Camera Issues

[RedOctober45]

Hey guys. I have a question about getting the camera to work properly. I am a student mentor who helped last year and this is the first real year using the camera for us, since its almost needed. It works in testing o.k. so far but I was messing around with the camera java GUI one day and it locked up on me and crashed, and when I recovered, the camera would not connect to it or even run when I ran the default code. It is powered on and all but won't connect to the java app nor run with default code. I am hoping that the drivers on the camera aren't corrupt, any suggestions? Thanks alot guys.

[Manoel]

Have you checked your backup battery voltage? We have found that most communication problems are caused by a drained battery, even though the camera may appear to be OK (LEDs on, etc...).

[joesmomh00haha]

well the solution to that problem should be in the manual. it might be in the cmu camera2 section.

[Anubuss]

The camera might have simply just locked up on you, I know it did for me a few years ago when I played with in in my junior/senior years, if memory serves me right, all you really need to do is reset the camera, and re-open the app. I was good to go after that and you SHOULD be too if we had the same problems.

[Alan Anderson]

Step one: check the connections. In this case, it also means to make sure things are not connected when they shouldn't be. Specifically, you can't use the camera with both a DB9 serial connection to a PC and a "pwm cable" connection to the robot controller at the same time.

[joesmomh00haha]

i still think the solution is in the manual.