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OK, I used to know this but can't dig it out of my brain. Can't find the answer on EZ Robot's site either.
I'm connecting ARC to three EZB v4's through USB on an onboard Rock Pi x.
How do you log into the EZB's web portal if I'm connected that way? I really don't want to push the reset button and get to it over WIFI (which I do know how to do).
I've had this setup working well for a year now. Yesterday I started having problems getting ARC to connect to the third EZB that is in the #2 connection slot. I accidentally kicked the robot's power cord out of the wall and the robot shut down without me doing a proper windows shutdown. Sence then that EZB will not connect to ARC. I'd like to get into the EZB's interface to check that everything looks right in there. At the very least make sure I can connect.
I've had this problem every once in a while in the past, but a reboot of the system always fixes the issue and the third EZB connects through the comport. Now it never does. Ugh.
Things I've tried already:
- Refreshed the connection window and tried different com ports
- Deleted the offending com port in Windows Device Manager and restarted. The Com port was reinstalled. No luck
- Unplugged the USB/TTl cable of the offending EZB and checked Device Manager. It was gone. I repluged the cable and the com reappeared in DM. Windows DM sees the cable plugged in.
- Moved the USB/TTL cables around and relogged in with them in the new positions. Had to change com port settings in the connection control. The problem stayed with the EZB that won't connect.
Any help is welcomed. Thanks in advance..
Yep, Dave this is the kind of situation electronics don't like
*Edit: Intermittent brownout conditions are how many electronics let out the magic smokeLOL. @DJ and @Jeremie, you guys are a scream!
I'm with Jeremie on this one. My fault for kicking the power out of the wall part way.
I've got a new way to turn him on and off now that is really neat! I bought a Alexa compatible plug and have the robot plugged into that. With the Robot's power switch always on all I have to do now it say," Alexa, turn on the Robot" and he automatically powers up. Same to turn him off. However before I shut him down I have a script that I can run in ARC that will automatically exit ARC and then shut down windows. After a few seconds I can then safely tell Alexa to power down the whole robot.
I'll bet there is a way to get Alexa to execute your ARC shutdown script too. Probably several ways to do it actually...... Here is a very old thread about using IFTTT to execute ARC scripts, and IFTTT can be triggered by Alexa. Probably more straightforward way to do it by now (thread was from 2016, and I still haven't learned C# to write the plugin I was talking about
Wow, if that's possible that would really make things easier. I'd live to find some way to automate the whole shut down process. Thanks! I'll look at this.