I've got a BT with OSX 10.3.9 / Arduino 11 - works fine.

Are you pushing the reset button "just" before you press the upload sketch?

batchku wrote on 06.04.2008 at 02:49:13:


Interesting, where did you read that?

You press the reset 'a second' "before" uploading the sketch. It doesn't work if you press reset 4 seconds "after" upload, unless you've also pressed reset 'a second' "before" upload.

I spent a week once trying to set up a Firefly module, so I understand how frustrating this is.  

While unlikely, you need to make sure the device isn't being used by another program. Aside from that, there's nothing special you need to do.

It's possible there's an issue with the rxtx library, I think mellis has created a replacement so you might want to search the site for info.

I also am not sure about 10.5, we've stuck to 10.3.9 because the wifi dongles we currently use don't have driver support beyond that, so I can't really speak for 10.5 or if A11 has any "10.5" issues.

It takes the bootloader 6 seconds to start a program once it's uploaded, that's why the BT appears to think before it runs the sketch.

How are you powering the BT?

also, regarding:


>>>  It's possible there's an issue with the rxtx library,
>>>  I think mellis has created a replacement so you might want to search the site for info.


i wasn't able to find anything about it....
do you happen to have a link?

thanks again!

a

Hi
I had the same problem with the
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding

using MacOS X 10.5.3

I have gotten it working and been able to upload a number of sketches.
NB to Massimo and the other developers working on the next gen Arduino BT, it would be good to have an indicator on the board that the Tx/Rx or BT connection is made and data is being passed, perhaps with an option in the bootloader or the C code itself to use/not use LEd in the grace of saving power.

OK here what I did to resolve the problem, set the board and port in the Arduino 0011 console, FYI I'm using the dev/tty/ARDUINOBT-BluetoothSeri-1  

in the Setup() method add the baud rate
void setup()                    // run once, when the sketch starts
{
 Serial.begin(115200);       // set the Bluetooth serial baud rate
.......

and open the bluetooth setting in the OSX bluetooth system preferences and click on the Arduino device and add the setting for Serial RS 232 for bluetooth under advanced settings.

I tried to upload some screenshots but i'm mesing up something -it won't work!


anyway moving on, once you have added the RS232 serial, compile the sketch and if its OK, press the RESET button on  the ArduinoBT, then upload the sketch, you can see from the BT device preferences the connection will become active for a matter of seconds. The BT device takes a lot longer to upload the sketches than the USB ones.


mine seems to be now stable and working

regards T.

One last quick question: has anyone had any luck setting a BT up on Linux of any flavor? I haven't seen anything posted in the forums. Thanks.