Starter Robot Kit Bluetooth Verson

#1

:cry: Hello
I recently purchased the Starter Robot Kit Bluetooth Version ( Five of them) and I downloaded the Makeblock library and drivers and Arduino. I’m pretty familiar with the Arduino so I uploaded the IR car, ultrasonic car and the IR dual mode.

Tried to compile the Bluetooth Car control and got a cannot fnd paramValue or something message. Search the web, tried to reload the examples and library and now I can’t find the Bluetooth Car example in the menu!

Weird!

The sketch is carControl.ino I found something in GitHub but need to search again. Don’t know why I can’t find it in Makeblock again.

Beyond that, does any one have a step by step procedure how to get correct software, etc to get the Bluetooth IOS app going? There’s a glut of hard learned info out there and here and my head is swimming.

I bought these kits for kids in Stem and my best success was with the IR 2wd but I only have two units for IR and 5 bluetooths

Any help appreciated

#2

Hi,

I hope you get a response to your question, because it will likely answer my questions, too!

I bought two Bluetooth kits in hopes of having fun with our foreign exchange student guest. It has been a real disappointment that the tank kit has had all sorts of issues - all well documented in other forum user’s comments.

I have been trying to work through the paramValue error message, too, but no luck so far except to say that I cleared it up when I downloaded firmware - mBot.ino - a second time via Arduino programming IDE. However, I am unsure whether this crashed my iPad connectivity, because it no longer works for anything. My iPhone connectivity still works, but only after I re-download the firmware.

I’ve only being working on this during the last couple of weeks, so I was mostly concerned to read the issue about the DC motors, which seem to work, but poorly; and have the wrong connector orientation. But, once I worked through the low-voltage, my focus turned to troubleshooting the iPad and PC Bluetooth issue. (I am trying to use a terminal emulator to troubleshoot the Bluetooth module, which has the ELET114A BT3.0+BLE chipset.)

#3

Hi,

I am too having issues with Bluetooth - also Bluetooth Control not in my library. Bit disappointed in Makeblock, as no-one seems to reply to my message sent to them.
I want to be able to use the Bluetooth - that’s why I got it!
Also, I want to combine different commands in my sketch and cannot seem to find the right answers.
I may have to throw Orion in the bin and just re-build using an Arduino board.

#4

Wow why when I ordered 5 mBot, I got 2.4 version?

and I sure that no one from Makeblock to response in this forum.

#5

Sorry for my late reply. Please let me know your order number. If you want to order bluetooth version, we can send a bluetooth module to you.
Thanks

#6

@rhenders Sorry for my late reply.
Here is the manual of Starter Kit: http://learn.makeblock.cc/starter-robot-kit/
We don’t have exclusive hub for Starter Kit on official github account but we shared the code for Starter inside: https://github.com/Makeblock-official/Makeblock-Library/tree/master/makeblock
And you can control Starter kit with Makeblock App, which can be found on Google Play and App Store by searching Makeblock.

#7

@una, did you reply to me or someone else?

#8

Yes, you definitely. Please give me your order number. Thanks

#9

@una, back packer number is 1156

thanks,

#10

I will check for you after back to office on Monday, thanks!

#11

I cannot find a working Bluetooth example for my starter kit. Do you have a good example code for bluetooth

#12

Did you ever get the Bluetooth running? Do you have a working code? Thanks

#13