Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Now, let's start to configure your two devices to talk. You'll need to configure both
devices by plugging them into your host computer. Plug one of the devices into the small
XBee-specific USB shield and then connect the shield to your personal computer. Your
computer should find the latest drivers for the device. You should see your device when
you select the
Devices and Printers
selection from the
Start
menu, as shown in the fol-
lowing screenshot:
The device is now available to communicate via the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless interface. We
could set up a full ZigBee-compliant network, but we're just going to communicate from
one device to another directly. So, we'll just use the device as a serial port connection.
Double-click on the device and then select the
Hardware
tab; you should see the follow-
ing screenshot:
