# xbee s1 not transmiting what might be wrong

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**Created:** [January 15, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/xbee-s1-not-transmiting-what-might-be-wrong/21043 "2020-01-15T16:19:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![terryschulz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@terryschulz](https://forums.digi.com/u/terryschulz)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/xbee-s1-not-transmiting-what-might-be-wrong/21043/1 "2020-01-15T16:19:39Z")

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I am not getting a frequency off my frequency counter

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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:** [January 16, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/xbee-s1-not-transmiting-what-might-be-wrong/21043/2 "2020-01-16T16:15:25Z")

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Terryschulz,

What do you mean by Frequency Counter? Do you have this device configured at default settings? If so, it will transmit any serial data that is received on its UART (3V CMOS level).