How to Install 2.4G wifi as on mbot

#1

I would like to use the starter kit with 2.4 G connection for USB as on mbot … with a dongle on the PC.
So I could use mblock on the PC without uploading my programs.

Is it possible ?
How ?

#2

Yes, it’s quite possible.

  1. Install the current USB driver for your Operating System.
  2. Connect the USB cable and select the appropriate COM port or /tty/dev (depending on your operating system).
  3. Update the firmware on the mBot.
  4. Select the 2.4G Serial option on the Connect menu.

are the steps I followed. You will experience some serial lag time over the air that you’ll have to compensate for.

Be aware that for standalone operation (not from within mBlock), you still have to be connected to the mBot via the USB cable.

#3

Hello,

Thanks for your answer

I Know how to do it with mbot.
It works fine

But how to do it with the board of the starter kit ?
Impossible to insert the 2.4 G module

#4

I think you’d need to get the Me WiFi module. The Starter Robot seems to be based on the Orion board. I don’t have one, so I can’t answer definitively. I would suspect that once you connect the WiFi module you should be able to connect without a dongle via your WiFi network if not directly to the WiFi module.

Sorry I can’t be of more help. :frowning:

#5

Thanks,

My aim is to do the same as mbot
I mean to be able to use scatch programming on the PC (without uploading the program into the board) … so I I mix robot and objects on the screen.

In need the install a command server into the orion board
I have a mbot usb dongle … Can I easily use this connection ???
I suppose makeblock is not full compatible

#6

Hey buddy, I think that I can help. I recently got the 2.4G wireless serial dongle to work ok with the orion board and also Arduino UNO, no problems. You just need to do two things on the module that goes onto the Orion board into port 5.

  1. 0.1uF capacitor in series on the DTR line
  2. LED in reverse on the Tx line (didn’t have any zener diodes on hand.

I can confirm that it works great and I connect fine in mBlock and code executed perfectly. You can’t upload arduino code in 2.4G mode because of the bootloader.

#7

Many Thanks,

Great

So after serial connect in mblock you can upload the ‘Commands Server’ in the Orion board.
And Then disconnect, connect with 2.4 G and manage the robot from the PC !!!

MJ

#8