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                        <link>https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/smart-motor-with-arduino-cant-receive-reports/#post-1301</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hello..i think you can also reset your COM Port Number if needed.Click OK and close Device Manager out.
Retry communications at the higher Baud Rate. If the communications works at the high...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello..i think you can also reset your COM Port Number if needed.Click OK and close Device Manager out.
Retry communications at the higher Baud Rate. If the communications works at the higher Baud Rate with SMI2 and your Laptop/PC... then you need to check the timing on the Arduino compared to your Laptop/PC.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>BaseMell</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I am actually using SoftwareSerial on the Arduino directly with the Smart Motor, and I think that that was my issue. Apparently SoftwareSerial isn&#039;t very reliable at high baud rates, or anyt...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I am actually using SoftwareSerial on the Arduino directly with the Smart Motor, and I think that that was my issue. Apparently SoftwareSerial isn't very reliable at high baud rates, or anything over 9600 really. I can get it to work at lower baud rates, such as 4800, and for a short amount of time at 19200, but it only works for a few seconds, and it doesn't seem to work at all at 38400. Or at least not in my application. I tried using the hardware serial port on the Arduino, but it doesn't seem to work correctly. I think it may be because I have it plugged into the Arduino USB port.

Right now I am investigating the possibility of using an alternate serial library called AltSoftSerial that should be faster. (http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_AltSoftSerial.html)

If that doesn't work, then I'm planning on trying either an Arduino Leonardo or Arduino Mega, as they have hardware serial ports that are separate from USB communications.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>Fredjikrang</dc:creator>
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                        <link>https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/smart-motor-with-arduino-cant-receive-reports/#post-636</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Real Laptop RS232 ports... usually don&#039;t have a problem... but if you have a USBtoRS232 or a 3rd party RS232 USART... Then the operating system comes back in play.  See if you can sustain hi...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Real Laptop RS232 ports... usually don't have a problem... but if you have a USBtoRS232 or a 3rd party RS232 USART... Then the operating system comes back in play.  See if you can sustain higher baud rates with the SMI2 software first.  If it fails... you may need to check wiring and grounding (shielded cables with the shield tied to Single Point Ground is recommended)

When running Windows and SMI...
The following is dependant on what version of Windows you are running...
... I'm running Win7/64bit...
Go to the Device Manager... and look for Ports (COM &amp; LPT)... open that up.
Select your USBtoRS232 device... open that up.
Select the Port Setting Tab...
Select the Advanced Tab...
You should have two sliders for Receive Buffer and Transmit Buffer.  Slide those to the Lowest setting.
You can also reset your COM Port Number if needed.
Click OK and close Device Manager out.
Retry communications at the higher Baud Rate.  If the communications works at the higher Baud Rate with SMI2 and your Laptop/PC... then you need to check the timing on the Arduino compared to your Laptop/PC.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>csearcy</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I have been having pretty good success with the motor since my last post, but I have just started trying to change the baud rate in order to further increase responsiveness, but I haven&#039;t be...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been having pretty good success with the motor since my last post, but I have just started trying to change the baud rate in order to further increase responsiveness, but I haven't been having any luck.

I am communicating with the motor over RS232, and it works great at 9600 BAUD, but I can't get it to work at other speeds. I send the motor the "BAUD19200" command, for example, and change the baud rate of the Arduino, but once done I can no longer communicate with the motor.

Any ideas?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>Fredjikrang</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Everything seems to be working as expected now! Thank you for all of your help!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Everything seems to be working as expected now! Thank you for all of your help!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>Fredjikrang</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#039;ll try that.

It looks like the line feed was at least a part of the problem. I can now get back good information from the motor in my test program, where the Arduino is acting as ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, I'll try that.

It looks like the line feed was at least a part of the problem. I can now get back good information from the motor in my test program, where the Arduino is acting as a serial bridge. I'm still struggling a little bit with another program that I am trying to get to work where the Arduino uses that information. It is very odd, since as far as I can tell I am sending the exact same commands, but am getting back corrupt information. I'm wondering if maybe I am sending the commands too quickly? (I was running it at about 100hz, but I am going to try at 10hz, just to see if that is the case. Especially since I know that serial at 9600K is a bit slow.)

Specifically the command that I am sending is "RBo", which works fine in my test program, but not in my other one. I am still working on it, and should know more later today.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>Fredjikrang</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Try build 212.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Try build 212.

http://www.animatics.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=104&amp;Itemid=9&amp;dir=JSROOT%2Ftop+level/Software]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>csearcy</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Do you have a suggestion as to which version I should try?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you have a suggestion as to which version I should try?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>Fredjikrang</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[SMI2 couldn&#039;t find it because of the old firmware.  You can go to our website... support... download center... software... and download an older version of SMI that may work better for you.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[SMI2 couldn't find it because of the old firmware.  You can go to our website... support... download center... software... and download an older version of SMI that may work better for you.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#039;ll try and delimit the commands with spaces or only CR, and see if that fixes the strange receive behavior.

Any ideas on why the SMI couldn&#039;t find the motor?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, I'll try and delimit the commands with spaces or only CR, and see if that fixes the strange receive behavior.

Any ideas on why the SMI couldn't find the motor?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.animatics.com/forum/communications/">Communications</category>                        <dc:creator>Fredjikrang</dc:creator>
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