Problems communicating with RA+

xulio · Post by **xulio** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 5:11 pm

Hi,

I just got the RA+ and was following up instructions in the manual like a good boy. I connected the RA+ to my Mac after installing all the latest SW (Reef Angel 1.0.2 upgraged to 1.0.3) and the FTDIUSBSerialDriver_10_4_10_5_10_6.
I selected: Tools>Board>Reef Angel Plus Controller and Tools>Serial Port>/dev/tty.usbserial-A901MIEL

The unit is connected using the appropriate pins on the head unit, and I've tried it powered with the relay box or the USB connected to the middle temp sensor.

When I open File>Sketchbook>Example Codes>InitialInternalMemory, and hit upload, the code compiles but it times out while sending the code to the unit.

This is the output on the IDE:

The following features were automatically added:
Watchdog Timer
Version Menu

The following features were detected:
Simple Menu
Binary sketch size: 7,414 bytes (of a 258,048 byte maximum)
Rebooting Reef Angel Controller
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer

BTW, I've tried this on 2 different Macs using 2 different Mac OS X versions. Hopefully I'm missing some silly step.

Also I've tried Tools>Serial Monitor. No luck. The unit does not reboot when that window is opened or closed.

Thanks.

johniii · Post by **johniii** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 5:48 pm

At the top of the program. Go to tools, board, and select ra+

xulio · Post by **xulio** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:18 pm

yeap - that's one of the settings I posted

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:21 pm

Does the controller reboot a few seconds after you hit upload?
It should happen when you see the message "Rebooting Reef Angel Controller"

xulio · Post by **xulio** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:42 pm

nothing happens - it behaves as it is not been seen by the Mac

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:54 pm

With the cable connected to RA, plug and unplug the usb end from the computer. Does it reboot now?

xulio · Post by **xulio** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:01 pm

nope - USB cable busted?

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:02 pm

Looks that way

xulio · Post by **xulio** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:05 pm

wait - it rebooted this time

xulio · Post by **xulio** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:07 pm

but still no dice - it won't load the code

xulio · Post by **xulio** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:09 pm

Just tried the new USB cable. Problem solved.

Thanks Roberto.

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:08 am

Awesome!!!
So, when are we going to have a Reef Angel Client for Mac??

I'm sure there are a lot of other users wanting this!!!

This is the one for Windows:
http://forum.reefangel.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2103

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:52 am

Do we have a talented mac developer in the house...

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