Xbee Rover: should Xbee module/wireless shield interfere with sketch upload?

Lynxmotion Rovers, Sumo, and Tracked
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we assembled the Xbee rover for the first time including the Xbee module attached (and the LIO battery also attached) via the Xbee wireless shield and tried to upload a sample sketch (or even blink) and received a trouble uploading error. So we removed the shield from the main board and then the sketch upload worked fine.

Should you have to detach the XBee shield (or the LIPO battery) to be able to upload a sketch?

thanks
Jordan

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When uploading a sketch to the board, the serial line cannot be connected to the XBee module. There is a switch at the front of the board which must be moved over to the empty XBee slot when uploading a sketch, and then back to the “active” slot after the sketch has been uploaded.