My JD arrived 2 days ago and it had charge. I have assembled it and the EZ-B made the right noises when switched on. I have now unfortunately used up its power

What happens to the green light if you turn it on while it's on charge?

If you can connect the EZ-B to ARC you can also get a voltage reading from that (if you have done the above configuration change).

Provided you don't pull more than an amp while it's on you can turn it on while charging, it will just slow down the charging time. Personally, however do this at your own risk, I would turn it on, make the changes to the EZ-B configuration as above, connect ARC to the EZ-B, add the EZ-B V4 Info control which gives battery voltage, disconnect the charger and see what it reads. If it's above 8V while not doing anything it is charging OK.

Just a tip... Be careful about under-volting (not really a word but you get my meaning) a lipo battery... If you discharge them too much they die and can't come back to life... You probably have not done that yet, but just be aware of it for future reference... If the ezb4 complains it's battery is low, charge it asap.... I will leave it to Rich to help you further...

I am to the point of connecting to Wifi but I am having trouble! My computer has showed the ezb4 a few times & showed connected twice but showing limited. I cannot go to the screen showing client because it does not pick up that page! Do I need Microsoft Native Bluetooth Stack because I am not sure I have it? Also, the number is showing 192.168.1.1:23 but when I go to scan it shows 192.168.0.1. I am not educated in this type of stuff so I am pretty much lost! The tutorials don't explain what to do if something doesn't work right! Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

@michaelc ...The EZB4 uses wifi, so forget anything about Bluetooth for connecting to the ezb4... Once you get the EZB4 connected to your pc (even a Limited connection as you stated), open ARC and click on the silver flying saucer looking thingy in you first control (the connection control next to the scan tool). This should bring up the ezb4 webserver.... from here you can flip your ezb into client mode... Have you viewed the video in the Learn section here on how to connect the ezb4 to your PC?

You may want to try having any software firewall configured (ie an exception rule for ARC) or turned off. This is what was causing the problem for me. I still can't figure out why the IP scanning won't work (no EZ B is found), but I figured out what IP address the EZ B was on and added it manually.

Thanks Richard R & ftlum. Here is my thinking. My router is 192.168.0.1. The five connections show 192.168.1.1. I change these connections to my router but every time I go to another page & back to the connection page, the five connections are showing 192.168.1.1 again. My question is, can I take my cable directly to my computer & get JD to work? Bypass the router? I want to see JD work! I have waited a year to receive JD & I can't get him to work!

HAHA, Michael I love your energy and eagerness! HP seems to be doing something strange with their network driver which prevents connecting to EZ-B's. We are trying to nail down how to bypass the issue.

The issue appears to be that HP driver wants all network attempts to be connected to the internet. And the EZ-B is not an internet connection, so it doesn't complete the connection. We are working on trying to contact HP to find out how to bypass their strange setting.

In the meantime, I ask that you purchase a WiFi USB dongle from your local computer store. If you are in the USA, you can get one from Best Buy. All of our HP customers have been using USB WiFi modules with success.

Also, please get the latest version of ARC. Once you have installed it, use the Diagnostic Report Control and paste it in this forum thread.

Access the Diagnostic Report by...

1. Load ARC

2. Press Projects from the top menu

3. Press Add Control

4. From the General Tab, press the Diagnostic Report

5. Once the report loads, press the COPY TO CLIPBOARD button

6. Return to this forum and PASTE the contents of your clipboard into a message

Do not worry, there is nothing in the report that exposes your computer. It will display all installed software and driver versions. We are using these reports to compile a case against HP to have them return our calls.

Thanks!