Society of Robots - Robot Forum
Software => Software => Topic started by: praveen_khm on March 18, 2010, 04:06:42 AM
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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
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is any other program using that COM port?
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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?
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well, it does say bus busy, and a USB or serial port are both buses
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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.
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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.
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unlikely, but if you want do a computer restart and re-install ponyprog.
It cant hunt to try.
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:( 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?
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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. :)
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your welcome, were here to help :)
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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
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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.
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That worked. Thanks Gertlex