Should I solder Xbee headers to arduino board?

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Hi, I recently bought this kit: https://www.robotshop.com/ca/en/dfrobotshop-rover-tracked-robot-xbee-kit.html

I was wondering if I have to solder the two 2mm 10 pin Xbee headers that I bought to the arduino board before putting the Xbee module into the header?

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Hey @Jackman9061

Yes, solder the headers without the xbees in them. You might damage the modules if you do.

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Hi @Magmator

Thanks for the info on the headers. I’ve been busy with things so I just soldered the headers on the board and put an xbee module in it yesterday. When I put in either xbee module into the USB adapter they get detected, but when I put either on the board they don’t get detected by the XCTU program. But I can transfer coding to the board in the Arduino program. So what am I doing wrong? Do I need to update the USB driver for to XCTU to detect my Xbee module on my board? I wouldn’t be asking people on the forums for this solution if the instructions that are given for the product were more detailed. I’m completely new to robots, so I really appreciated the help you’ve given me thus far.

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The xbee modules are not supposed to get detected when they are in the slots on the board.
Make sure to read carefully page 25 of the guide: https://www.robotshop.com/media/files/pdf/dfrobotshop-rover-user-guide.pdf

Then upload sketch #2 at page 27 to the arduino.

Let me know the results