Rookie team Question error 7

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by efoote868

We are still having problems and get the following error when camera is powered on and application is started in Labview.

Here's a list of things that could be wrong:

1. Do you have the correct COM port selected in the CMUCam2 Application?
2. You're not connecting the camera through the Serial port to the computer AND the TTL port on the robot controller, are you?
3. Is your backup battery FULLY CHARGED? The camera uses the backup battery for its power, and if the camera isn't getting the absolute full charge then the camera won't communicate.
4. Make sure all programs that could be using that port are shut down; this includes hyperterminal, IFI loader, etc...

I want you to review this thread and see if you can get ANYTHING out of the camera:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...83&postcount=9

If you cannot get anything to come out of your camera, and you are dead sure your camera is being powered at the correct voltage, then you may have a bum camera. I'd like for you to debug this a bit more before saying you have a bum camera, however, since bum cameras aren't a common occurrence.

-Danny

[mkluless2]

We also have this problem. After error 7, at the bottom, it says NI-488 board not found. What is this? Will try the other steps tomorrow & hope it helps.

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by mkluless2

We also have this problem. After error 7, at the bottom, it says NI-488 board not found. What is this?

The error it's giving you is really just a generic error for the "class" of errors that the error code can represent. Some errors you may run into will have up to 5 or more "possible problems", it's up to you to decide which "problem" the error refers to in order to troubleshoot the error. In this case there are 2 errors, one that says that the file is not found and one that says that the NI-488 board is not found - since you're not working with an NI-488 board (GPIB interface board) it's safe to say you can ignore that possible reason for the error.

-Danny