Robot Controller Flips Out

[Eko]

We've been having a chronic -- and unreproduceable -- problem with our robot controller. Randomly, or so it seems, the robot controller's lights launch into an interesting display of lights. However, the controller is totally dead at this point.

Here are the symptoms:
The lights begin by turning off, and then a green light moves down the line one at a time. Once it hits the last LED, it turns red, and moves back up the line. Once it hits the top LED again, the whole group flashes green and then red. Then it repeats until we reset it (from the RC) or sever and reconnect the power source.

Anyone else have this problem? Ideas? Troubleshooting suggestions?

We're stuck.

Thanks for your help!

~Eko
Team 868 Programming Team Lead

[ngreen]

Check your main battery voltage and make sure you are using the second 7.2 V battery fully charged.

[KenWittlief]

the fact that its doing a little light show makes it sound like its going into test mode - or maybe resetting?

innovationfirst should be able to tell you what that means - when you find out, please post it here so we all know what it is (just in case :c)

[Astronouth7303]

Cool, can you tell me how to do it?

Maybe you got an enginneering sample.

You DID download the default code, right?

[deltacoder1020]

maybe your robot controller has managed to contract the first PICmicro virus

[Kevin Karan]

oh man, thats wierd, can you post a vid?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

You DID download the default code, right?

Following up with this, are you using the default code, or your own code? Does it occur with the default code?