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I put "Partial operation but gets the job done"

just because it worked fine before, and seems to work fine after repair.

I did test the outputs before with a multimeter.

I still have to test them now after repair. I'll report back when I've done that.

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Ours works as advertised .......

No issues ...... :cool:

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The Robo-Lion's (2199) IR board doesn't work.

The board turn's on an the error LED turns on. When we try to program it ( giving it power after holding down the program button and holding the button for 2 seconds as indicated by the manual), the LED turn's on (and then off when we release the button), but doesn't flash to indicate that it is ready to program. The error LED doesn't flash to indicate that there is a problem at all, but there is obviously a problem if it can't program. Several people have tryed to getting it to work but no sucess. We think it is a defective one, but if you know otherwise tell me.

Thanks,
Aarnat

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The instructions are a little bit confusing - the error LED will "blink off," then one second later, the CMD0 LED comes on. So, you shouldn't be expecting the error LED to come back on like a "full blink cycle" or anything like that. Is your CMD0 LED coming on 1 second after you release the PRGM button? Just don't be expecting the error LED to come back on again after it goes off....

Re: Tally of Working IR Boards
 

richardmcc2,
Once we release the programming button, everything stops: no LED's light or blink or anything.

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Hmm, I guess you may be right then. As long as you're holding the programming button for 2 seconds after powering up and then releasing, then the board may need to be flashed with the firmware again via the programming port, which probably has to be done by DivSys or FIRST.

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Your LED's aren't backwards are they?


you could test them by taking a spare LED and touching it's leads the opposite way to where the LED is soldered.

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Richardmcc2,

I couldn't help but notice in your video the output led's flash repeatly.

The operation of the IR is when it recieves a learned command, it toggles an output for 100msec.

Your outputs in your video flash.

Is that because:

1. Your remote control is repeatly sending a signal to the IR controller?

2. Your operator "thumb" is pressing on the remote control repeatly?

The remote control we are using only sends one IR command per-press of the button, even if you hold it down for any length of time.

Just curious...

BTY, our board works great out of the box.

Re: Tally of Working IR Boards
 

DigiKey or Mouser (online), unless you are fortunate enough to have a real electronics store in your area (Radio Shack doesn't count).

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I would assume it's repeatedly sending the signal.

I have tested two different remotes with our board. One was a cheap DVD remote that only sent the signal once. The second repeatedly sent the signal. If you read the IR manual it talks about using a remote that repeatedly sends the signal.

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Ours did work, but now magically doesn't. We have no idea why. Would it be best to contact FIRST or buy a new one?

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Has anyone used it for auto-mode changes yet? Perhaps on an old bot?

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our first board fried (even replaced the voltage regulator).

We ordered two replacements from IFI -- the first one worked like a charm -- haven't tested the 2nd yet.

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I jumpered the on board regulator, and now feed the board with 5 volts. Works fine now, and worked fine before I accidentally reversed the polarity.

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Our first IR board was DOA, it seemed that the 5V regulator got fried before it even got to us. We got another one, and now it works great. We used the remote on it from 50 ft away, which was nice.