Need help with ActivityBot
jake4832
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I recently purchased the ActivityBot. I installed the USBdrivers, Learn folder, and SimpleIDE software. I then built and plugged in my robot. I tried to do the first "Hello Message" activity, but when I did "Run with Terminal", the terminal displayed nothing. I made sure the robot was turned on, the batteries worked, and the software was all installed, Still nothing. Another thing is the p26 and p27 LED lights are flashing on and off one at a time and won't stop. Please help me.
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Give Chris Savage (in our Tech Support Department) a call...he's really sharp and will help you get your AB up and going in no-time.
Our Tech Support number is: 888-997-8267.
-MattG
This forum is for support.
Same exact problem here as well.I 'm in the UK and will call the states tomorrow (27th) but I was curious if there is an equivalent support contact in the UK. I'm running Mac 10.6.8.
Tech support will not be open until Dec.29th due to the holidays.
That is your best chance of getting help at the moment.
--Steve
SimpleIDE Version 0.9.66
/Users/admin/Documents/SimpleIDE/Learn/Simple Libraries/
/Users/admin/Documents/SimpleIDE/ Updated on: 2014-12-19
propeller-elf-gcc -v
/Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/../propeller-gcc/bin/propeller-elf-gcc error ... (1)
propeller-elf-gcc -I . -L . -I /Users/admin/Documents/SimpleIDE/Learn/Simple Libraries/Utility/libsimpletools -L /Users/admin/Documents/SimpleIDE/Learn/Simple Libraries/Utility/libsimpletools/cmm/ -I /Users/admin/Documents/SimpleIDE/Learn/Simple Libraries/TextDevices/libsimpletext -L /Users/admin/Documents/SimpleIDE/Learn/Simple Libraries/TextDevices/libsimpletext/cmm/ -I /Users/admin/Documents/SimpleIDE/Learn/Simple Libraries/Protocol/libsimplei2c -L /Users/admin/Documents/SimpleIDE/Learn/Simple Libraries/Protocol/libsimplei2c/cmm/ -o cmm/Welcome.elf -Os -mcmm -m32bit-doubles -fno-exceptions -std=c99 Welcome.c -lm -lsimpletools -lsimpletext -lsimplei2c -lm -lsimpletools -lsimpletext -lm -lsimpletools -lm
/Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/../propeller-gcc/bin/propeller-elf-gcc error ... (1)
propeller-load -s cmm/Welcome.elf
/Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/../propeller-gcc/bin/propeller-load error ... (1)
propeller-elf-objdump -h cmm/Welcome.elf
/Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/../propeller-gcc/bin/propeller-elf-objdump error ... (1)
Done. Build Succeeded!
propeller-load -Dreset=dtr -I /Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/../propeller-gcc/propeller-load/ -b ACTIVITYBOARD cmm/Welcome.elf -r -p /dev/cu.usbserial-DAXJKF35
/Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/../propeller-gcc/bin/propeller-load error ... (1)
Well, that installation appears to be broken.
Do you have a /Applications/SimpleIDE.app ?
If so, does this file exist? /Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/../propeller-gcc/bin/propeller-elf-gcc
You may need to "Show Contents" on the folder.
You have OS version 10.6.8? We test with 10.7 Lion and higher. It is unclear to me if 10.6.x will work or not.
--Steve
Last login: Fri Dec 26 21:27:50 on console
/Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/propeller-gcc/bin/propeller-elf-gcc ; exit;
admins-macbook:~ admin$ /Applications/SimpleIDE.app/Contents/propeller-gcc/bin/propeller-elf-gcc ; exit;
Illegal instruction
logout
[Process completed]
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/158543-SIDE-Mac-new-install-Prop-not-found-on-com?highlight=Activity+bot
Propeller Activity Brd:
Product ID: 0x6015
Vendor ID: 0x0403 (Future Technology Devices International Limited)
Version: 10.00
Serial Number: DAXJKF35
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Parallax Inc
Location ID: 0x1d100000 / 2
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500
Still get error message (in previous message) when trying to run terminal
That is what COM ports look like in the Mac version of SimpleIDE. As long as you installed the FTDI driver, that part appears to be working.
Are you saying that you still see the same error from post #10, or is it different now. If it's the same, reinstalling the software might be worth a try if you have not already done so after the upgrade.
You might also check whether you have a Core Duo or a Core 2 Duo. I'm seeing in various discussions that the Core Duo is 32 bit, while the Core 2 Duo was the first 64 bit.
Thats good news about the Com port. I have reinstalled the software several times and my processor is definitely a core 2 duo. Fortunately I know it is nothing to do with the BOT because it works fine on my wife's Windows 8 computer. Running out of options and getting very frustrated. Im going to give tech support a call when they are open next and see if they can help. Otherwise it looks like I'll be using my wife's computer when it's available.
Please let us know how you make out? I'm very interested in this.
I was curious to see if V1.0.1 RC1 worked on my Mac.
I don't build Mac distributions anymore. Dennis and Jeff do that now. Jeff signs the packages for Parallax.
There was no problem with the RC1 distribution. Here is my Welcome.c Build Error Rescue for reference.
Was this ran in 10.6.8?
Ok, I seem to be having the exact same issue! Need answers please.
I don't think we ever intended to support 10.6.8; the oldest version we supported is 10.7.
I've been doing some testing on 10.7 and have now experienced the same problem reported here. It appears that something is wrong in the GCC compiler utilities of this build, but I'm not sure what yet. I think all this works in 10.8, but I haven't verified this yet today.
UPDATE: Our Learn site indicates 10.8 is the oldest version supported. (see below) I didn't remember this point myself, or I'd have pointed it out earlier.
"Verify that your Mac is running OSX 10.8 or newer."
Can you execute the following commands in the Terminal app and report the results, please?
These will show if the kernel and EFI are running as 32 or 64 bit.
dgately
This is the message I got when I copy and pasted your code into the terminl.
This says it's running in 64 bit.
Don't type in the "$" (that's just the command-line prompt)... Sorry!
dgately
Yes, it seems to be 64 bit.
I don't have any Macs that can run less than 10.8.n at this time, else I would run the test as well. If you are not able to update your CPU to 10.8, maybe you could use an older development version of SimpleIDE (09.45 comes to mind) which did run on earlier Mac OS X versions... Not sure where one can obtain the older development versions, though :-|
dgately
Comes up not actually saying 64, or 32, but the about extensions sure shows it being 64.