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Shawn replied to Shawn's discussion Initial setup not working
"Managed to get things working. It turned out to be a timing issue with the reset. I had tried hitting the reset button manually before, but guess I was missing the "sweet spot". A friend mentioned I should try hitting reset just before the "Binary…"
Nov 6, 2009
Shawn replied to Shawn's discussion Initial setup not working
"Tried under Windows Vista. (wow that took a long time to get set up, compared to Linux) Again, the same setup try to upload the files. On Windows I get the "avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync" error.

I checked the debugging tips Chris…"
Oct 30, 2009
Shawn replied to Shawn's discussion Initial setup not working
"the lack of flashing LEDs seems to have been the result of a dead battery. Swapped in another, which *should* be fully charged, and I'm seeing the normal flashy bits. But still the same programmer not responding error."
Oct 30, 2009
Shawn replied to Shawn's discussion Initial setup not working
"Thanks Chris. Yes I went through those steps (and read through the related comments). No joy.

I dug out a breadboard jumper wire and used that to connect the throttle control wire. Just so I could say I've done everything I *should*. Still no luck,…"
Oct 30, 2009
Shawn replied to Shawn's discussion Initial setup not working
"btw, I duplicated the same results on my laptop."
Oct 29, 2009
Shawn posted a discussion
Hi. I'm fairly new to this whole fun, and think I need some help.I am using an ArduPilot with an R/C truck for learning. But I can't get the code to load at all, so learning the code side hasn't started yet.My set up:- ArduPilot (the red one).- An…
Oct 29, 2009