Difference between revisions of "Troubleshooting Connection Issues"

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* Make sure that the CAN adapter is plugged in, the wiring is correct and the robot is powered on.
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# Make sure that the CAN adapter is plugged in, the wiring is correct and the robot is powered on.
* Make sure the CAN adapter is recognized by your computer and that it uses the correct driver.
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# Make sure the CAN adapter is recognized by your computer and that it uses the correct driver.
  
 
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* Check that the ethernet wiring between your PC and the robot is correct and that you are using the correct ethernet ports. Check that the robot is powered on.
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# Check that the ethernet wiring between your PC and the robot is correct and that you are using the correct ethernet ports. Check that the robot is powered on.
* Make sure that the IP address of your PC's ethernet port is correct. If the IP of the robot is 192.168.3.11 the IP of your PC should be set to a similar IP that does not end with 11.
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# Make sure that the IP address of your PC's ethernet port is correct. If the IP of the robot is 192.168.3.11 the IP of your PC should be set to a similar IP that does not end with 11.
* Use ping to check if the robot is reachable by it's IP address.
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# Use ping to check if the robot is reachable by it's IP address.
  
 
If you can ping your robot but not connect to it with CPRog/iRC go to the next section.
 
If you can ping your robot but not connect to it with CPRog/iRC go to the next section.
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This might mean an issue with the control software of the robot (TinyCtrl).
 
This might mean an issue with the control software of the robot (TinyCtrl).
  
* Turn the robot off and on again and try to connect.
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# Turn the robot off and on again and try to connect.
* [[Software Updates|Update TinyCtrl]], if it isn't the most recent version already or if you're not sure.
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# [[Software Updates|Update TinyCtrl]], if it isn't the most recent version already or if you're not sure.
* If you still can't connect to the robot send the [[Log Files]] of CPRog/iRC and TinyCtrl [[Support Routes|to our support]].
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# If you still can't connect to the robot send the [[Log Files]] of CPRog/iRC and TinyCtrl [[Support Routes|to our support]].

Revision as of 10:32, 11 September 2020

This article explains how to troubleshoot issues when connecting CPRog/iRC to a robot. Go to the section that matches your connection type.

CAN

  1. Make sure that the CAN adapter is plugged in, the wiring is correct and the robot is powered on.
  2. Make sure the CAN adapter is recognized by your computer and that it uses the correct driver.

Ethernet

CPRog/iRC differentiates two types of connection issues:

This error happens if the robot is not reachable via the network:

ConnectionErrorNetworkUnreachable.JPG

The connection refused error happens if the robot is reachable but does not respond:

ConnectionErrorRefused.JPG

Go to the section that matches your error message.

Network issue

  1. Check that the ethernet wiring between your PC and the robot is correct and that you are using the correct ethernet ports. Check that the robot is powered on.
  2. Make sure that the IP address of your PC's ethernet port is correct. If the IP of the robot is 192.168.3.11 the IP of your PC should be set to a similar IP that does not end with 11.
  3. Use ping to check if the robot is reachable by it's IP address.

If you can ping your robot but not connect to it with CPRog/iRC go to the next section.

Connection refused

This might mean an issue with the control software of the robot (TinyCtrl).

  1. Turn the robot off and on again and try to connect.
  2. Update TinyCtrl, if it isn't the most recent version already or if you're not sure.
  3. If you still can't connect to the robot send the Log Files of CPRog/iRC and TinyCtrl to our support.