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RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-24T21:28:30+01:00

Good to know it's working anyway. Pity you can't get 2.72 to work because this would upgrade the firmware for you. Using flash gives much improved performance. At least now you can now load in some programs.

Statistics: Posted by ozfiddler — Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:28 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-24T19:15:04+01:00

WOOO

I re-installed V2.5 and clicked "troubleshoot compatibility" and it chose xp settings.

Now RoboBASIC works perfectly !!!

Ozfiddler, you are a genius

Statistics: Posted by Greeksta89 — Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:15 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-24T19:11:13+01:00

Thank you ozfiddler.

Seems like you know exactly where it is all going wrong for me lol!

However, when i run the file as administrator, i get an error message at every step ??

Is this fix for V2.5 or V2.72 ??

Luke

Statistics: Posted by Greeksta89 — Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:11 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-24T00:37:41+01:00

OK - I think I've got it.

1. Go to http://simplycomputing.com.au/robots/robonova-resources and download fix.zip. This is a modified fix file from the one included in the wiki - it includes a fix for MSINET.OCX registration.

2. Right click this and choose 'Run as administrator'

3. It should go through a series of steps with no errors.

4. Now right click the Robobasic program icon and select 'Troubleshoot compatability'

5. Select 'Try recommended settings" and this will open Robobasic under Windows XP settings.

6. This should now run correctly and if you follow the instructions and save these settings it should remember them for next time.

Note, the program does take a quite a few seconds to open so be patient! Also it seems to sometimes open minimised so check the task bar. Anyway, you should now get a white editing panel that you can type text into. I've done a reboot and the changes seem to stick, but you do get a warning message every time before the program opens.

Give this a try and let me know how it goes.

Statistics: Posted by ozfiddler — Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:37 am

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-23T23:25:41+01:00

Ah... I just tried loading the program onto my laptop with Win7 and I can see why you are having problems. The entire edit screen is greyed out and it's not possible to access it at all. It seems to be an incompatibility with Win7 - I'll have a look around and see if I can find a solution.

Otherwise I'm afraid your only other option is to use it with XP if you have access to an older computer.

Statistics: Posted by ozfiddler — Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:25 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-23T22:48:42+01:00

When you start up Robobasic v2.72 it opens on a blank page, with a menu along the top. Are you saying you can't even open the program?

Statistics: Posted by ozfiddler — Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:48 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-23T22:39:17+01:00

I cannot open any blank editing page or any existing (.bas) files.

When i try opening an existing (.bas) file or open a new page, nothing happens at all. I get no error message either.

So frustrating!

Luke

Statistics: Posted by Greeksta89 — Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:39 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-23T01:44:40+01:00

Luke, could you just confirm where exactly you are having a problem.

Can you open RoboBASIC v2.72 and get the blank editing page?
Can you use the file menu to open an existing (.bas) file?
Can you make an edit to that file?
Can you save that file again?
If you can get to the blank editing page can you type in some random text then save it as a .bas file?
If so, can you reopen that same file?

If no, what error messages are you getting?

Statistics: Posted by ozfiddler — Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:44 am

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-22T22:23:32+01:00

Thank you ozfiddler, been looking everywhere for that!!

Sadly, even after installing V2.72, i still cannot create new program files or open program files :s

Really frustratin me now as had this christmas and still not got it to work properly.

Also, i can't seem to download commands to the wireless controller

Thanks
Luke

Statistics: Posted by Greeksta89 — Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:23 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-22T06:41:21+01:00

Hi Luke, I've just set up a place where you can download v2.72. I'll try and add more stuff when I get time.

http://simplycomputing.com.au/robots/robonova-resources

Statistics: Posted by ozfiddler — Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:41 am

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-22T06:10:03+01:00

It might be worth trying an upgrade to v2.72.

Read this:

http://robosavvy.com/Builders/i-Bot/v272.pdf

Let me know if you need a copy of Robobasic v2.72.

Statistics: Posted by ozfiddler — Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:10 am

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-20T19:49:53+01:00

I've read quite a few different forums now, including the ones you posted.

I'm still having no luck with this!

I have downloaded the fix (.bat) file for windows 7 and ran it, but get an error message halfway through booting the file.

Also, i noticed that that fix for windows 7 is for RoboBASIC v2.72, i have V2.5. I cannot find V2.72 anywhere!

And to answer your question, when i try to create a new file or open a file already on the disc, nothing happens at all. The "open" dialogue box just disappears.

Really don't know what to do now as spent all that money for a product that doesn't work properly. Would Hitec themselves be able to help me as robobasic.com doesn't seem to be working?

Sorry for the super long post

Luke

Statistics: Posted by Greeksta89 — Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:49 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-06T05:15:57+01:00

Have you checked out the link I posted to the wiki page, under the section "roboBasic on Windows 7? There is a link there to this thread: http://robosavvy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1069. Do you get any error messages on opening? When you say it won't open files, what exactly does it do?

Statistics: Posted by PaulL — Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:15 am

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-05T21:24:28+01:00

Whenever I load up RoboBasic V2.5 (with the robot connected to the laptop or not) It will not allow me to open a new program file or open any templates??

Luke

Statistics: Posted by Greeksta89 — Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:24 pm

RoboBasic V2.5

2013-01-03T15:53:51+01:00

The PS2 controller looks to be the one provided briefly by Hitec specifically for the Robonova, although the receiver that mounts to the board looks to have been modified. If it works the same I have a sample code provided by Ostro that should get it working.

Code:: 'Template program for 2.4GHz wireless controller 'Hitec & Multiplex ROBONOVA-1 'by Ostrogoto0101 DIM buffer AS BYTE DIM char AS BYTE DIM char1 AS BYTE DIM a AS BYTE DIM b AS BYTE DIM e AS BYTE DIM f AS BYTE DIM i AS BYTE DIM X AS BYTE DIM A16 AS BYTE DIM luce AS INTEGER ERX 19200, b, bemt1 'Empty the RX buffer bemt1: ERX 19200, b, bemt2 bemt2: ERX 19200, a, bemt3 'Empty the RX buffer bemt3: ERX 19200, a, bemt4 bemt4: ERX 19200, f, bemt5 bemt5: ERX 19200, f,bemt6 bemt6: ERX 19200, i, bemt7 bemt7: ERX 19200, i,bemt8 bemt8: '== motor diretion setting ====================== DIR G6A,1,0,0,1,0,0 DIR G6B,1,1,1,1,1,1 DIR G6C,0,0,0,0,0,0 DIR G6D,0,1,1,0,1,0 '== motor start position read =================== GETMOTORSET G6A,1,1,1,1,1,0 GETMOTORSET G6B,1,1,1,0,0,0 GETMOTORSET G6C,1,1,1,0,0,0 GETMOTORSET G6D,1,1,1,1,1,0 SPEED 15 '== motor power on ============================= MOTOR G24 '================================================ GOSUB standard_pose main: OUT 52,0 FPWM 2,1,0 char="a" 'Byte 0 ETX 19200,char 'Send character loop1: ERX 19200,a,loop1 'Receive character char="b" 'Byte 1 ETX 19200,char 'Send character loop2: ERX 19200,b,loop2 'Receive character char="e" ETX 19200,char loop3: ERX 19200,e,loop3 char="f" ETX 19200,char loop4: ERX 19200,f,loop4 GOTO movement movement: 'Use single Bit buffer = a.0 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move14 'Select buffer = a.1 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move15 'L3 buffer = a.2 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move16 'R3 buffer = a.3 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move13 'Start buffer = a.4 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move1 'Up buffer = a.5 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move4 'Right buffer = a.6 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move2 'Down buffer = a.7 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move3 'Left buffer = b.0 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move12 'L2 buffer = b.1 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move10 'R2 buffer = b.2 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move11 'L1 buffer = b.3 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move9 'R1 buffer = b.4 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move6 'Triangle buffer = b.5 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move5 'Square buffer = b.6 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move8 'Cross buffer = b.7 IF buffer = 0 THEN GOTO move7 'Circle buffer = e IF buffer <70> 180 THEN GOTO move4 buffer = F IF buffer <70> 180 THEN GOTO move2 GOTO main or you can move a servo using this command! char="f" ETX 19200,char loop4a: ERX 19200,f,loop4a SERVO 12,f GOTO movement movement: buffer =f GOTO main

Statistics: Posted by serithseraki — Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:53 pm