I redid my system

[madgrizzle]

seems lots to unpack here…

@Jb_Skaggs

It overwrote all my ini files. I should have thought to make another copy of them first. It erased all my chain lengths.

Webcontrol doesn’t use .ini files. The config is stored in webcontrol.json so if the .ini file got overwritten, I think it must have been done by ground control somehow. However, chain lengths aren’t stored in an .ini file. Did you get a message about invalid chain lengths right after performing the update? If so, that’s an issue inside the controller (no .ini files involved with that). Upgrading firmware doesn’t normally cause you to lose chain lengths though, so that’s odd.

@Jb_Skaggs

So I figured I would have to start over again And now I cannot communicate with my arduino board at all.

Does webcontrol report being connected to the controller (the very top right ‘alert’ will be green with the port name… /dev/ttyACM0 in my case)

@Jb_Skaggs

All my laptops are linux. Does windows run these better? Are some of my problems linux based? I know my old laptop outside maybe some of the issue, and I have a much newer laptop I can use but it also linux.

I don’t have a controller connected to a linux box so I can’t say. I build the linux file using ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine. I don’t know if it matters that I use ubuntu or not (for compatibility with other distros).

@Jb_Skaggs

What are the steps to start over from scratch? I seriously hate doing that chain measurement thing all over again but it seems I lost whatever data I had on the board when I updated. My numbers are still in my settings- but it cannot recognize chain length or sled position and cannot communicate with motors.

So you got a message about invalid chain lengths after doing the firmware update? You can reset the chain lengths by using the Actions->Set Sprockets Vertical page. Did you mark the chain link that was on the top tooth after doing your first chain extends?

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