I’ve been scouring the forums, Limelight documentation, and general internet, and after exhausting what I’ve found I’m waiving my white flag… I have to be doing something simple wrong and just missing it / the point. Just hoping I don’t have a bunch of dead hardware at this point.
I’m trying to get two Limelight 3’s configured. Both were used in some capacity last year.
We were wiring them both into this year’s robot.
These were plugged in with direct wired connections (not POE) to the PDH for 12 Volts.
( As I understand that there are warnings for powering these using the Rev Radio Power Module. )
On my windows 10 machine, with a verified USB to USB C data cable. ( using a cellphone to confirm)
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installed Bonjour directly from limelight’s download page
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uninstalled bonjour print services
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installed rpiboot directly from limelight’s download page
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installed the required Etcher 1.14.3.
– (previously I was using a 1.93 version on this PC ) -
installed Limelight3 2023.6.0 image from limelight’s download page
– Side note : No new 2024 image surprised me.
The limelights both have the same behavior upon being connected to a usb port.
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Fan starts spinning
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Yellow Status light remains solid
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Green status light remains solid
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primary LEDs do not flash or turn on
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there is a red light(s) on within the unit itself on the internal RasPi.
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when plugged into the Windows 10 PC, no indication of a connection is visible
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upon opening Balena Etcher as administrator, no device is detected (besides the hidden local primary hard drive)
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waited around 5-10 minutes multiple times as 20 seconds wait was said to be expected in the docs.
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there is no indication of compute module with poor/missing drivers
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upon closing the Etcher tool, I opened rpiboot, and disconnected/reconnected the Limelight device and no indication of life / connection occurred.
I think that’s the majority of it…
If somebody has any advice on what to try next, let me know, I’ve seem comments about potentially using the official Raspberry Pi imaging tool, but I’m of the opinion I’ve got a driver issue at this time. I’ve tried between 3 laptops and I’m getting nowhere.
================= General Questions to the Universe =================
If a Limelight has previously been imaged, is it not acceptable to use the imaging tools again?
Are there any ways of confirming connection to the compute module using windows system / device manager?
What does a dead limelight look like?
Thank you all for your time and patience.
