Naming Program on CyberPi

#1

Not sure this is the right forum.

Programming with mblock5 for cyberpi on windows.

Everything going ok, but when I upload a program to the cyberpi, it replaces one of the entries in the program list. This is as documented and not a surprise. But the name of the uploaded program is always “main”. Not “Program1” or “Program5” or anything else.

This gets confusing because you have to remember whether “main” in slot 1 is the program you want, or “main” in slot 5.

Fine for me, but confusing for my daughter (9 years old).

How can I change the names of the loaded programs shown in the program list on the CyberPi?

Thanks,
j

#2

Hi devnull,

You’ve come to the right place for help.

  1. Click on the button: Home
  2. Select a program from 1 to 4 (be careful, it will be overwritten)
  3. You name your program in mBlock, no need to even save in the Cloud (just put a name)
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  4. Download and the name of the program will be in your CyberPi
#3

Thank you!

I tried that, but it didn’t work. I’m using mblock 5.3.5 on Windows 10. Used the Upload option.

Here’s the menu line from mblock:

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And here’s the program list on CyberPi (cropped for size)

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I’ve looked at the python generated and at the sample programs and don’t see anywhere else to set the name.

What should I try next?

-j

#4

Hi devnull,

I thought you were using the other environment. However, you said Python and indeed I am unable to name the programs. Maybe Makeblock has an explanation?

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#5

Hi Crackel,

I’m programming with the block based system, not the python editor. But I took a look at the python generated to see if the program name was getting defined somewhere else. It must be, but I haven’t found where yet.

Also, I’m not using the browser/mlink based environment, I’m using the native windows program. When I get a chance, I’ll try the web based system.

J

#6

Hi,

I tried local 5.3.0 and 5.3.5 and nothing works. only the web version, but not in Pyhton … You will have to switch to the web with mLink 2 … It’s going pretty well.

Sorry for not having found a solution. Makeblock will take over …

#7

You did find a solution! The online editor worked perfectly.

And Makeblock has a bug to track down in the native version - something that I know that programmers JUST LOVE :frowning:

(having tracked down a bug or two myself…)

-j

#8

Hi:

Glad to hear your guys have found a solution for this problem,if you still have any problem about this feel free to contact with us,thankyou.

#9

Hello Makeblock,

Indeed, there is a workaround with the mBlock 5 + mLink web environment but the problem is still present with the mBlock 5 (Python) + mlink web environment or the Local version of mBlock 5.

This should work in all mBlock 5 environments. I didn’t try with tablet apps (IOS / Android).

#10

Hi:

ok,we’ll feedback this problem to our software engineer,thankyou.

#11

Hi Crackel:

Our software engineer said this problem will be fixed in next version and thank you for your feedback once again.

#12

Hi Makeblock!

Thanks for looking into it. For completeness, I also tested on Android (Mblock app, version 2.1.3). This does not correctly set the program name either.

-j

#13

Hi there:

This problem will be fixed in next version,please wait patiently.

#14

Hi team, just tried the latest version of mBlock (5.4.0) and it’s still not working.

I have tried online editor & mLink and it does work - BUT: i can only seem to upload one program at a time, everytime i publish a new one it will overwrite the previous one, as they are always placed in second position on the CyberPi.

Is that expected behaviour or am I missing something?

Many thanks

#15

Hi oscarthewhiz,

Did you try changing the program before downloading the program? Ex. Select program 3 and then download so that it overwrites program 3. I’m not sure how it works but I think that was the behavior a few months ago.

#16

Thanks for the quick reply @Crackel. Yes, i actually tried this last night and it did work, which is a bit weird.
I do wonder if there is a limit of separate programs you can upload - at the moment I seem to have 8 ‘slots’ available.

Just to clarify again for other users: to permanently upload multiple, named projects to your mBot2 / CyberPi you need to go through the following steps

  1. sign up for a makeblock account if you havent already
  2. code your scratch project in the online editor https://ide.mblock.cc/, give it a name
  3. connect to your mBot2/CyberPi using the mLink helper app https://mblock.makeblock.com/en-us/download/mlink/
  4. select an existing program slot on your mBot2/CyberPi. Careful, this slot will be overwritten with your new program!
  5. upload program
#17

Use the web mBlock at
https://ide.mblock.cc/
You will need mLink.
You shouldn’t have any trouble then.

#18

@devnull, several responses have been made!