I can’t take a picture at the moment as i do not have a camera.
The PS2 controller cable is connected to 12 thru 15 the communication is on pin 8 with the black wire on the outside of teh board, The LED on both the SSC-32 and the Bot Board light up. The lights don’t go out. The speaker jumper is installed.
I will try to get a picture of my connections ASAP.
If the LED on the SSC-32 never goes out then it’s not receiving data from the Bot Board.
I’m a bit perplexed as to the results you are getting. If the Bot Board II’s green LED is lit and the speaker jumper is installed it should give a bleep, no matter what the SSC-32 or servos are doing.
From the information you have provided it sounds like the Atom did NOT get programmed.
when you programmed the Atom did you click Program? or Compile? clicking compile will not put the program into the Atom.
Also, I am using powerpod to get the basic program. It is not connecting. Why is that?
i tried programming it again. I hear a few beeps but that’s all that happened.
Could you be a little more forthcoming with details?
Are you using a PC or laptop, true serial port or USB to serial cable?
You have the jumpers installed to enable serial com from the DB9?
Baud rate selected to 115.2k on SSC-32 and the PowerPod program?
Do you know what active comm ports are on your machine, and have you tried selecting another com port in the PowerPod program?
Again, green LED lit on the SSC-32, and does it ever go out?
The LED on the SSC-32 is not a power indicator, but a status indicator. It should light up initially, and stay lit until it has received serial data. Then it will blink when it’s receiving data.
Does the LED on the SSC-32 light up?
Does it ever go out?
no. neither the Bot board nor ssc-32 LED go out.
so is it not receiving the information?
The Bot Board’s LED should not go out. Please read the posts again to make sure you understand.
Did you change the baud rate on the SSC-32 to 38.4kbaud?
I’m afraid I can’t do much more without seeing your wiring.
I have gotten pictures but they are in a folder on my computer. Is there a way to post these pictures of my wiring?[/code]
Thanks…
This is how i did my wiring.
I can’t see all of the jumpers. I really wanted to see the Bot Board connections as well. Try a little more light and back off just a little.
I’m going to have to leave for now. I will try to help you further tomorrow. I’m not sure what’s going on yet. Nothing is adding up… Hang in there…
I can get more pictures on here a little later but the Bot Board connections are exactly like the picture you posted.
There are differences in your wiring. You show 3 sets of wires going to the SSC-32. One is clearly the wiring harness for the servo battery. Can you explain what goes where on the other two sets?
We need to dig into the problem that the Bot Board doesn’t beep or send data to the SSC-32. Are you sure you have successfully programmed the Atom?
The 6v didn’t give enough power so i have both the 6v and 9v connected. I removed the VL=VS1 jumper and connected the 9v to the logic. So that is what the extra wiring is for.
Let me know if other images are needed of the board.
In the image of the Bot Board it looks as if there are 2 set of wires connected but in fact there is only one in the VS.
On the Bot Board…
The wiring harness with switch is connected to VS1, I assume it has a 6.0vdc battery connected. This is fine…
I assume you have the 9.0vdc battery connected to VL. So the SSC-32 will not reset if the servos draw too much current. This is fine…
I assume you have VS2 connected to wires that feed the VL input on the Bot Board. This is not fine… When the servos draw too much current the Atom could be resetting.
Remove the VS=VL jumper on the Bot Board.
Move the wires from VS2 to VL on the SSC-32. This means you will have two red wires going to the same terminal, and two black wires going to the same terminal.
Now the 9.0vdc battery will power the microcontroller on the SSC-32 AND the microcontroller on the Bot Board only. The servo battery goes to the SSC-32 to power the servos only.
Make these changes and tell me of the Bot Board beeps now.
