AX2500 Controller Help

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Lets try this again,<BR><BR>Does anyone know where I can find the firmware version 1.3 for the AX2500 controller? Also, will the RoboRun v1.7 work with that firmware version?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Clayton

The file is at <A href="dev.roboteq.com/dev1/download/roboup13-082503.zip" target=_blank>www.roboteq.com/download/roboup13-082503.zip

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Is that firmware version for the 2500 or the 2550, because I can not get it to work. If it is for the 2500 then I must be doing something wrong still, because I can not get it to save to the controller still. <BR><BR>Thanks,
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V1.3 works for both the AX2500 and the AX2550. Please report where you are having difficulties: Cannot update the software, or the controller does not properly works with the new software.

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">I got the firmware to update, but am unable to communicate through rs232 using the hyper terminal. When I connect to the controller, I dont get a the message that the manual says you should get, all that I get is a repeating W, ie WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW<BR>WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, etc.<BR><BR>When I try using RC to move the motor forward/reverse, I only get the forward signal, but no motor movement.<BR><BR>Any thoughts?<BR><BR>Thanks, <BR>Clayton

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">If you get W's every second, this means that the controller is in RS232 mode with the watchdog enabled.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px">If this happens after you uploaded the new software, this may be because you have not reset or powered down/up the controller prior to launching hyperterm.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px">After resetting, you should read "no ctrl" on the display, indicating that the controller is in RC mode, waiting for a signal. When a valid RC signal is present, the "no ctrl" message disappears and you should be able to controll the motors.

<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Ok...I have gotten the software and firmware versions to work, but now am unable to get the motors to operate on either channel in either direction. I am trying to control them using the hyperterm interface. The controller is getting the command(I can see that it is because the 7 segment display is changing, and I an getting a "+" after I send the command). Any help would be great!<BR><BR>Thanks, <BR>Clayton

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