[oopic] Re: oopic on ooboard and USB

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, lisamcthingy@... wrote:
>
> Richard,
>
> Thnak you for your time.
>
> I have followed your instructions as well as I can (I don't
uderstand some
> of the words).
>
> When I try and send a program to the robot , I get the
'Communications Error
> 2' window.
>
> It does seem to hang for a long time now, before the error message
comes up.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lisa

1) Have you tested for echo characters with Hyperterminal? Use
9600,n,8,1 with NO FLOW CONTROL and short pins 2 & 3 on the far end of
the cable.
2) What COM port did your USB cable get assigned? You can tell when
you have it working in Hyperterminal. If you have to change it, you
can do it in Device Manager.
3) Which version of the IDE are you using?
4) If version 5, did you install port95nt.exe BEFORE the IDE?
5) If version 5, the COM port MUST be {COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4)
6) Version 6 allows higher COM ports
7) Did you TELL the IDE which COM port to use. Do not expect the IDE
to be able to find the cable.
8) From the terminal window in the IDE, can you echo characters when
pins 2 & 3 of the DB9 on the far end of the cable are shorted? I
usually have to hit <enter> to get the terminal window to start.
Maybe click in the window and then hit <enter>. Something like that...
9) With Hyperterminal, what happens when you send the OOPic \0V
(backslash zero upper case V). You should get a lower case v in
response. You may have to short the ESTOP pins on the board and reset
the OOPic to get this to work.
10) If you get the lower case v in test 9, you should be able to
download a program.

Which words were unfamiliar? I realize translating my writing can be
a challenge.

Richard

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