
keri
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Just purchased Roli and Six for my classroom. Six is up and running, actually dancing. Roli will not power on. We have taken him apart and put him back to together multiple times. We even check the connections in Roli's belly. He's still not powering on.
Thank you.
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1) Did you check the battery and make sure it is charged?... Test it with a voltage meter or swat out Six's battery to test Roli with....
2) Check the main fuse in Roli
3) Carefully check the wire connections to the H-bridge in particular to make sure all the wiring is plugged it to where it is supposed to be..
Roli, Six, JD Fuses
One hint of advice, please make only one new topic post per subject. The original message would have been fine to continue responding / rather than creating a second post.
I see in your other post that you were having trouble understanding where to connect the wires. there is a very detailed and easy to follow Learn section on the website with details for every robot. Please press the learn button on the top menu of this website -or- select the roli learn button when loading ARC software.
This will apply to all of your robots to prevent further problems. That's why we created the learn section
Referring duplicate post: http://www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/Thread?threadId=7725
In the meantime, can you please answer these two questions....
1) have you tried swapping a working ezb from your other robot into roli to see if it powers on. You do not need to connect any wires. Simply insert the working ezb into roli ezb slot and see if it powers on. Report back
2) what ports did you connect the black and red wires of the hbridge to?
As for Roli - you might as well disconnect all the wires because it doesn't seem to be working.
It's important that the Roli Red and Black wires that you had asked about are connected to the correct location. If they are connected to the opposite side or a different location, the EZ-B will be damaged and Roli will not turn on. Just like if you were to connect your home theater incorrectly
Roli's tutorials can be found in the Learn section. This is the main tutorial list: http://www.ez-robot.com/Tutorials/Course/3
The wiring tutorial is here: http://www.ez-robot.com/Tutorials/Lesson/44?courseId=3
I've circled the wiring tutorial
Hope this helps for the future
That's good to know - it means your EZ-B is good. You can find out more about the EZ-B in the Learn section for Roli's tutorial here to help identify it in the future: http://www.ez-robot.com/Tutorials/Lesson/12?courseId=3 (it's step #4 of the lesson in learn section)
The EZ-B is the brain of the robot. It's the most expensive part to manufacture, so we make it modular - meaning you can take it out of the robot. This keeps consumer cost down because you can swap them out. And, if one is damaged you can replace it without having to replace the whole robot.
So your EZ-B is good. This means the fuse may be blown in the Roli. That's most likely the case - specifically when the Black and Red wires may have been accidently connected in the wrong place during experimenting.
The fuse can be replaced easily as well. The Lesson for that is in Roli's learn section, and here is a direct link: http://www.ez-robot.com/Tutorials/Lesson/47?courseId=3