Hi All,
I’m having a problem running Gluonpilot config. When I do a Connect I don’t see anything (i.e. the text mentioned in the Bench Testing/Booting the Module section) in the lower part of the “Gluonpilot config” window. In the “Sensors” tab I see values in all of the boxes and the values are constantly changing. The Pressure, Height and Temperature values are pretty stable(Pressure about 100740). The Raw and Processed values for Accelerometer and Gyroscopes vary in the lower digits and they change rapidly. Under the RC input tab the green bars on Channel 1 through 6 disappear but remain for Channel 7. Nothing else shows values. If I uncheck “Hide parsed lines” I see a continuously moving stream of values like the following:
[05:39:54.20] TR;33160;35520;38840;26476;25728;32908
[05:39:54.20] TT;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0
[05:39:54.20] TP;117;444;-880;28;-90;0
[05:39:54.20] TA;-419;-169;0;0;0
[05:39:54.34] TP;117;441;-880;26;-90;7
[05:39:54.34] TA;-419;-167;0;0;0
[05:39:54.48] TP;117;444;-876;17;-90;4
[05:39:54.48] TA;-419;-167;0;0;0
[05:39:54.65] TR;33152;35520;38824;26488;25728;32840
[05:39:54.65] TP;117;444;-876;24;-90;-3
[05:39:54.67] TA;-419;-169;0;0;0
[05:39:54.67] TH;100742;32
[05:39:54.68] TT;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0
[05:39:54.68] TG;2;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0;0
[05:39:54.78] TP;118;443;-880;26;-88;6
[05:39:54.78] TA;-419;-169;0;0;0
[05:39:54.93] TP;117;444;-876;24;-90;0
[05:39:54.95] TA;-419;-168;0;0;0
[05:39:55.07] TP;117;444;-880;14;-90;-9
[05:39:55.09] TA;-419;-168;0;0;0
[05:39:55.12] TR;33156;35512;38840;26484;25728;32912
[05:39:55.14] TT;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0
[05:39:55.23] TP;118;442;-880;15;-90;2
[05:39:55.25] TA;-419;-169;0;0;0
[05:39:55.39] TP;121;444;-876;24;-90;2
[05:39:55.39] TA;-419;-169;0;0;0
I’m running on Windows XP, 32 bit. Version 0.3 of Gluonpilot config won’t run on my computer, but 0.2 will. I’m using a Sparkfun (DEV-09717) FTDI Cable (5V VCC-3.3V I/O).
At the FTDI website I saw that there are two types of drivers: Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers and direct (D2XX) drivers. I’m not familiar with Virtual COM Port so I installed a D2XX driver. I run Gluonpilot.exe (as opposed to Gluonpilot. Vshost.exe, which won’t run on my computer).
After plugging the FTDI cable into the USB port I see LED2 flash green once and then LED1 begins flashing red (about twice a second).
Other ports and other baud rates don’t provide any values or response at all so I’m pretty certain I have the port and baud rate correct.
I hope someone can tell me how to get Gluonpilot config working.
Also, do I need to provide power to the Gluonpilot board (on the 2 pins at 5V)? I assume not since it doesn’t say anything about this in the “Opening the configuration tool” section.
I haven’t found anything on the website about diagnostics (e.g. “if you have this problem then . . .”). Also, no other information on indicators of whether the board is working right, e.g. “when the board starts up LED# will flash green at x/sec”. If there is anything like this (more information than is in the “Opening the configuration tool” section) please give me the URL to it.
Thanks for your help, Ben