hi, I tried following the instructions. The gopigo does not seem to be responding over the Ethernet, .e. the pc was receiving nothing from its prompt over the Ethernet cable. However, I changed the IP number as directed anyway - still no response and the usual host does not exist response.
Cheers,
Oz
Ok Oz, just to confirm:
- The Raspberry Pi is powered with a wall plug adapter through the micro-usb port right now.
- You’ve re-imaged the SD card with Raspbian for Robots.
- When you turn the Pi on, the Power on the Pi is solid, and the ACT light blinks. Is that happening? Or are they both solid?
- When you plug the ethernet cable into your Pi, and then into your computer do the lights on the ethernet port turn on?
hi,
yes the raspberry is powered via the wall adapter. The card has been re-imaged. On turn on the power light is solid. i’m not sure what you mean by the act light. The Ethernet lights turn on the green one flickers for a short period of time before going solid the yellow light is solid all the time.
Hope this helps,
Oz
It does help. If the ethernet lights are blinking, the Pi is booting correctly. The problem may be that your Mac or PC is not connecting to the Pi, or unable to connect to the Pi for some reason.
I think we’ve asked a few times in this thread, I can’t find a solid response: Just to confirm: are you using a PC or a Mac?
its a pc
Cheers,
Oz
Ok, so when you plug the ethernet cable into your Pi, and then into your computer are you able to ping dex.local?
Hi,
as I said in an earlier message: I managed to log on to the pi and set up the wifi connection and ping google, from this point on nothing has worked. I cannot get a response from the pi using the Ethernet or the wifi. In both cases I have tried to ping using dex.local and dex.local:1 as relayed by the instructions on your website. In each case a unknown host message is given. When looking at the LAN link up the computer appears to be trying to communicate(ie. sending packets) but there is no response from the pi (0 packets received).
Cheers,
Oz
I managed to log on to the pi and set up the wifi connection and ping google, from this point on nothing has worked. I cannot get a response from the pi using the Ethernet or the wifi.
Ok, I know this must be frustrating, but I’m still not following what’s going on. On one hand, you can login through ethernet, setup wifi, and then ping google. On the other hand, you write “I cannot get a response from the pi using the ethernet or wifi.” So if you can’t logon through ethernet, how are you logging on to the Pi?
That’s sort of the point I’m, not it won’t let me back in. After I managed it the first time it seems to have malfunctioned it hasn’t let me log back in since. Sorry, I obviously did not make that clear.
Ok, I think I understand. So now you can’t get it back up and running. I think your only option is to try to re-image the sd card since that was the last thing that got you there succesfully. Did you have a power event, like the power going out or the SD card ejecting while the power was still on?
hi, we are making progress! I re-imaged the card and have managed to get the motors to run via the Ethernet cable using the python test . I have set up wifi but I am unable to get any response from a Scratch command ( I have used the broadcast commands). I can get the little icons to move but the robot does not. What am I missing?
Cheer,
Oz
Great to hear that the image is finally working for you.
Have you tried testing the GoPiGo with python. For trying out scratch, can you try out this example first: http://www.dexterindustries.com/GoPiGo/projects/scratch-examples-for-the-raspberry-pi-gopigo/basic-scratch-robot/.
-Karan
hi,
tried the above but no response from the robot?
Can you post a screenshot of the scratch program you’re running?
hi hopefully I have attached a screenshot of vnc viewer.
Cheers,
Oz
Hey Oz, thanks! That’s a screenshot of the desktop, but not the program that’s running. You need to click on the Scratch icon. When you do that and run the demo (there’s a button that will show up) what happens?
Hi, i’m not sure what you are asking for so I’ve put a few shots together for clarification. I get into the program and click ok on the remote sensor enabled message. after that I try using the commands but there is no response from the gopigo just the response from the software as in the last of the screenshots.
Cheers,
Oz
sorry had to add pictures separately in number order
and again
I actually want to see the dialog in the terminal window. I’ve got that circled in the attached picture.
Also, maybe you can share a test log with us? Here’s a short video on how to do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMadpIEYq5o&feature=youtu.be