RCB-3HV Upgrade

[PaulP]

I just noticed this News link

http://www.robots-dreams.com/2007/02/ko ... ases_.html

Here on this site.

Does anyone have any information on this?

Is it an upgrade to existing controllers as seems to be implied on Robospot and Kondo website and am I right in my interpretation that we have to post our RCB3's to the manufacturer for upgrading?

[Big]

I would also be interested to know when the RC3HV ships with the KHR-1HV as I am about to order mine. I will send an e-mail tonight and will hopefully have a reply when I wake up.

I will post if I get a useful response.

[PaulP]

Have you had a reply yet Big?

[MistStrider]

I checked out the link PaulP. It does read that way.

I wonder if the current version of the H2H3 will support the new firmware without having to be patched!? Have you seen anything regarding this in your hunting? I haven't found anything yet myself.

[lampcov]

Guys-

If you click this link http://tinyurl.com/268x2m it is a translation of the Kondo-Robots support page relating to the 3HV upgrade.

It appears some bots are shipping with this upgrade, you need to check the barcode on the board.

Otherwise you will need to ship the board to Kondo at your expense, and download the new version of H2H, which is on that link as well.

Good Luck,

Marc

[PaulP]

Hi Marc

Thats the same translation I got from Yahoo. The page has changed since I first saw it.


- Commission- 3,000 Yen (including tax)

Thats about £12.00......

Update commission, the case where it dispatches from our company postage, generation pulling commission included.

I think this means you will be invoiced.....

- Payment methods-
Only generation pulling. Please pay to the delivery member the occasion where the commodity arrives.

There's the clincher.... Cash-On-Delivery.... if im not mistaken.

So no overseas facilities....

[lampcov]

Now if only there was someone who read this board, and was in Japan and might be kind enough to let you use their address......

[PaulP]

who might for a few quid(thousand yen)....

[tempusmaster]

Now if only there was someone who read this board, and was in Japan and might be kind enough to let you use their address......

I'm kind, but not that kind...

Being responsible for importing/exporting and other people's electronic components is something I would definitely like to avoid. The place to start would be with the distributor that you bought the robot/RCB3 from. At this point, they may not know since the update seminar that I attended last Sunday was pre-release and limited to a maximum of 15 people.

To answer some of the questions already raised-

1- It's not a mandatory upgrade - if you're happy with the robots performance then you might want to wait a bit before upgrading to see if there are any bugs or problems.

2- The reason for the upgrade is added functions and features rather than bug fixes.

3- All motions/scenarios/settings (including gyro settings) need to be backed up before the upgrade since all data on the chip will be erased by the new firmware installation.

4- Existing motion sequences will need to be modified to work with the new firmware. The primary reason is the improved processing speed of branch objects (SET) will throw motion sequence timing off. The new RCB3 documentation goes through this in some detail (Japanese).

5- The original H2H3 and the H2H3J applications will not work correctly with the upgraded firmware - they don't support the new functionality. There's a new H2H3 version for use with the upgraded boards.

This implies that at least for now you wouldn't be able to use the English version of the software with an upgraded board since the only English version is for H2H3J.

In my particular case, I had one board upgraded and kept my other one untouched just in case I had to revert back to the original configuration.

Some of the other people in the seminar were really hot to try out the new firmware immediately, so I'm sure they will be posting about it on their blogs very soon. Actually, at the end of the seminar when they first started showing off the upgraded RCB3 in the modified KHR-1HV in the video clip, everyone burst into applause.

My schedule's pretty hectic, so it will probably be a week or two before I can free up the time to reinstall the board and start playing with it. I'll blog about what I find on Robots Dreams, of course.

[MistStrider]

Thanks for the info chaps.

I think though I'm gonna hold off for a bit and get to grips with the current RC3. The thought off importing/exporting electronics kinda make my toes curl the wrong way

Besides I've only just got a new head for mine

[Robo1]

Just some info about the price of import/export.

I sent my board back for repair

It cost me 3.50 pounds to send, 15 pounds repair and postage back.

It took about 3 week from the time I posted it until it was back on my desk. The boards so small it fits in a small jiffy bag.

bren

[arronlee]

Guys-

If you click this link http://tinyurl.com/268x2m it is a translation of the Kondo-Robots support page relating to the 3HV upgrade.

It appears some bots are shipping with this upgrade, you need to check the barcode on the board.

Otherwise you will need to ship the board to Kondo at your expense, and download the new version of H2H, which is on that link as well.

Good Luck,

Marc

Hi, lampcov.
I wonder whether the barcode scanner I am testing these days can help with barcode reading process. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.


Best regards,
Arron