IFI Loader Problems

[BrendaB]

I loaded my FRC hex file into the robot controller. The first thing it did was scroll for almost 5 minutes. After I closed the window and tried to load the code again, the OI and RC radios stopped interfacing with each other. I reset the RC and the OI and the IFI loader gave me a dialog box stating that it could not find the RC. I downloaded the default code and the IFI loader to my PC, compiled the code again and loaded into the IFI loader. It gave me the same error.

I tried calling IFI but they were not open. Have you encountered this problem? I am still not able to load the default code into the RC with the IFI loader. I really would appreciate any insight and directions (including documentation) that would help me solve this problem.

Thanks SO much
Brenda

[Astronouth7303]

Well, there's a menu option to tell it not to auto open the terminal window. (Options > Launch Terminal (After Download)) Is it the default code?

If you want to reduce terminal messages, search for printf() in your code.

[Ryan Cumings]

Did you make sure it was in program mode? Maybe the battery died? Selected the right com port?

[BrendaB]

Believe it or not, my work laptop was the problem. When I used my personal laptop I was able to load the code with ease. It appears some brands conflict with the RC. This was the case with the PC I use at work. Dave Flowerday of Team #111 suggested I do a hard reset and try loading default code from another PC. Guess what? It worked :) Thanks everyone!