DuxDucis
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Hey, I received my EZ Robot kit yesterday at night, and I set up the camera and everything worked fine, at a moment, I noticed the camera wouldn't turn off, I left it there until today. Now today when I tried it just displayed a black screen, already tried pairing but I see that the usb is not receiving a signal as the lights just flash and after about 7 seconds they always stop flashing, always 7 seconds even if I don't press any button on the camera device. What may this be? I still can't power it off, the Work blue light is still on even if I press the power button for 5 seconds or until for a long time it won't turn off, thanks.
Hi, it seems i have exactly the same problem.
The blue light of my camera won't turn off no matter how long i hold the button. I do not get an image from it in ARC. I tried pairing with same results as DuxDucis.
It almost feels as if the power button of the camera is simply not responding.
Thanks in advance, Boon
I found my power button wasn't too stable however I carried out the camera power mod pretty much straight away which solved the issue.
With mine I didn't use the USB connector, I went direct to where the battery wires connect to the board and removed the battery, the EZB powers it and as the camera is only useful when the EZB is on it's not a problem that it doesn't work when the EZB is off.
I had the same problem on two of my cameras and the mod fixed them both. No problems like that for over a year now and still going strong. I highly reccomend it.
:D
Although the mod is great, the root cause is that the power switch stops working when the battery is almost, but not quite dead, but then it can take days for the little LED to drain the rest of the power and finally shut off. If you charge the camera fully, it should start working correctly again.
Alan
That's good to know Alan, I've noticed this question comes up often so I'll remember that about the battery (although I still recommend the mod, it just makes so much sense when using it with the EZB).
This is the reason I love this forum , with people so willing to "open up/hack" into anything! I really liked seeing how things worked as a kid and now its imperative
With my newly arrived EZ kit and camera that will be my first "hack"....Thanks Rich for reposting the YT mod! and techguru for the "root out"
It was my first hack too, although I need to redo it as it was done with a very poor soldering iron that struggled to melt the solder, while it works I'm not happy with the nasty looking joints (even if it is hidden away).
I agree Rich "cleanlyness is next to roboticness"...and less bugs