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Re: 1.0 brick not responding
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:51:44 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> On Sun, September 11, 2005 7:58 pm, Tammy Dunn wrote:
> > mac powerbook 5300 communicates with the IR tower, but no response from the
> > brick.
> >
> > palm 130 with pbrick, also no response from the brick.
> >
> > The brick powers on and beeps, just no communication with the powerbook or the
> > palm for programming. Since it does this with both the palm and the powerbook,
> > I'm fairly certain that the IR tower isn't the problem. What would be the most
> > common component that could go out in a 1.0 brick that might cause this? I
> > would be willing to gamble and try to fix it on the component level if I knew
> > the most likely cause.
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> Tammy,
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> A couple questions...
> 1) Does the light on the IR tower flash when you're trying to communicate?
Yes, it flashes.
> 2) Did it ever work (did it work before, but stop, or is this the first time you've
> tried communicating?)
Yes it did work, but it's been in storage for a couple of years.
> 3) What are you trying to communicate? (download firmware, program...)
At this point, just download firmware. Once I get the communication issues
resolved, I'll do programming.
>
> Steve
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| (...) Generally, that means the IR tower is working. It's possible the tower has become broken, while it sat in a closet, but that's not very likely. So, knowing things worked before, you may be forgetting something. Make sure the memory is cleared. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: 1.0 brick not responding
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| (...) Tammy, A couple questions... 1) Does the light on the IR tower flash when you're trying to communicate? 2) Did it ever work (did it work before, but stop, or is this the first time you've tried communicating?) 3) What are you trying to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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