Cannot Connect to Bot Board/Atom Pro 28

Lynxmotion Electronics & Software
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Greeting all,

I have starting building a pheonix and I am now at the part where i need to program the Atom Pro 28 from the ATOM-Pro IDE but I cannot seem to connect to it.

I have had no trouble connecting to the SSC and doing the alignment of the servos, but it seems it is unable to find the atom.

I have tryed changing the Reset Hold time in prefrences but it does not seem to make a difference. When I do attempt to connect the bot boeard goes from a constant clicking and light flashing to a steady green light as it seems like it is being read.

I have also tryed disconnecting everything else from the board and changing some jumpers around but I have found no luck with that.

Thanks in advanced for your help, and if you want some pictures please let me know.

~Flee

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Sorry if this seems silly, but I have to start somewhere.

Do you have the Bot Board connected to a serial port using the DB9 connector?

Are you using a serial port or a USB to serial cable, and if it’s the USB cable what brand is it?

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Yes I am currently using a DB9 connector, and I am usuing a sabrent USB to serial, and using the Prolific USB to Comm driver ver 3.3.2.105

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The only USB to serial cables I know work well are made by or with FTDI chip set. The driver has a setting called latency and you must set it to the minimum. Latency is a delay before sending data. It prevents the close timing comms required for Atom programming.

Please read the following for more ideas. Look at all recommendations even if they refer to SSC-32 communications.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4702

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As robot Dude mentioned, there have been lots of problems with lots of different USB to serial adapters, which there is a lot of information on many different threads.

I know a few of the ones based on the prolific chip set do work as I use one made by BAFO. At first I had problems, but this was cleared up when I connected it through a powered USB hub. The prolific driver I am current running on Windows 7 is version: 2.0.2.1

Good Luck

Kurt

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Cool, thanks for the info.

Im currently working to get a old computer up and running so I can test directly into a serial port.

Will let you know how it turns out.

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I have a Belkin USB-to-serial adapter, and it works for almost everything… except the BA and BAP. It works with the SSC, some Oopic boards, and everything else I’ve tried it on, just not on the BA or BAP. I had a PC with a real serial port, everything worked on that. I got the USB-serial adapter from Lynxmotion, and… it does it all. The Belkin SHOULD work, but won’t. The FTDI works. Serial ports (real ones) work.

It is said plenty of times on this site, if you need to be SURE it will work, use a high quality ‘approved’ adapter, or a real serial port.

(Wrist-slapping time)
Shouldn’t you have tested it at least once before installation? Bad evil genius, no cookie.

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That’s interesting, I think that’s what I’m using on a few of my machines. I’ll have to check when I get back to my lab. What OS? I’m on XP PROs only.

But yes, new users contemplating buying a USB-serial cable could do worse then buy one from LM.

Edit: ATEN USB to serial bridge

Alan KM6VV

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Hey, ideally you get a desktop tower with a good old-fashioned serial port, and a parallel port too. HP has some build-to-spec boxes (dual core, quad, i7) with serial and parallel and 2 ps2 ports. Can get a bit pricey but HP has good stuff.