Ez B & Xbee Connection Question

Hi, my name is Eric I am having trouble getting ARC connected to the ez board. I am using 2 xbee instead of Bluetooth. I can get the xbee to communicate with each other using DIGI software but not to ezrobot. Baud rate for the xbee is 9600, I am not sure what it is for ez robot? The com 3 port shows in ARC but the pop-up saying there is no connection. I am using windows 8, can anyone help with suggestions? Thanks in advance,Eric