# what happens when xbee is powered on?

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/what-happens-when-xbee-is-powered-on/18714>\
**Category:** XBee & XBee Gateway\
**Tags:** startup, xbee\
**Created:** [September 13, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/what-happens-when-xbee-is-powered-on/18714 "2017-09-13T10:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![albe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@albe](https://forums.digi.com/u/albe)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/what-happens-when-xbee-is-powered-on/18714/1 "2017-09-13T10:41:19Z")

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Hi,

I am searching for a description of what happens when an xBee zb is powered on? Does the xBee send any messages? Is this process documented?

thank you  
-albe

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**Author:** ![mvut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.digi.com/mvut/32/31_2.png) [@mvut](https://forums.digi.com/u/mvut)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/what-happens-when-xbee-is-powered-on/18714/2 "2017-09-13T10:48:08Z")

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Yes that process is documented in the product manual. It is listed within the Association process for the Coordinator, router and end device configurations.