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Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-21T09:46:21+01:00

i-Bot wrote:
Now we know your hardware is OK, what software versions are you running ?
What does controller information in Robobasic say for firmware.ver ?
What does help:about say for robobasic version ?
Where is the source of your templates ?

Have not run Robobasic again at the moment, so will get back on Firmware.ver?

The templates I am using are the ones supplied on the Robonova disk that is supplied. I am using Robobasic 2.5.

Will get back on what firmware.ver the controller is using.

I cannot get the remote to work. I don't get the flashing blue light as I just dropped the figures in the votage settings, as discribed in the Robonova manual and fixed the blue light problem, but problem is remote does not seem to operate Robonova no matter what I do.

The guy I got it from was saying the remote does not respond quicky, but is slow, something like 2 seconds before a command is carried out, tried that, still no commands work from the remote.

Statistics: Posted by denodan — Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:46 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-20T15:14:32+01:00

Now we know your hardware is OK, what software versions are you running ?
What does controller information in Robobasic say for firmware.ver ?
What does help:about say for robobasic version ?
Where is the source of your templates ?

Statistics: Posted by i-Bot — Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:14 pm

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-20T08:44:04+01:00

denodan wrote:
Fritzoid wrote:Robotics is like an adventure game. The tools you need and all the clues are hidden in plain sight. The very wise i-bot is gently trying to point you in the right direction. You would do well to go back and study his responses carefully.

Less cryptically, the light blinks because the software thinks that you have a battery monitor attached to the robot and you do not. These systems shipped with the flaw so the problem is well known. Either build a battery monitor or comment-out the line in the program and your problem is solved. Search this forum for further details.

Now that is strange. Put Robonova back on the computer. Took it off, did nothing and now the blue light Stays on, but now how do you use the remote?

Deos not do anythng, and followed the instructions on the back about setting channel.

Thought he meant to have preinstalled moves on the remote? And the batteries are good, so not batteries in the remote

tried the main template on disk, loaded it ran it, got an error in line 9, error 25 (goto) no exist used lable name.

Deleted that line, put differnt values in the battery voltage. It stopped the blinking light. Got the beep to say program loaded, tried remote, nothing.

Line 9 in the main template seems to be a problem though. Weither it effects the program, or not, or causes the remote to work is a mystery?

Statistics: Posted by denodan — Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:44 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T19:56:39+01:00

Fritzoid wrote:
Robotics is like an adventure game. The tools you need and all the clues are hidden in plain sight. The very wise i-bot is gently trying to point you in the right direction. You would do well to go back and study his responses carefully.

Less cryptically, the light blinks because the software thinks that you have a battery monitor attached to the robot and you do not. These systems shipped with the flaw so the problem is well known. Either build a battery monitor or comment-out the line in the program and your problem is solved. Search this forum for further details.

Now that is strange. Put Robonova back on the computer. Took it off, did nothing and now the blue light Stays on, but now how do you use the remote?

Deos not do anythng, and followed the instructions on the back about setting channel.

Thought he meant to have preinstalled moves on the remote? And the batteries are good, so not batteries in the remote

Statistics: Posted by denodan — Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:56 pm

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T19:40:20+01:00

Robotics is like an adventure game. The tools you need and all the clues are hidden in plain sight. The very wise i-bot is gently trying to point you in the right direction. You would do well to go back and study his responses carefully.

Less cryptically, the light blinks because the software thinks that you have a battery monitor attached to the robot and you do not. These systems shipped with the flaw so the problem is well known. Either build a battery monitor or comment-out the line in the program and your problem is solved. Search this forum for further details.

Statistics: Posted by Fritzoid — Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:40 pm

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T19:28:38+01:00

i-Bot wrote:
The standard confguration of the servos is shown on page 42 of the manual. Servos 5,9,10,11,15,16,17,23 are not present on a standard RN1. They are used forlater addition of Knee, hip, gripper, head or neck servos.

You should be able to move the other servos according to page 42.

Ok, so the servos are working, but does not solve the problem why my blue light blinks? So not a servo problem

Statistics: Posted by denodan — Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:28 pm

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2010-04-19T13:51:53+01:00

The standard confguration of the servos is shown on page 42 of the manual. Servos 5,9,10,11,15,16,17,23 are not present on a standard RN1. They are used forlater addition of Knee, hip, gripper, head or neck servos.

You should be able to move the other servos according to page 42.

Statistics: Posted by i-Bot — Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:51 pm

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2010-04-19T11:57:40+01:00

i-Bot wrote:
Hang about, there are only 3 servos per arm ! Are you looking for 6 ?

Motors 9,10,11,15,16,17 don't work, just tried to control the indivual motors

Statistics: Posted by denodan — Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:57 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T11:47:06+01:00

5 and 23 shouldn't do anything either.

Statistics: Posted by i-Bot — Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:47 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T11:39:55+01:00

Hang about, there are only 3 servos per arm ! Are you looking for 6 ?

Statistics: Posted by i-Bot — Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:39 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T11:37:41+01:00

It is very strange that those sets of servos do not work. plugs can come loose.
You could try swapping a servo between leg and arm to find if servo or controller problem.

Statistics: Posted by i-Bot — Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:37 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T10:53:25+01:00

i-Bot wrote:
Check against the manual that those servos are plugged in the right place, and the servo plugs are the right way round.

Strange I don't know why they would not be the right place, when I got it allready built up and the guy claimed it was going? It has been used?

So wonder why I would need to check this?

Statistics: Posted by denodan — Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:53 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T10:43:17+01:00

Check against the manual that those servos are plugged in the right place, and the servo plugs are the right way round.

Statistics: Posted by i-Bot — Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:43 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-19T08:06:56+01:00

i-Bot wrote:
If your Blue LED is flashing and the servos moving, it is unlikely, your processor is broken.
Does the battery voltage drop significantly when the servos move ?
Try the direct control of the servos.

Just tried the script mode to try and move the servos using the sliders. Seems Left Arm 9,10,11 and Right Arm 15,16,17 are not responding when moving the sliders.

Seems everything else is working apart from those mentioned above. The legs, etc work, just problems with the above postions.

The guy I got ot off must have known it was faulty? He claimed it worked one month before he sold it, but doubt it, with problems like this going on it was obvious the Robot did not work when he sold it.

Statistics: Posted by denodan — Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:06 am

Got Robonova but cannot get it going? Help

2010-04-14T20:04:26+01:00

If your Blue LED is flashing and the servos moving, it is unlikely, your processor is broken.
Does the battery voltage drop significantly when the servos move ?
Try the direct control of the servos.

Statistics: Posted by i-Bot — Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:04 pm