
jah96gator
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I was able to get my system up and running Christmas day using the USB Dongle purchased in addition to the Kit. Built the example BoxBot and everything ran fine all day. Today when we got ready to build our own robot from scratch, we could not get the computer to recognize the dongle. I tried it in every USB port with the same result. Even tried changing computers with no success. I can make the wireless camera work with any usb port so I assume it has to the dongle not the computer. Looking around on the web it looks like there are lots of issues using Bluetooth dongles. Any suggestions?
I lose connection all the time with Bluetooth... I just unplug the usb dongle, then wait a few seconds then plug it back in... I then cycle the power on the ezb controller... Frustrating to say the least... I home the EZB4 (wifi) will have a much more robust connection from PC to controller
Hey thanks for your comment. I tried the dongle on another computer, and I get the camera feedback. I guess the problem stems from my computer Usb ports then. Any ideas on how to make it work? I tried unpluging it for a few second, as well as resetting the computer, trying other ports, but still getting the malfunctionning USB message..
Thanks!
I unfortunately don't have time to give detailed instructions right now, but maybe this will lead you to the appropriate google searches.
If you go into Device Manager, you should see either an unknown, or a malfunctioning device listed (when the dongle is plugged in). Delete the device, then unplug the dongle, and plug it back in and let Windows try to recognize it again. It should not need a driver, it shows up as a generic video device.
If that doesn't work, post back here. I ordered early when DJ was still shipping a driver disk. I'll post the driver somewhere you can download to see if that works (again, it shouldn't need it, which is why DJ stopped including it, but since your computer is not cooperating, it might help).
Alan
After you delete the driver in device manager you may want to reboot your computer before you try reinstalling the new driver. It couldn't hurt
In theory you shouldn't need to reboot, however in theory you shouldn't have any problems. And since it's windows rebooting is a good idea
I have a feeling I have posted the driver for the camera (from Windows 7) on the forums before, if you still have problems and/or if Alan (@thetechguru) doesn't get around to finding/posting it I'll see if I still have it or can find it.
Hey all,
Thanks for these suggestions. Tried to remove the dongle from the device manager, but when I plug it back, I'm still getting the error. Tried the same on all my ports, still not working. Also tried including a reboot in the process. I then tried to update manually te driver. As you said Rich, you posted it there https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/4098 (generic Windows USB video camera driver).
When I tell the device manager to look for the driver in the folder where I extracted it, it says nothing was found.. I then tried to copy/paste the driver everywhere in System32, SysWow64 and found out it was already in Windows\system32\Drivers\
Hum... I'll keep searching google but got unlucky so far!
But thanks for your help, I hope we'll get this eventually