[oopic] Re: oopic on ooboard and USB

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "lisamcthingy" <lisamcthingy@...> wrote:
>
> I am very new to electronics and want to explore robots and how they
> work. As a starter, I obtained the rogue blue ers robot with oopic on
> oobard.
> The problem is that I don't have a serial port only a usb on my laptop.
> Various email addressess have refused or can not help me solve the
> problem. I have obtained a pololu 0391 usb serial converter but do not
> understand how to fix it on the ooboard. Or is there another way?
> Can any one help - beginner type answers please!!
>

If you are using the OOboard
http://www.roguerobotics.com/images/RogueRoboticsOOBoard-400.jpg

the
board has a DB9 connector and would ordinarily use a straight through
serial cable. But your PC doesn't have a serial port so you need a
USB<=>serial cable like
http://www.cablesnmor.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=165

I
have 4 of these and I'm still adding more.

The Pololu USB-to-Serial Adapter would require you to hack the OOboard
to get around the RS232 level shifter and since Rogue Robotics never
posts their schematics, getting any advice re: this will be difficult.
Besides, that is not the best way to do it. In fact, it is a
particularly poor way to do it.

Just order the cable and be done with it.

After you install the cable drivers (if required) look in
MyComputer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager and see what com port
it was assigned. You can change it to a reasonable number like
COM2..COM4 if you want. In any event, TELL the IDE where the cable is
located, don't let it try to find it.

If you use V5 of the IDE, the COM port must be 1..4. V6 can use
higher port numbers.

Richard

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