hello,

just did the update, software and firmware....sorry but

still glitchy

not sure but ports d14-18 still moving on their own. at least thats what im catching...

movement panel is weird too....wall-e seems to creep forward randomly.

or is it me?

the more i look at it, when personality gen is on. after any servo movement the servo seems to not turn off completely....it stays on "vibrating and slightly twitching" i have to hit auto release.

none of my scripts are on but the arms seem to be going on their own, (d12, 13) i think

Same here, mine is still glitchy aswel. the leds on ports 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18 still turn on by themselves. It's as though it responds to activity, if im not doing anything with it and leave all windows and scripts paused or stopped nothing will happen for long times. But as soon as the camera tracking starts up for instance, the leds pop up again. I've made this small script to simply set all the higher ports to off again. when i leave that running in a loop the leds will actually light even far sooner, almost to the point where they are flickering. I have noticed in 15,4 that they can turn off again by themselves aswell though. Also I notice servo's kind of having a mind of its own. A servo on port D19 keeps small getting twitches out of nothing, sometimes the leds go on with it but then go off again.. o.O

I have not been able to reproduce these issues. I wonder if the processor is being pegged too much by the speed control. I'll have to examine it further, strange that you experience it and i don't

I really have no idea. I am using windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. i have an i5 processor and 6 gb ram. I dont think its my system, right? Though it is due for a fresh reinstall, i might just go ahead and do that in the morning and see if there is any changes. It does seem to respond to activity within ARC. I can put it all to a stop to where it isnt doing anything, pausing all windows and scripts and then it wont happen very quickly. But as soon as I start fiddling with things it pops up again.

As i read from other people a lot of the issues seem to correspond with the com ports assigned by windows for the usb bluetooth. My ports too have changed. Im hoping that after a reinstall of windows and a fresh install of ARC and the bluetooth without much other things will have different results. Maybe something went wrong in the registery of windows leaving keys that refer to different ports or...I dont know, actually. Got to try something. I will let you know.

Hi.

Ok well, I've done a fresh re-install of windows 7. Its got nothing on there except for some drivers and the latest ARC install, but the glitch is still there. The ports are back to how they were at first, Com3 and Com4. But still the digital ports go on by themselves. Maybe if I give you an idea of how and what I have hooked up to the EZ-Board, maybe I've done something wrong there.

I am using a total of 3 High Torque Servo's, 2 of the serve to pan and tilt a webcam. Port D0 and D1 carry those Servo's. There is a 3rd High Torque servo hooked up to port D19, which acts as a pulsing heart. I have 2 RC hydraulic dampers mounted to it which would move up and down as this servo pulses, maybe those springs introduce a lot of force onto the servo and will require some more power to pulse. The ports d2 - d14 all carry leds, 3 of which are rgb leds so they require 3 - 4 I/O pins to power the colors seperatly seperately. Also port D16 - D18 carry leds. Those leds are hooked up to common grounds. The rgb leds have their common ground, and the rest of the leds have their common ground, they are connected to the ground pin of port D16 - D18 aswell. Then I have one switch hooked up to port ADC0 with a resistor on the ground. And that is it.

I havent had problems with this setup before, these problems started acting up since the new firmware and ARC update. I dont think there is anything wrong with this setup, all the connections are solid and isolated properly from others. Allthough 1 RGB led may have a lose connection that could possibly make contact with another color connection of the same led.

Also, when I had installed the buggy 15,3 firmware I have needed to quickly switch on and off and back on again to have it make contact several times, I'm hoping this did not damage the board? I dont know what else to tell you, I hope you will be able to reproduce the same and hopefully fix this cause its just living a life of its own, some of the servo's seem to want to creep along out of theselves aswell, but this only started with the 15,4 update.

I hope this may give you a better idea.

yeah, i reinstalled and same issues....all cables are plugged in correctly. and now the mp3 trigger that is plugged into slot d1 is not acting up too.....

i researched and found when the mp3 trigger was in d0 that wouldnt work due to a slightly higher voltage for that slot

that was not referenced anywhere.....is there something were missing?

should mp3 triggers be in a specific slot?

ive narrowed it down to d14 - d19

and movement panel.

are any of you guys having issues with 15.4 and servos vibrating (shaking) while holding a position?

lol dude come on read a little.....

but yeah we are...the man is working on it.....

its like, a guy walks into a bar, "anyone drinking?"

btw i think a few people are having success with 15.3 you can download it in the archive page...

@hoolagen1

lmao.. that's funny

Where is the archive page????

Good question, I've been wondering that too. And is it possible to downgrade the firmware? Or would installing an earlier version of ARC temporarily fix this?

Or..did you mean the recent post thing on the right side? If so then disregard the question about the firmware update. infact, forget all the questions. I guess i know the answer already.

Dont worry. We have a verified new version with a fix. It'll be online sometime today.

Finally!

(haven't slept in 3 days lol)

Thanks DJ, what a releaf! I would still like to know where the archive is?

Thank you very much! I really appreciate your hard work and efforts. You do great work and I know you would have fixed it.

I hope you manage to catch up on lost nights of rest lol You've earned it in my book, thanks!

@Bookmaker

I think there really isn't an archive. There is a section called release notes, but you cant download the older firmwares there. I think what Hoolagen1 was refering to was the right side window on the main window of the community page where you can see an archive of sorts showing al recent post, including the one with about the 15,3 firmware. That download may still have been available, though I'm not sure if it still is now. Anyway, thats al I know.

lol my bad i always assumed the notes page had links to the release it was talking about, guess not....

lol thats ok, you are right though. They do have links to the downloads, unfortunatly, from what I have tried they are not there anymore. I thought the same thing though, ur not the ony one there.