Ok, my son and I have just completed soldering and testing our new Renard16 board. We installed Vixen 2.1. We have a USB to serial port connector. The computer recognizes it as COM port 4. So it appears drivers are installed correctly, software is installed, and we followed all the videos. However, Vixen isn't connecting to the board. Please help. I've searched all the posts and can't seem to find a solution.
New user with trouble connecting Vixen to Renard 16 board
- Thread starter Rand0man
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The adapter is RS-232, and all jumpers are set correctly. I should clarify about my issue; we have a small Vixen test sequence set up, and we can't figure out how to get the Vixen sequence to 'come out' of the Renard board. And yes, it is an SS-16
My settings are identical to that, except in the blank box that you have in the image, my config says COM4. Should that box be blank?
My Renard board has an RS-232 pot on it, so I didn't think additional conversion was necessary. I do have a CAT5 -> RS-485 converter that I received from Wayne's starter kit, but that's currently not in use.
The usb/rs485 adapter I sent with the starter kit used in conjuction with the rs485/cat5 converter is tried and true. Just use that that setup plugged into the "IN" rj45 port on the SS16 and you should be good.
budude
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OK - so if that's the case then he should NOT have the jumper on JP1 - so basically all jumpers off.
I'm using a third-party USB -> RS282 adapter, not what was sent. Although, now that I know that's an option, I may try it.
Well, now I've got another issue. I have absolutely no idea how to program my pic, as the instructions that I followed for the PicKit 3 didn't work. Granted, I figured out it's a knockoff programmer, but I may need to make another thread about this.
Edit: I don't know where to put questions regarding programming of PICs, so I'll add it to this thread.
I followed the PDF that Wayne provided for programming PICs using the PICKit 3. I get the following error when trying to connect to the PIC:
Code:
Target Device ID (00000000) does not match expected ID (00001180)I tried to proceed past this, but it doesn't seem that the IDE will write to it after that.
I realized after reading this thread: http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/showthread.php?39520-Need-Your-Help-Please-PicKit-3
that my PICKit is a knockoff, if that helps at all.
If anyone has some answers, I'd highly appreciate them.
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pmiller
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If this is one of Wayne's kits, and I think you did elude to that fact, then there should be a pic with a silver slash on it. That's the preprogrammed pic. Install it in U6. Put a jumper on J3. Then turn on the Renard. Watch the lights. Check out the wiki on trouble shooting to see which lights turn on. If you don't get anything then there's something wrong.
It's possible the running pic may not be programmed. This happened to a few of us that got kits from the group buy. Following Wayne's instruction I programmed mine when I received my pickit.
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It's possible the running pic may not be programmed. This happened to a few of us that got kits from the group buy. Following Wayne's instruction I programmed mine when I received my pickit.
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It is one of Wayne's kits. However, after we verified the physical hardware was working as expected, we couldn't get the connection established. So I attempted to reflash both with the operational firmware supplied in Wayne's post, but it doesn't seem to have worked. I'm now getting the error described above.
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Sorry, but, I do not send a diagnostic PIC with my kits.