Using Flowbotics Studio, I have two AL5D Robots what will automatically start playing a sequence while the students are trying to move the robot to another position to record…
Could you please tell me what would cause this?
Hi,
While using FlowArm or the AL5 app in FlowBotics Studio, the software will be reading inputs from the SSC-32U. These inputs may be able to cause an issue if left floating in some rare cases. These are the A, B, C, D digital inputs on the SSC-32U. (See attached image for details)
We recommend that you try wiring those four inputs to either GND or 5 V DC using female to female jumper wires (such as RB-Dfr-109 and RB-Cix-19) and see if this helps. If it does, a more permanent solution would be to wire them using a resistor, such as 10 KOhm instead of a direct wire.
If it does not, we may need more information concerning your issue, such as one or more pictures of your SSC-32U setup (showing clearly all components, including jumpers, cables, etc.) and also more details on what steps in the software were done when the issue happen. Possibly a screenshot or two of before the problem and after.
Please note this is the first time we hear of such an issue, so some troubleshooting will be required to help us determine what is happening.
Sincerely,
I’m actually using the older SSC-32 board… What is the best way for me to send you a video of what is happening?
The light for Input A lights up when it rewinds to the beginning of the program even tho nothing is plugged into the Input prongs…
2 of the 10 arms I have are having the same issue…
Hi,
This problem may actually be worse/more likely on the older SSC-32. The same information/potential solution applies, though, even with the different board. You can look up the image here. The inputs are on #10.
This would indicate that what is happening is what we mentioned in the previous reply. Actually, not having anything connected to the input lines is what would cause this issue, since it leaves the inputs “floating”. In digital systems, the normal rule is to always have something “driving” an input. In this case, nothing is doing that and the input is left “undefined”. This can easily trigger an “ghost input” from random noise from the motors, a hand passing nearby, RF signals, etc.
Therefore, a simple solution would be to simply connect inputs A, B, C, D to the +/- pins next to the inputs (while everything is powered off) and see if it helps. If it does, we would recommend changing the short/jumper wire for a resistor so as to reduce power use. The point is basically to change the floating input from “undefined” to either GND or 5 V DC so that it stops triggering randomly.
We hope this helps.
Sincerely,
P.-S.: For videos, the simplest is to usually upload it to a online video website (such as YouTube) and then share a link here. Simply make sure the video is accessible (not private).