" dialog appears when installation is complete.

Optional: Install XCTU updates

When you start XCTU, you may be notified about software updates. You should always run the latest
version of XCTU.
1. When a new version is available, a popup window appears in the bottom-right corner of XCTU.
2. Click on that window and follow the prompts to install the XCTU update.
You can also do the following:
Check for updates and manually update the tool by clicking Help > Check for XCTU Updates.
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Check the XCTU version by clicking Help > About XCTU.
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For more information about XCTU, see the

Step 3: Set up your first wireless connection

This section shows you how to configure two XBee modules in AT (transparent) mode. The XBee
module passes information along exactly as it receives it. All serial data received by the XBee module
is sent wirelessly to a remote destination XBee module.
If you get stuck, see Troubleshooting.

Add XBee modules to XCTU

These instructions show you how to add two XBee modules to XCTU. However, you can use these
instructions to add any number of XBee modules.
1. Connect two XBee modules to your computer using the USB cables.
Tip Connect the two shorter range XBee modules instead of the longer range XBee-PRO
modules. This makes it easier to set up a mesh network. See
2. Launch XCTU.
3. Click the Configuration working modes button
4. Click the Discover radio modules button
5. In the Discover radio devices dialog, select the serial ports where you want to look for XBee
modules, and click Next.
6. In the Set port parameters window, maintain the default values and click Finish.
As XCTU locates radio modules, they appear in the Discovering radio modules dialog box.
XBee S2C DigiMesh 2.4 Kit Getting Started Guide

Step 3: Set up your first wireless connection

XCTU walkthrough.
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