How to get Xbee pro s3b 900hp's to communicate via Arduino?

XBee & XBee Gateway Interface/Development Boards
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I am trying to get two Arduino pro mini’s 3.3v 8mhz to communicate with each other via Xbee pro 900hp’s. When I straight up connect the Xbee’s to my machine via USB on XTCU, I am able to get the Xbee’s to communicate with each other through the terminal flawlessly. However, when I connect the Xbee’s to the Arduino’s they no longer seem to function. My connections are as follows:

Xbee <-> Arduino

  1. Vcc Vcc
  2. Output Rx
  3. Input Tx
  4. GND GND

If anyone has successfully been able to solve this problem, much help would be appreciated.

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Make sure that both XBee and Arduino are operating on same serial settings viz. Baud Rate, Parity, Stop Bits and Flow Control.