hi all,
I just tested my windows 10, it works as it should be.
Will you send me a video to show the whole process (update firmware with usb connection-connect with bluetooth-requires update again)? You may send it to stephanie.wu@makeblock.com via https://transfer.pcloud.com/
Also please provide us your computer mother board information and the bluetooth version information.
We will try to have a check.
Mbot with mblock5 bluetooth on windows 10 broken for "live" mode
tech_support
#5
coldpenguin
#6
I have tried this on two different computers. One is a Surface Pro 3 from Microsoft. This I have installed mblock 3 and mblock 5.1 and only the 3 works.
The second machine is the Surface Book 2 15" from Microsoft. This has only had the mblock 5.1 installed.
The symptoms are the same. The BT driver is the latest available (online search+windows update).
coldpenguin
#7
I have tried both from a factory default (again, both as the mbot was delivered, and with a reset to factory default firmware) and from the mbot 3 version firmware (which works Bluetooth mode with the version 3 mblock).
The video will be with 06.07.107 installed
Connect via USB ad update
Unplug USB, turn off
Turn on
Select connect via Bluetooth
Press green flag and it changes to show an update is required
Update can only be performed via USB
mBlock 5 Bluetooth version
tech_support
#8
May I know when did you purchase the mBot?
Is that your Bluetooth module is one of below?
coldpenguin
#9
It was ordered on the 1st June 2019, was only delivered 5th of July.
The Bluetooth module is similar (the sub-module doesn’t have ANY lettering that the picture above does, the large chip is novoton) to the top picture.
tech_support
#10
Could you show me your Bluetooth module picture? According to your description “the sub-module doesn’t have ANY lettering that the picture above does, the large chip is nuvoton”, I am afraid that is not Bluetooth module.
In another post, you mentioned you need update with usb again and again, may I have the video?
coldpenguin
#11
The video was uploaded using the pcloud file transfer as requested 3 days ago.
I will be very disappointed if this is not the Bluetooth module, as it was explicitly that version I ordered. And that the module connects via Bluetooth with mblock3, and pairs with Bluetooth, etc. etc. , and works as Bluetooth connected with mbot 3.
Adafruit mBot Robot Kit - Bluetooth Version [ADA3640]
Attaching images doesn’t appear to be working properly today
tech_support
#14
Sorry, I didn’t receive the video, could you send me again? stephanie.wu@makeblock.com
coldpenguin
#15
Is it a Bluetooth module?
I will start the upload again, but the previous one took several hours to upload.
Given that I have described quite clearly the issue, do you have an idea what the problem is?
I don’t think it can be a hardware issue, as it obviously works with the older software.
coldpenguin
#18
Yes, I believe the chips are the same, but the blue sub-module doesn’t have the same silk-screen writing.
So at a minimum a different batch, possibly a different layout.
pichatte
#21
Hi, same probleme with a new mbot ranger and 2 differents laptops on windows 10.
firmware upgrade done in usb
I connect in live mode with bluetooth, a few seconds after : firmware update need.
Unable ton execute code in live
Not try with mblock3.
Bluetooth work correctly with a tablet.
First laptop : lenovo thinkpap X240
Second laptop : lenovo thinkpad X270
Bluetooth Adapter doesn't work?
tech_support
#22
Hi pichatte,
Please try below method. If issue continues, please take picture of your Bluetooth module for me.
Devices: mBot or Ranger, Dual Mode Bluetooth module, Windows 10 laptop
Problem: Connect mBot with mBlock 5.1.0 through Bluetooth (based on PC built-in Bluetooth adapter), mBlock 5 can detect mBot and connect to it under Bluetooth 4.0. But it always suggest to do firmware update though we have done already.
Reason: windows 10 system doesn’t support mBot/Ranger earlier Bluetooth version.
Solution:
Step 1: Install Zadig driver to replace the PC built-in Bluetooth driver. Here is guidance: https://www.mblock.cc/doc/en/part-one-basics/connect-devices.html#3-bluetooth-40-instructions-for-windows-users
Step 2: Download and install test mLink:
https://test-web-cn.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/temp/mLink_v1.3.0_mBotBleFix.zip
Step 3: Open mBlock 5 online version and connect mBot/Ranger: https://ide.mblock.cc/#/
Notes:
1.The above solution only supports mBlock 5 online version. If you want to use mBlock 5 client version, please try mBlock 5.0.1 and here is download link: https://dl.makeblock.com/mblock5/win32/V5.0.1.exe
2.Once installed Zadig driver, Bluetooth on mBlock 5.1.0 client version is not working any more. If you want to get the Bluetooth feature on mBlock 5.1.0 client version, please refer to the link in step 1 to uninstall the Zadig driver.
3.If you have another Bluetooth module and fails to detect mBot/Ranger under Bluetooth 4, you may also try above solution.
pichatte
#23
Hi,
sorry for my late response,
it was complicated, but i manage with sucess to have a functional bluetooth :
- Installation of zadig 2.4 WinUSB (v6.1.7600.16385)
- installation of v1.3.0_mBotBleFix.zip 3
- Launching mlink
- i try ide mblock -> not way to detect mbot ranger (works always throught usb)
- mkblock 5.1.0 not working
- relauch zadig, divers wasn’t WinUSB but BTUsb
- reinstalling winusb driver
-> launch mlink, ide mblcock working through USB !!!
-> mbkock 5.1.0 and mblock 5.0.1 not working
Conlusion : live bluetooth working but only with online application.
any plan to support bluetooth / windows 10 / mbot ranger with mblock windows application ?
Must bought the bluetooth dongle. With it, it will be 100% functional ?
regards
tech_support
#24
“Live bluetooth working but only with online application.”
That is the only function that we can realize. Without Makeblock official bluetooth dongle, once connected mblock 5 with pc built-in bluetooth adapter, it can only run online codes (live mode).