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Someone help me please

maru961maru961 Posts: 1
edited 2011-10-29 13:18 in Robotics
Every time i plug my fluke into my scribble2, its turns off and on. When I plug it out it stops turning off and on and remains on. How do I fix this problem?

Thank You

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  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-10-29 08:17
    Every time i plug my fluke into my scribble2, its turns off and on.
    Your Fluke what? A DMM? What "turns off and on", the Fluke or the Scribbler?

    Funny things happen when the Ammeter, Ohmmeter, or Diode-test functions are selected and then one starts probing live circuits that way.
    If you have it set to DC Voltmeter it shouldn't present, generally, any problems.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-10-29 09:52
    I'm betting he means the IPRE Fluke camera/bluetooth board for the Scribbler:

    http://www.amazon.com/IPRE-Fluke-Board-Scribbler-Robot/dp/B001G3ZGM2

    I haven't seen any posts on using that board with the S2, although it should be supported. It's one of the reasons Parallax says they grandfathered the serial connection on the S2 instead of going USB. Per PJ, please give a more thorough description of the problem. What software is loaded in your S2? Might be a power/resetting problem. Are you using brand new alkaline batteries?

    Do you have a blue Scribbler 1 (or another S2, or another Fluke board) you can try it with to further isolate the problem?

    edit: see http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?132131-S2-versus-Scribbler-using-Java-C-Python&p=1007465&viewfull=1#post1007465
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-10-29 13:18
    As erco had eluded to, it is probably a classic power problem. The IPRE Fluke will surely take some power to drive it. This sucks off the Scribbler batteries.

    Brand new batteries would be the firs test.

    Jim
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