Parallax Boe-bot with MSRS v1.5 documntation errors & resolutions
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Hello - I've been spending some time with my new MSRS Boe-bot kit and have a series of issues with the Parallax documentation·with which·I was hoping to get some help.
First let me share some of my successes in debugging - I discovered an problem with MSRS in that if you do not put in the correct COM port ID initially and then build the solution, a separate file with this information is created exterior to the MSRS project and the COM id essentially locked there.· Regardless of rebuilding the code in C# or not, the number in the file "BasicStamp2.config.xml" in the directory "C:\Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5)" remains unchanged.· To fix an error with the COM port specified you have to change this file.· This problem wasn't solved by rebooting the machine, the Boe-bot, the project file, or refreshing the install of MSRS (I did a full repair).· Please update the 'trouble shooting section of the documentation' on page 14 (v2/14/2008).
I have a number of outstanding issues unfortunately.·
1.) When getting the Boe-bot to connect to MSRS after resolving the COM port issue the wheels are set in MSRS at wheelspeed = 0.· This corresponds to a full-speed clockwise command (as indicated in the command set documentation on page 25 in v2/14/2008).· I've attempted to fix this startup problem by setting the wheelspeed setting to 100 which is the full stop position, but these values in "Parallax.BoeBot.Drive.Config.xml" don't appear to vary the initial conditions of the servos.
2.) When attempting to use the MSRS Control Panel (http://localhost:50000/controlpanel) the Boe-bot generic drive selection is greated with a series of·errors in the MSDOS command window the function: "http://schemas.tempuri.org/2007/06/bsdrive.html" cannot be found.· This disables the ability to interface with the servomotors when also loading the "Simple Dashboard" service.
3.) Lastly some minor issues with the documentation vs. the version of MSRS seem to be disconnected.· Page 13 "bool _autonMode = false;" doesn't exist and appears to be updated to "bool _autonomousMode = false;" in the file BoeBotControl.cs
That's what I've experienced thus far.· Was wondering if anyone else had similar problems and could provide help and whether Parallax was going to update some of the documentation.· Also would like to see more code comments added in future service releases of MSRS work.· It seems far substandard to the other excellent Parallax products I've experienced to date.
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First let me share some of my successes in debugging - I discovered an problem with MSRS in that if you do not put in the correct COM port ID initially and then build the solution, a separate file with this information is created exterior to the MSRS project and the COM id essentially locked there.· Regardless of rebuilding the code in C# or not, the number in the file "BasicStamp2.config.xml" in the directory "C:\Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5)" remains unchanged.· To fix an error with the COM port specified you have to change this file.· This problem wasn't solved by rebooting the machine, the Boe-bot, the project file, or refreshing the install of MSRS (I did a full repair).· Please update the 'trouble shooting section of the documentation' on page 14 (v2/14/2008).
I have a number of outstanding issues unfortunately.·
1.) When getting the Boe-bot to connect to MSRS after resolving the COM port issue the wheels are set in MSRS at wheelspeed = 0.· This corresponds to a full-speed clockwise command (as indicated in the command set documentation on page 25 in v2/14/2008).· I've attempted to fix this startup problem by setting the wheelspeed setting to 100 which is the full stop position, but these values in "Parallax.BoeBot.Drive.Config.xml" don't appear to vary the initial conditions of the servos.
2.) When attempting to use the MSRS Control Panel (http://localhost:50000/controlpanel) the Boe-bot generic drive selection is greated with a series of·errors in the MSDOS command window the function: "http://schemas.tempuri.org/2007/06/bsdrive.html" cannot be found.· This disables the ability to interface with the servomotors when also loading the "Simple Dashboard" service.
3.) Lastly some minor issues with the documentation vs. the version of MSRS seem to be disconnected.· Page 13 "bool _autonMode = false;" doesn't exist and appears to be updated to "bool _autonomousMode = false;" in the file BoeBotControl.cs
That's what I've experienced thus far.· Was wondering if anyone else had similar problems and could provide help and whether Parallax was going to update some of the documentation.· Also would like to see more code comments added in future service releases of MSRS work.· It seems far substandard to the other excellent Parallax products I've experienced to date.
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Chuck
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