RIOS & Lynxterm can't see Firmware

Lynxmotion Electronics & Software
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Hi all,
I was having erratic servo behavior on my L6, so I removed my VL=VS1 jumper and hooked up a 9v to VL.

Things were working fine - then Blue Screen of Death on my PC.

Now, neither RIOS nor Lynxterm can see the SSC32 (says Waiting in red next to Firmware version display in RIOS)

Did the crash mess up my COM port, or did I hose my SSC32? Any hints on how to diagnose?

Thanks,
Darin

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hmmmm, my other L6 works fine on same COM port.
Something happened with the SSC board then, so firmware doesn’t show up to RIOS or lynxterm

Is there a way to reload firmware?
Maybe a way to totally reset the board?

thanks,
Darin

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Green light come on and stay on with no connection to the PC?

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Hi Jim,
Yes, green light is on the same on the working L6’s SSC and the not currently working L6’s SSC - no blinking or anything. Lights are on with VL=VS, and with jumper off and 9v on VL --same either way.

Green light = good processor, right?

Thanks
Darin

PS Man you are fast on these forums! Thanks so much

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Yes that’s right. I had a school demo an arm on the same table as a 12kv Tesla coil. The SSC-32’s firmware was wiped, and after reinstalling the firmware it worked fine. :open_mouth: I dunno what happened with yours, but it’s pretty easy to re-up the firmware. You will probably have to use the jumper method illustrated in the manual.
lynxmotion.com/ViewPage.aspx … ID=70#serv

Let me know what kind of results you get. If you can’t get it going again send it to me. I will take care of it. 8)

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I see the step #13 on page 3, but I am really new to electronics and don’t want to fry my board. Please confirm steps for me
(1) put jumpers on across top of “baud” (the one with Caution! next to it)
so it will “Update the Atmel chip firmware”
(2) take jumpers off other areas of baud section?
(3) just power the board on? It can’t reload chip firmware from somewhere else on the board can it?

I looked in my C:\Program Files\RIOS_SSC-32 and C:\Program Files\SSC32 folders are there are no *.abl files to upload from the PC?
So, I am not sure what firmware to upload.
Sorry if I am being a pain!

Thanks a bunch, though!

-Darin

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Yes that’s how it’s done. You can use RIOS or the LynxTerm program. Remember to have the baud rate on the program for 115.2k, you can’t update the firmware at lower baudrates. If you can’t find the ABL file, it should have been installed with the program, you can get it from here.
lynxmotion.com/Product.aspx? … egoryID=52
Scroll down to the bottom. You want 1.06XE.abl version.