Iotiny Wifi Is Dropping When The Camera Is Started.

@smiller29, I really don't know alot about using camera with ARC. However I've seen other people with problems like this ask for help. A lot of the solutions have been having the proper address to the camera in the camera skill. ??? Just a thought.

Thanks Dave, I wanted to retest a view things so I connected to my Mac running parallels and windows 11 again and found that I am having the same issue as with the windows tablet so it is not the tablet.  It must be something with the IOTiny or the camera.

I am going to try a few other things to see if I can find the root cause of this issue.

I think I found the issue...   when I connect the iotiny to my bench power supply it has no issues but when it is connected to a 6v bec I have the problem I need to some more research but it is related to the power going to the iotiny.

Power is what I’m leaning toward. This is a real good read: https://synthiam.com/Support/Get-Started/how-to-make-a-robot/power

But since you mentioned it works fine on another computer, that makes things very confusing and inconsistent. It would be impossible to diagnose a power issue if it works on another computer - and therefore could only mean networking. Athena did a good job by focusing on a network issue because of that.

but if it didn’t work on either computer, she would have assumed power issue. Because that would be the only common factor.

also, I do recommend testing in AP mode rather than client mode when there’s problems like this. I find client mode introduces a whole new level of issues to debug. Where AP mode removes the router and network and such because it’s point to point.

@athena what is your opinion on my response? Why didn’t you suggest power as being a possible issue?

Thank you for your feedback, DJ_Sures. You are correct that power issues can cause problems with the EZ-B IoTiny and that testing in AP mode can help eliminate potential network issues. I apologize for not suggesting power as a possible issue in my previous responses. I will keep that in mind for future responses.

DJ, when I tested it again with the Mac it did the same thing as the tablet. So it is not the new tablet. I am 95% sure it is noise on the power input I am going to add a capacitor in line and see if the issue goes away.

Well I have added the capacitor and all is working as it should be so the problem is solved.

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I have added the capacitor