Also, in an unrelated/but not really question, when attaching a servo cable to the EZB, is there a correct way to do so? I don't want to short circuit anything attaching things the wrong way.

When connecting the ez-b bluetooth some bluetooths give two ports high and low port low port is the one you connect to and upgrade firmware through. The device is initially named livnor so this is correct. As for servos they should be connected as is: (black or brown) to gnd, red to 5V, and (white or orange) to EXT/Signal. If connected the Bluetooth shouldn't drop connection uneless out of range or a malfunction such as a brown out or damage occurs due to inproper opperation.

Thanks for the reply and the info on the low port and colors of the wire.

I'm still having no luck connecting and making it work, unfortunately. It's not an 'out of range' problem because the EZB is inches away from the laptop and the laptop is less than a year old, so I think it's in good shape.

Now I can't even get it to connect.

I tried re-pairing it with bluetooth by deleting the old device and re-pairing it with the computer. Also unplugged and plugged back in the EZB. It picked up and this time it said the device was ARC, so that's good. Got it re-paired successfully and then opened the software and it said my firmware was out of date.

I closed the software, reopened the Firmware update and could connect to COM3, but then it gave me an error and disconnected from the EZB.

Not sure what's happening.

Most of the time when it was connected as a bluetooth device, but not able to connect through the software, there's no red light on the EZB (which is, I believe, as it should be) but the blue light just pulses slowly. Is that correct? From the tutorials I thought it was supposed to remain on unless it was receiving commands.

Sorry to be such a noob, but for whatever reason (probably user error), this isn't working for me as it does in the videos.

No reason to call yourself a noob everyone has to start some where. The EZ-B has two light one located on the board itself and a small surface mount on the bluetooth. Both should blink when not connected, onboard more of breathing but same idea, and both should be solid when connected. The onboard LED is different on everyone's board as DJ likes to mix it up a little and throw in random colors. I have had a couple times when the LED on the bluetooth doesn't turn on when power is introduced but you can usually disconnect power and repower up and it usually comes back on.

Thanks again for the info on the lights.

Little more info here that hopefully will shed some light on what I'm doing wrong.

Here's the common problem:

Plug in EZB Open Software Connect Board 0 to COM3 Got to Add Device By the time my finger leaves the trackpad after selecting 'Horizontal Servo' the EZB is disconnected.

So I Remove the device from Bluetooth and repair it. Most of the time it won't take, so I unplug and replug in the EZB just to be sure. Finally, after several attempts I was able to get it re-paired.

But then I just got back into the same cycle as above.

Checked the info on the COMs

COM3 - Outgoing - EZ-Robot 'Dev B' COM4 - Incoming - EZ-Robot

I know on the site here it says to make sure to use the standard Windows Bluetooth and by everything I can see, I am. I checked the System Bluetooth settings and info. THey read as:

HARDWARE Standard serial over bluetooth link (COM3)

DEVICE FUnction Manufacturer: Microsoft

Status: Device Working Properly

I also ran an update for bluetooth drivers and they are up to date.

EZ-Robot Device Properties SERVICES Serial Port (SPP) Dev B COM 3 (and it's checked)

I am sure you have gone through the tutorials multiple times. You should be able to simply pair with your ez-b and then be capable of connecting via ARC using the lower port, if all firmware is up-to-date. From what it seems unless you don't have enough battery supply then there would have to be a problem with the unit itself. Check to make sure the batteries are capable of running your ez-b, if have to get some new ones straight out of the pack if your using the standard battery pack that comes with the ez-b.

Yep. These are brand new Duracells right out of the package. I've set it aside for the night. Will try and tackle it again tomorrow. I'll try a new set of 6 batteries tomorrow and see what happens. I appreciate your help.

So I'd put everything away and went and had dinner and stuff then I wanted to try again, so I set everything up, removes EZ-Robot as a device, re-paired, etc...and it WORKED! I was programming servos and they were moving and it was neat.

THen I decided I wanted to build a cardboard mock up of the puppet mouth I want to build. As I sat to cutting up a box, EZ_Builder dropped the connection to the Board. Once I had the mouth made for the servo, I couldn't get the computer to reconnect at all.

I, once again, removed the device from bluetooth, repaired, and nothing. Then I can't get it to reconnect.

Is there some sort of PC Bluetooth setting that causes time outs? Remember I'm a Mac/Apple guy so if there's some switch that's common knowledge, I may not know it. Thanks for the help.