Having an issue with overriding the autonomous feature of the sumobot
trying to establish wireless control via Bluetooth. I have the connection, but how can I override the autonomous feature of the bot??
Depends on the programming (code) of your 'bot. We’ll have to know more about your 'bot.
Does the Sumobot currently have an RS232 or bluetooth control port already?
Does the code in the 'bot support external control?
It’s all in the program! Basically the code needs to read the com port used by the bluetooth periodically (interrupts are good), looking for a command. When the command is detected, the current autonomous task is exited, and the interpreted command is executed.
What’s in YOUR code?
Alan KM6VV
Well, right now I am only running the basic stamp 2 code. This code is from Parallax and is just the basic competition code. The bot has an AppMod header where the bluetooth adapter is meant to be connected (by doing so i assume that it is monitoring the status of that port, i could be wrong)
page 25 of the following link shows its connection to the sumobot…
parallax.com/Portals/0/Downl … 00-SER.pdf
If you need to see a sample of my code let me know… I would show you know but it is not on the computer I am on now.
Looks like your manual tells quite a lot about the blue tooth connection. So you’ll just have to follow it.
Your “competition code” may or may not have the necessary bluetooth connection code; it sounds like you have to do more then just talk to a COM port.
It would take several hours of study to come up to speed on your BOE board and discover what’s in your code. Your best plan might be to find a BOE forum, and ask there.
Alan KM6VV