Makeblock Orion, firmware upgrade, loud buzzing

#1

People have commented about the loud buzzing after the mBlock ‘firmware’ update in other threads (from February and it is May now). Can anyone comment on the cause and if anyone at Makeblock is able to fix it?

How does the switch interact with the buzzer? I figured flipping the switch on the Orion board is electrically disconnecting the buzzer and not a fix.

#2

Hello Core

Have you tried to turn off the buzzer on the Orion board?

#3

I was trying to set my Me orion board back to default by upgrading the firmware, I had a working thing where the sensor and the digit display work together but now that doesn’t work and there’s a loud ringing @peterlee

#4

I have this same problem. After updating the firmware on my Makeblock Orion it doesn’t work anymore. Can I go Back in firmware versions? I have a $130.00 Brick now that is worthless.

#5

Hi abigdreamer,

Please refer to following steps to upgrade firmware for orion board have a try:
Step 1. Please keep the buzzer be turned off, show as the following picture:

Step 2. Upgrade Firmware via mBlock, as follows:

  1. Download the latest mBlcok v3.3.1 in this link and decompress it: http://learn.makeblock.com/software/
  2. Power off the Starter robot and connect it to PC with USB cable:
  3. Install the mBlock software and open it, then choose the Me Orion under Board:
  4. Choose the correct Serial port of Starter Robot under Connect -> Serial Port: (Here my Starter Robot’s serial port is COM4, and you can check your Starter Robot serial port under your computer’s Device Manager->Ports (COM&LPT))

  5. Then choose the factory program for your device by going to Connect->Upgrade Firmware, then Close when it shows Upload Finish.

    Step 3. After upgrade firmware, please upload the code to Starter robot. When the upload code finished, pull out the USB cable and Power on the Starter, see if the Encoder Motor work.
    Note: Above Steps take windows PC for example, if your PC is Mac, you need pay attention to two points bellow:
  6. Before reset default program, need install a driver for Mac, here is the link to download the driver: http://blog.sengotta.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CH34x_Install.zip
  7. When choose Serial port under Connect->Serial Port, please choose /dev/tty.wchusbserial1410.
#6