ED Tracker 2.9 (Friday 13th)

wergor

wergor
i too have the flipping to 180° problem, about once per hour. i can solve this rather easily tough, my edtracker is plugged into one of the front usb ports. apart from that the edtracker works fine, now it's just a matter of adjusting the deadzones and x/y scaling values right and maybe play a bit with the tool mentioned in the old thread (i don't remember the name tough :D have to look it up)
yes, i finally bought the premium beta upgrade - damn, i should have done this a LONG time ago. i played for 7hrs straight yesterday :cool:
 

ludders

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Pocketmoon,

Seems to be ATI opengl drivers :/ Your catalyst drivers up to date (or whatever they're called these day!) ?
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Yeah - totally - tried both the latest stable and the latest beta (and others...). Although I'm limited with such an old 4850 radeon card. Not sure I can afford an upgrade.
Thanks for the confirmation.
 
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CaptainKremmen

CaptainKremmen
Hi folks.

Just a quick note to say "GREAT WORK"!

I just received my pre-built ED Tracker in the post, all the way to Australia. Works a treat! You guys rock.

I'm now going to try my best to break it by applying the new s/w. :)
 

Eleazyair

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The latest update you did a day or so ago is definitely the most stable one yet. However, after prolonged use in ED, it still has that problem where when you look to the left, the tracker will snap to the right in a full 180 degrees.

I unplug and replug it into the USB to fix this. It would be great to get that bug fixed! :)

Good work so far though.
 

teamkill

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brumster said:
Got to echo this, I've been testing it and just done an hour without having to touch it. By far the most stable V2 sketch, up until now I was using a V1 version still, but I think I'll make the jump to V2 now :)

Pat on the back to that man, Pocketmoon ;)
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Absolutely, played for more than an hour after doing the 2.9 calibration

Really stable, keep up the good work guys.
 

CaptainKremmen

CaptainKremmen
teamkill said:
Absolutely, played for more than an hour after doing the 2.9 calibration

Really stable, keep up the good work guys.
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Ditto. Got 2.9 flashed and calibrated, as per the detailed PDF instructions. Played for an hour without any trouble or drift.

This is real quality stuff!
 

Bob_H

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I'm having an issue with my ED Tracker. Basically the V2.9 calibration sketch on the unit isn't being seen by the UI. The EDTrackerIICalibrate sketch compiles and seems to get uploaded into the Arduino with no issues but starting up the UI (I have Windows 7 64bit so have Java 7 runtime environment installed) all I get is a large blank window come up then another 3 small windows load up with the text "Scan for ED Tracker..." in them. The UI program then just sits there.

I've looked on the com port window in the Arduino IDE but there is no output from the unit. Also, all three LEDs (green on the MPU9050, and red and yellow on the Arduino Uno are solid on).

I downloaded all the files for the ED Tracker 1 version and followed Brumster's excellent instructional video for that to the letter and the unit is working fine.

Reloading the EDTracker V2 and using a different USB port for the unit, I again get nothing out of the unit and the UI program scanning for the unit but otherwise acting dumb.

Any pointers on why there's no output and the UI program can't see the unit would be most welcome.
 

pocketmoon

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Bob_H said:
Any pointers on why there's no output and the UI program can't see the unit would be most welcome.
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Evey now and then I find I need 3 or 4 goes at loading a sketch before it kicks in. I think the sensor fails to initialise sometimes. Worth having a few more goes until you see the LED flashing after upload - both calibration and main sketches blink the led when they're running the main loop. If that fails I can suggest some more diagnostics to try.
 

SmorlFox

SmorlFox
Hey guys, I received my edtracker through the post the other day, dead fred had kindly loaded it up and calibrated it for me, however i'm keen to try out the 2.9 firmware.

I will be following the tutorial from Brumster but noticed he is starting off with a new device with no code loaded on at all so it has me wondering do I start following his instructions from the beginning of the video or jump in later on?
 

Dead Fred

Dead Fred
Lasse B. said:
Got it working, but I had to plug it into a different USB port. I remember now having had an issue with my dad's bike computer that can be programmed via USB. It was also a COM via USB device that absolutely did not work on any of the USB3 ports, but plugging it into a USB2 port it sprang to life as if nothing ever happened.

Short story: If people are having difficulties getting their EDTracker to work, you might have to test several USB ports and try again, including the flashing. After flashing is done and your unit is set up, you should be able to use a different USB port again.
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USB3 ports are only for data storage devices.
 

Bob_H

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Amos said:
I got this problem too so I just used the 32bit version
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Have both 32 and 64 bit Java installed. 32 bit UI just gives a large blank window and nothing else. 64 bit UI gives a white blank form and 3 small windows with the scan for... message but does nothing else

Lasse B. said:
@Bob_H
@Amus

Try this:
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=478257#post478257

It already helped Eleazyair to get his tracker up and running.
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Yep already looked at that and tried it before putting up my first post. It just won't play ball.

pocketmoon said:
Evey now and then I find I need 3 or 4 goes at loading a sketch before it kicks in. I think the sensor fails to initialise sometimes. Worth having a few more goes until you see the LED flashing after upload - both calibration and main sketches blink the led when they're running the main loop. If that fails I can suggest some more diagnostics to try.
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No matter how many times I flash it, EDTrackerIICalibrate appears to not work at all (all LED's on solid) while EDTrackerII appears to be working as intended judging by the LED's but the UI program just won't see it plus no output on the serial tool in the Arduino EDI. It's the same regardless of which USB port I use.

The infuriating thing is that it all appears to work great with the V1 software. Just won't play ball with the V2 software.

The only thing I can see as an issue is that I have a MPU-9150 not a MPU-6050. Could this be the problem?

Currently my only recourse is to go back to V1 and wait for the new all inclusive version.
 

SmorlFox

SmorlFox
Okay, been following brumsters video to the letter and i too have the blank screen when i try run the UI software (32 & 64bit versions)

Also of note, now when i plug my device into the computer, It recognises it as an Edtracker2 but cannot install drivers for it and I for the life of me can't find them either.

Help much appreciated!

edit: no longer seeing it as an Edtracker in device manager, back to arduino leonardo.

edit 2: Okay so depending on which usb port I plug it into alters whether it is recognised as Arduino Leonardo (with drivers) or Edtracker (without drivers)
 
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SmorlFox

SmorlFox
yeah when I run the 64bit version only, I get a small window (3 in fact, on top of each other) just saying "Scan for Edtracker..."

nothing happens.
 

pocketmoon

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Bob_H said:
The only thing I can see as an issue is that I have a MPU-9150 not a MPU-6050. Could this be the problem?
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Hmm.. Just tested on a 9150 and it worked ok. Are you up for some debugging ? If you add the line indicated below it should enable blinking when the sketch runs:


if (millis() > tick)
{
tick = millis() + 200;
digitalWrite(LED_PIN, blinkState);
blinkState=!blinkState; -- << Add this line
}


If the LED blinks then we know it's doing something...
 

pocketmoon

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SmorlFox said:
edit: no longer seeing it as an Edtracker in device manager, back to arduino leonardo.

edit 2: Okay so depending on which usb port I plug it into alters whether it is recognised as Arduino Leonardo (with drivers) or Edtracker (without drivers)
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Does it appear in device manager under Ports (Com &LPT) ?
 
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