Error from PonyProg - Bus busy or Hardware Error(-11) - Solved

[praveen_khm]

Hi all,

I had made this 50$ robot and it was all working fine. However, now when I try to connect it with Ponyprog, I get a error message as "bus busy or hardware error [-11]".

All the connections are intact and everything looks fine.
I have also done the calibration and COM1 has been detected and the "Test OK" msg was displayed.

I had formatted my system and reinstalled ponyprog today. Not sure what has gone wrong. Can someone help me with this please?

Cheers,
Praveen

[dellagd]

is any other program using that COM port?

[praveen_khm]

I don't think any other programs are using it, coz no other application is open, except my antivirus (avast, does it block this?)
Is there a way to check if the com port is busy/being used by other programs? Also, is this the only reason for this error to pop up?

[dellagd]

well, it does say bus busy, and a USB or serial port are both buses

[Pratheek]

Do you have a serial port on your computer or are you using a USB to serial converter ?

Serial AVR programmers do not to work with USB to serial converters.

[praveen_khm]

Actually I was working with this before. I was using Serial programmer and it was all working fine. I am not sure if my Serial port is damaged. Night, I will try opening my comp and check if all is well.

But before that if anybody knows if this is a software problem, kindly guide me.

[dellagd]

unlikely, but if you want do a computer restart and re-install ponyprog.
It cant hunt to try.

[praveen_khm]

  Sadly none of the options are working. I tried reinstalling the entire stuff. WinAVR, AVRStudio, PonyProg, but nothing worked. Anybody there who can still help me?

[praveen_khm]

hey... issue has been resolved. For some unknown reason, my antivirus was removing ar.exe file from Winavr. Now restored and added an exception, it worked like a charm. Thanks everyone who tried to resolve my issue.   

[dellagd]

your welcome, were here to help

[Proctor]

Hey guys
I'm doing the $50 tutorial as well and having the same problem. I'm glad you found the solution. My question is, how can I stop avast from removing the ar.exe file?
Thanks, Proctor

[Gertlex]

I've not had this problem (I don't use PonyProg) or had problems with Avast blocking/removing .exe files.  My guess for how to prevent this, though, is to right click on the tray icon and
Open avast! user interface -> Real-time shields -> File System Shield -> Expert Settings -> Exclusions

Of course, Avast changes its interface all the time, so if we're using different versions, that might not work for you.

[Proctor]

That worked. Thanks Gertlex