We are having trouble using BDC-COMM to update the firmware and set the CAN ID on a black Jaguar. We’re hoping someone can see what we might be doing wrong. Here’s what we’ve done:
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We very carefully followed the instructions at www.luminarymicro.com/jaguar to create the RS232 adapter using the approved DigiKey parts.
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We created a CAN terminator, per www.luminarymicro.com/jaguar, using the approved DigiKey parts.
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We created a 6-pin modular phone cable to go from the RS232 adapter to the black Jaguar, again using the instructions at www.luminarymicro.com/jaguar.
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We don’t have an RS232 port on our computers, so we used an off-the-shelf USB-to-RS232 converter to add an RS232 port to our laptop.
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We plugged our RS232 adapter (that we created above) into the USB-to-RS232 converter, and used our 6-pin modular phone cable to go from the RS232 adapter to the “left” port on the black Jaguar.
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We plugged our CAN terminator into the right port on the black Jaguar.
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We provided 12V power to the black Jaguar.
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We run BDC-COMM (downloaded from www.luminarymicro.com/jaguar) on the computer.
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At this point, we have two problems: (a) The black Jaguar is flashing “red” slowly, as though it has a fault condition (per the Jaguar documentation); and (b) BDC-COMM cannot see the black Jaguar at the other end of the cable, even though we have the COM port setting set correctly in BDC-COMM.
It’s possible we might have a broken Jaguar, or incorrectly-created cables, or our off-the-shelf USB-to-RS232 converter might not be working. We’ve been very careful and double-checked everything, but it’s still possible we have one of these problems. However, I just want to check to see if anyone sees anything above that we are doing incorrectly, due to a misunderstanding on our part, etc.
Any help appreciated!