Ssc32 bot board ii/basic atom pro

Lynxmotion Electronics & Software
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just received them in the mail and have been trying to connect and test them. i can seem to get the bot board and atom pro to work and tested with a basic program but cant seem to get them to communicate with the ssc32, pretty much connected everything like in the pictures of the tutorials but still doesnt seem to work, anyone know of maybe a more in depth instructions? i also setting the jumpers for pc and connected the serial cable directly to the ssc32 but still cant seem to connect it in the visual sequencer, am i correct in that if i have only the first jumper for baud i just connect it through the bot board and it should be able to communicate to the ssc32?

another question, how do you clear out the programming from the basic atom?

thanks

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Hi! I’m afraid I can’t help with the first part but to clear a program off the Atom Pro, program it with the following code:

[code]clear

end[/code]

Hope this helped! ^____^

P.S. If you want to get more help with the first question about connections and stuff, you should really upload some photos - the guys on the forum can help you so much better then. :mrgreen:

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good tip, thanks. couldnt get them to upload on the forums, but heres a few links:
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did some more playing around - got it to connect when directly connecting the serial cable to the ssc32 and it works in lynxterm, but wont connect in the visual sequencer, it says cant find ssc32 card, wait for the robot or connect to a virtual robot. still not sure why i cant connect through the botboard

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Um…not sure if this is useful but you seem to be missing a jumper plug thingy here. You might have already tried it:
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@akdabous - the wiring for connecting a Bot Board Atom to the SSC-32 has this jumper missing in the user’s guide. Apparently, only 38.4k is available for use; the two jumpers are for 119k communications to a PC.

@gottem, make sure that the speed setting are matching between the devices and the software. I don’t have visual sequencer, but LynxTerm can set the speed of the connection and appears to default to 119k.

Also, I see you have the BotBoard wired for one-way communication to the SSC-32. You may need two-way communications for Visual Sequencer.

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Thanks for the help djsfantasi, I should really buy an SSC-32 so I can learn more about how it works. :blush:

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how do you wire it for two way communications? didnt see any mention of this in the tutorials

never mind i see it now, but if there is the option for either then i would assume how i have it connected now should work

if i have the ssc connected to pin 8, how does the bot board know to communicate through that port?

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probably a stupid question, but is there a specific program i need to use to make the bot board send information to the ssc32?

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Again we are out of my comfort zone (not having a BotBoard), but it is my my understanding that *you *would write a program on the BotBoard that would communicate via pin 8. Lynxmotion has programs for some of their robots available, written by forum members.

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Not really. You simply need a program send the appropriate data over almost any of the IO lines. The only special thing would be if you choose to hook the SSC-32 up to IO pins 14 and 15 as these pins are associated with the hardware serial port. If so you can use the HSERIAL commands (hserout, hserin). Otherwise you use the Software serial functions (serout, serin)…

Kurt