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Robot Special Issues (Resovled Problems)

Luke Barbier edited this page May 31, 2017 · 13 revisions

Router Connectivity

Switching eMMC chips between robots

SYMPTOMS

  1. Upon interfacing with the odroid via micro-hdmi to hdmi and running $ ifconfig with the usb-wifi antenna connected, wlan_ appears and RX bytes is 0 and TX bytes is also 0.
  2. When the odroid receives power, the blue light on the antenna blinks for a few seconds and then stops blinking for more than 3 seconds

ISSUE ITSELF

eMMC chips will only connect with their original antenna to the wifi router. For this reason, all of the antennas are marked with a D (Deckard), P (Pris), Z (Zhora) or R (Roy) for their corresponding robot's eMMC chip. The cause of this issue is unconfirmed, but speculation leads to a configuration on each eMMC chips wifi driver that specifies an exact baud rate to communicate at that uniquely corresponds to its antenna's baud rate.

SOLUTION

  1. Determine the names of all eMMC chips. Connect the eMMC chip to an odroid and then interface with the odroid via a micro-HDMI to HDMI connection. Find the name of the eMMC chip: odroid@name.
  2. By process of elimination determine which antenna corresponds to which eMMC chip. A successful match can be seen when first the blue light on the antenna flashes for a few seconds and then flashes faster without a significant stop. Usually the odroid at startup takes less than 30 seconds to communicate with its antenna, causing the antenna to blink. Attempt to ssh odroid@robot_name. If the connection is successful move on to the remaining unpaired eMMc's and antennas.

Defective Robot

R.I.P Old Deckard 5/31/2017

Rick Deckard concluded his "retiring" of androids on 5/31/2017. The cause of his death is not fully understood. Some say it was a broken control board, others a software issue on his control board, and some, that it was simply a power issue. One thing's for sure: It was more than a broken power button. He responded correctly to software resets and software shutdowns but remained persistent in his attempt to always stay energized when he was re-powered. He will now accept his fate of energizing other androids by taking on the title of "charger." - LT