Hello,
I have a Lantronix WiPort and Wibotics Wiboard v3. I purchased these about 4 years ago to add to an existing bot; assembled the WiBoard, and hmmm, couldn’t get it to work. So put it in the toolbox. Then i got busy with life outside of robots. Now I have a new embedded project that this will be perfect for, so I pull out the WiDevice out and power it up…still no go. All I get is the power lamp. Cant see anything by Ethernet, WiFi, or the serial tester program supplied by Lantrinix. I have the RS-232 jumper on the WiBoard off, but have tried it on as well, which I believe enables it for TTL levels.
Does anyone familiar with the WiBoard have some feedback, the only info I could find regarding this device was on these forums, one guy described having the exact same problem. I have checked voltages at various points around the WiBoard and all seems ok.
The WiPort p/n is WP200200SG-02. The WiBoard though which I think is the culprit just says Ver. 3.0. I think the developer was selling these things through this site back then, but there is no more support for it. The website wibotics.com is gone.
One addition, maybe it was my removing the wiport then replacing, but now when I power it up I get the ether link and act lamps on. And the wifi lamp will flash several times, but still cant see the device any which way.
‘I use a FTDI 3.3 V USB to TTL cable for interface’
Yeah, the WiBoard has a VRM that accepts 3-9v primary supply, but I looking at the serial header it does have a ‘pwr’ pin, which I left unconnected on my custom cable. The pins are Gnd, Tx, Prw, Rx, Cts, Rts
I will try the FTDI 3.3 V USB to TTL cable.
The WiBoard has two header sets for each of the two serial ports. One for rs-232 the other for ttl. It has a jumper which pulls pin 20 on a MAX3222 to high. I am assuming to allow it to accept either the input voltages. Should I enable that pin for the FTDI interface?
