Earlier in the year I was thinking of getting the V2 Handibot and the work on the Extended base for the V2 was very interesting. I was even thinking of working on some Apps but the progress on the Handibot line of products just takes too long and I lost interest in the Handibot again. Here it is almost another year later and still no extended base at a reasonable price is available. Shopbotby gclayton - Handibot Forum
I don't have the Handibot to verify this, but it seems to run on my Intel Edison setup if you edit the .sbp file (Auto Rail Maker.sbp) and change the two MSGBOX lines where it prompts to release and clamp the material to use a PAUSE preceded by a comment line to prompt the user. For example: 'Release hold down clamps so we can slide the material over. PAUSE and 'Clampby gclayton - Handibot Forum
Hello and Happy New Year to everyone. While going through the Fusion 360 documentation to learn to use the software, I found a link to the following CNC Handbook and thought it may be beneficial to a lot of new owners of the Handibot. Autodesk CNC Handbookby gclayton - Handibot Forum
I ended up compiling the synthetos/g2 master (ver. 098) source and after flashing it to the Due I have been able to get all three axis working on the gShield using the FabMo Dashboard. Now I need to figure out how to configure the axis for accurate travel distances.by gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Tried the new gShield.bin but cannot get the engine to start with that binary. File size after download was 130,892 bytes. Also, after flashing the Due with this binary, there are no COM ports created when it is connected directly to the PC as with the Synthetos file. If I go back to the 078.02 binary downloaded from the Synthetos g2Core site, then the engine will start ok.by gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Thanks Ryan, Hope you are having a great Thanksgiving. I will set this up and do some testing. Gilby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I downloaded the tinyg2.elf binary from Synthetos that was configured for the Due/gShield and now have the stepper motors moving and running via the FabMo UI. This binary is version.078 of g2Core and sometimes the stepper motors stall and FabMo Engine stops responding. This could be due to my setup. After rebooting the Arduino Edison then it works again for a short time. Is it possible to gby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I have purchased a gShield and installed it onto the Arduino Due that I had flashed the g2Core via FabMo Dashboard and have hooked up stepper motors to the gShield but I cannot get the stepper motors to respond to any commands. The gShield seems to be powered ok with the blue led lit on the board. I am using a 24V power supply to power the gShield. Is there any configuration changes that nby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I was looking through the documentation of the cut files and other PDF files for cutting the various parts of the Handibot and would like to get a description and a source for purchasing the HDPE used in building the Handibot. Can anyone recommend a good source to purchase a small order of HDPE material?by gclayton - Handibot Forum
Yep, I can see the updates now. I find that I have to refresh the page before I see the updating start to work though. For example, on the Example App, when I select the Control tab and make a change to one of the fields and hit Move Tool button, nothing happens until I refresh the page one time. After that, I can make changes in the x,y,z boxes or use the arrow buttons in the DRO and chaby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
No, I'm not seeing any position updating anywhere, but when I hit the "Move Tool" button I get the "Authorization Required" dialog that pops up that I need to Press the Green Button for one second. The only option I have is to "Quit" out of that dialog since I don't have the Green Button to hit. I get the same "Authorization Required" when tryingby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Well, I'm a little confused about what I am seeing when I try to run some of the Apps like HoleCutter and Example App. The engine does show that it's in an idle state when I am in AP Mode. After connecting to my Wifi Network and going into Dashboard to submit some commands and Jobs I don't get the feedback that I was expecting to get. Maybe this is me not understanding thingby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I still have not been successful at getting the G2 to work when connected to the Edison. On my last try I used the .elf from the FabMo-G2-Core/TinyG2/bin/SAM3X8E/TinyG2_SAM3X8E_flash.elf I used my MacBook Pro to flash this to the Arduino Due and when I am connected to my MacBook using the serial port (Native Port) on the Due and using CoolTerm to access the G2 I can issue the stat commandby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Thanks for the update, Brian. I hadn't seen those videos. Those are some nice ideas. Glad to see this accessory offered. Gilby gclayton - Handibot Forum
Ok, I found the log files on the Edison and it looks like the G2 is dead! I have tried connecting to the Due using each of the USB ports on the Arduino Due but this did not help. I suspect that my flash of the G2 Code did not go well as I had thought but I don't know that for sure since the flash process indicated the flash was successful with verification of the write. Here's aby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I just read the new blog update and noticed that the Extended Length Base (y-axis) for V2 Handibots has a Handibot Store targeted release date of 12/2016. Can we get a description of this new accessory? Will this be available on new orders for the V2 Handibot or will this only be available as an upgrade to the V2? I'm thinking of placing an order for the new V2 Handibot but if I caby gclayton - Handibot Forum
I was able to use my MacBook Pro to setup the Arduino Due using a shell script provided by the Arduino IDE and substituting the .elf file downloaded from Synthetos for OSX. At least I "think" it flashed the image to the Due ok. After flashing the Arduino Due with the G2 Core, I connected the Arduino Due to the Edison board via the USB port and reset the Edison. After connecting toby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I got the Edison image loaded but when I went to flash the G2 Core to the Arduino Due, I cannot get it to load onto the Due. I set the COM7 Baud=1200 as instructed and then issue the 'bossac.exe --port=COM7 -e -w -v -b ArduinoDue.bin -R' command to flash the Due but I get a message that "No device found on COM7". I downloaded the binary from the Synthetos site and renamed iby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Thanks for the images. I used the Windows batch file to install the image on my Edison Arduino Expansion board. Now trying to get the board recognized on my network. Initially had a little problem trying to figure out what the login/password for the Edison was but found out it was go2fabmo. Next step is to get it recognized on the network.by gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Well I have attempted to build the FabMo-Edison-Image using RHEL and Ubuntu 16.04 but if fails and I haven't figured out how to correct the errors yet. Just wondering if you have an estimated time of when the Edison Image would be available for getting the Edison setup for test purposes? Thank youby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I also have the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B that I would like to try out for the SBC if possible. Thanks, Gilby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Great! Thanks for this detailed info. It does help to put things together. I had looked at most of the sample apps but wasn't getting exactly what needed to be included and where it needed to be placed to be found by the dashboard, etc. I will keep you posted. Looking forward to playing around with this. Thanksby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I do most of my development on Windows PC. I'm running Windows 10 x64 (non-anniversary edition) at the moment. I also have a MacBook Pro that I use for some development so I can use that also if needed. I really like trying to figure out how to get things like this working, so I guess you can call me an extremely interested tinkerer.by gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Thanks for the response to my question. I was thinking I would need to get some feedback from the engine/g2 core to fully test the App. I don't know exactly what type of Apps that I will be developing yet but after reading through the FabMo docs on GitHub I saw where you could possibly setup an Edison and Arduino Due for development purposes and thought I would try that route. I dby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I'm interested in setting up a Handibot Development environment using an Intel Edison and Arduino Due as described on the gofabmo.org site. Are the tinyG2 board and stepper motors also required just to develop an App for the Handibot or can I get by without a complete system? I understand it would be best to have a complete system for checking the App but I am looking for a minimal systemby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
I would like to get some feedback on developing Apps for the new Handibot V2 since it has been out for a little while now. I'm considering the purchase of the Handibot V2 since it is finally available. I had the Handibot V1 Developer Edition but returned it shortly after purchase due to the lack of promised info for developing Apps, etc. In particular, I would like to know if anyone (geneby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Wow! I can't believe it's been 2 years since I bought the Developer Edition Handibot and returned it due to the absence of software, etc. Still no new boards or any of the "New Guts" that were being touted mid-2014! This has got to be the slowest that I have seen a company to progress in rolling out a new product that seemed to be promoted as "almost ready" 2 yby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum
Like Boris, I am curious as to when the Handibot with the new guts will be available. I queried about this back in August '14 and this was the update given by Ted at that time: QuoteWe expect to be testing beta versions of the new Control Cards starting in a few weeks. If all goes well and not too many iterations are required, I expect we will be shipping the final versions of this FabMoby gclayton - Handibot App Developers Forum