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My Cm-5 doesnt work

Bioloid robot kit from Korean company Robotis; CM5 controller block, AX12 servos..
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My Cm-5 doesnt work

Post by Hello31 » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:06 pm

Post by Hello31
Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:06 pm

When i press the on button It Blinks for 1 sec then its all black nothing happends and when i press mode it blinks 1 sec! again and when i press the same thing it blinks for 1 sec and yes i did change the Fuse and i can only make it blink whene i have the batteryloader (To lazy to find the word but whatever)!
When i press the on button It Blinks for 1 sec then its all black nothing happends and when i press mode it blinks 1 sec! again and when i press the same thing it blinks for 1 sec and yes i did change the Fuse and i can only make it blink whene i have the batteryloader (To lazy to find the word but whatever)!
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Re: My Cm-5 doesnt work

Post by Hello31 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:09 pm

Post by Hello31
Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:09 pm

Hello31 wrote:When i press the on button It Blinks for 1 sec then its all black nothing happends and when i press mode it blinks 1 sec! again and when i press the same thing it blinks for 1 sec and yes i did change the Fuse and i can only make it blink whene i have the batteryloader (To lazy to find the word but whatever)!
I dunno how to fIx it so plz Someone gotta help me plzpzlpzlpzl!
Hello31 wrote:When i press the on button It Blinks for 1 sec then its all black nothing happends and when i press mode it blinks 1 sec! again and when i press the same thing it blinks for 1 sec and yes i did change the Fuse and i can only make it blink whene i have the batteryloader (To lazy to find the word but whatever)!
I dunno how to fIx it so plz Someone gotta help me plzpzlpzlpzl!
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Post by quickster47 » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:58 pm

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Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:58 pm

What is it you are trying to accomplish? Which Bioloid model do you have built up? Did you start with something very basic like the vehicle gate and make sure everything os good?

Carl
What is it you are trying to accomplish? Which Bioloid model do you have built up? Did you start with something very basic like the vehicle gate and make sure everything os good?

Carl
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Post by Hello31 » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:15 pm

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Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:15 pm

quickster47 wrote:What is it you are trying to accomplish? Which Bioloid model do you have built up? Did you start with something very basic like the vehicle gate and make sure everything os good?

Carl
No i started building the Humanoid and i built it with the wrong ids so that was my first problem if u wanna hear the whole thing then tell me and i send in pm ^^
quickster47 wrote:What is it you are trying to accomplish? Which Bioloid model do you have built up? Did you start with something very basic like the vehicle gate and make sure everything os good?

Carl
No i started building the Humanoid and i built it with the wrong ids so that was my first problem if u wanna hear the whole thing then tell me and i send in pm ^^
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Post by kym » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:45 am

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:45 am

If the LED's are mis-behaving it MAY be you've over-written your Bioloid s/w.

Having just screwed over a CM-5 during the debugging of a BCP compiler/decompiler, I know how you feel when the lights don't flash right and to buttons don't respond (and not even an off/on works). 8)

My problem was doing an occassional "load" instead of "load a000" when trying to upload BCP bytecodes. The latter is the RIGHT place; the former screws up the Bioloid "operating system" -- or at least the first Flash segment of it.

If you do a "flash 0" in boot mode and see lots of 0's then you've done something like what I imagine is the problem.

Don't worry, provided you don't overwrite the boot loader itself (which higher up there in flash memory space) you can recover, even with all LEDs off and no buttons working.

To attract the attention of a "dead" CM-5, start Robot Terminal, hold the Mode (red) button on the CM-5 down, hold down the '#' key on your PC, then release the mode button.

You should get into boot mode.

Now just download a new Bioloid o/s (e.g. Bioloid_ver115.hex) using the "load 0" command in bootstrap mode, and your CM-5 should get back on its feet.
If the LED's are mis-behaving it MAY be you've over-written your Bioloid s/w.

Having just screwed over a CM-5 during the debugging of a BCP compiler/decompiler, I know how you feel when the lights don't flash right and to buttons don't respond (and not even an off/on works). 8)

My problem was doing an occassional "load" instead of "load a000" when trying to upload BCP bytecodes. The latter is the RIGHT place; the former screws up the Bioloid "operating system" -- or at least the first Flash segment of it.

If you do a "flash 0" in boot mode and see lots of 0's then you've done something like what I imagine is the problem.

Don't worry, provided you don't overwrite the boot loader itself (which higher up there in flash memory space) you can recover, even with all LEDs off and no buttons working.

To attract the attention of a "dead" CM-5, start Robot Terminal, hold the Mode (red) button on the CM-5 down, hold down the '#' key on your PC, then release the mode button.

You should get into boot mode.

Now just download a new Bioloid o/s (e.g. Bioloid_ver115.hex) using the "load 0" command in bootstrap mode, and your CM-5 should get back on its feet.
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Post by trey3670 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:38 am

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Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:38 am

anyway I can get you to go into more detail on the bootstrap mode? I got to the bootloader menu but dont know how to download the new os.
anyway I can get you to go into more detail on the bootstrap mode? I got to the bootloader menu but dont know how to download the new os.
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