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ATTENTION!
The ARIA-to-robot connection is SERIAL only. Accordingly, run the ARIA
demo client over radio modems, or over the network with the wireless
Ethernet-to-serial device.
If you are using the Ethernet-to-serial device, its serial connection is internal and
established at the factory; you should not have problems with those cables. Simply
make sure the device has power and remove any serial cable that is plugged into the
other Host serial port on the top of the robot as it may interfere with internal serial
communication.
With other serial connections, make sure to use the proper cable: a "pass-through" one,
minimally connecting pins 2, 3, and 5 of your PC's serial port to their respective contacts
of the robot's serial port on the User Control Panel.
If you access the wrong serial port, the ARIA demonstration program will display an error
message.
If the robot server isn't listening or if the serial link is severed somewhere
between the client and server (cable loose or the radio is off, for instance), the client will
attempt "Syncing 0" several times and fail. In that case, Reset AmigoBot and check your
serial connections.
If for some reason communications get severed between the ARIA client and the robot,
but both the client and server remain active, you may revive the connection with little
effort: If you are using wireless communications, first check and see if the robot is out of
range.
Communications also will fail if the client and/or server is somehow disabled during a
session. For instance, if you inadvertently switch off the robot's Power or press the Reset
button, you must restart the connection. Turning the Power switch OFF and then back
ON, or pressing the Reset button puts the robot servers back to their wait state, ready to
accept client connections again. If the ARIA demo or other client application is still
active, simply press esc and restart.
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