droidmech2002
I have a new EZ-Robot board and in order to use it I have to update the firmware to the latest version. I have followed the video tutorial exactly and have tried 4 times now and every time the ARC program tells me I have to update the firmware. This is what the screen looks like after I try updating the firmware and I have waited as long as 30 minutes for it to do it's thing.
3/22/2013 12:23:57 PM - Sending bootloader Starting Boot Loader...
3/22/2013 12:24:02 PM - sending ping 3/22/2013 12:24:03 PM - sending ping 3/22/2013 12:24:04 PM - Sending bootloader I am EZ-B BootLoader. Gimmie Firmware!
3/22/2013 12:24:09 PM - Step 1 of 2) This process will take 2 minutes. The status bar will display progress.
3/22/2013 12:24:09 PM - Updating... (22,656 Bytes) 3/22/2013 12:24:30 PM - Uploaded
I am assuming that since it says uploaded and nothing happed after that statement that the update was completed, even so I waited 30 minutes before unpluging the batteries ( Yes they were brand new batteries). upon starting up ARC and trying to use it it still says I need to update the firmware.
I need help please. I am under a deadline to get this working for a robot here at the Children's Museum and all I can tell them when they ask about it, is that I am working on it.
Help Please.
Dan Stuettgen fabricator/ exhibit tech.
I assume you have tried rebooting?
Nope I don't even get that screen. when I right click on the bluetooth Icon, I get a screen with a Blue ball that says Linvor next to it and and little check box. The box was empty until I did the pairing with the 1234 and then the box got a red check mark in it. It says disconnected at that time. When I right click on it, a box comes up that says connect. I click on that and it connectes the bluetooth to the board as I see the LED go from flashing to Solid and two little green arrows come up that shows it is connected and it also says connected.
I will uninstall the bluetooth a try what you said and see what happens.
Dan S.
Yet: tried rebooting. Uninstalled the bluetooth like you suggested. I plugged the bluetooth into the USB port and the computer does not see it. I have no Icon in the tray. When I go to the add hardware screen in the control panel, the Bluetooth dongle does not show up. I tried letting to computer find the hardware and it says it can not find anything.
Dan S.
In device manager try making it look for hardware changes.
Right click on "My Computer" and choose manage to get to device manager
Action in the menu and you should see the option. It should find it. If not, reboot and try again.
It should at least be listed as something in the device manager - probably "USB Device" with a yellow exclamation mark.
Quick thought, is your XP running all updates (or at least SP2)? If memory serves me correctly Bluetooth wasn't part of XP prior to SP2.
Tried doing the device manager thing and letting it find the bluetooth dongle and it did not find it. I am running XP Home edition with service pack 3. I run the auto updates everyday so it is upto date. This is laptop is a Dell Inspiron 8600 with only one USB port. My next step is to find Dell Blue tooth drivers and install them. Right now the computer does not even see the dongle when it is plugged in. At least when I used the Asus drivers , the computer saw it and was able to connect to it.
Dan S.
Do you have the option of not installing "Asus Bluetooth Suite" when you use the driver cd?