Technical problem (new threads)

Thymio Suite 2 languages install

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:36:38 +0000

Hey

I want to install the thymio suite with 2 languages. German and French.
Is there a way to install it 2 times on both languages. Can I do a parameter by the shortcut?

Greetings
Simon

Thymio Suite and MacBook Pro M1

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:11:17 +0000

I'm a new Mac user. I've installed Thymio Suite without any trouble, but when I try to open Aseba studio or VPL, no thymio is detected (even though i've update the firmware) and I cannot open any .aesl file.
Did someone experience the same problem?

Thanks
Andrea

New user, can't open the software on Mac

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:31:06 +0000

I just unboxed Thymio and want to try it out. I downloaded the software for mac, dragged it into the Applications folder and now this error message:

“ThymioSuite” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software."
This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information.

Help!

USB intermittent connection

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:43:16 +0000

We have 15 or so robots that seem to work fine, but have bad USB ports, so cannot connect consistently. If I push a bit left or right, it connects, but then soon disconnects again. Has anyone found a way to make those more reliable? Or can we get them fixed?

No more USB connectivity after frameware upgrade v13

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:44:24 +0000

I used ThymioSuite-2.0.0-RC5-OSX and after be connect I started upgrading the frimeware version 12 to 13.

But now, impossible to do a USB connection with my Thymio!!!

I trying to re-upgrade the previous frimeware (v12) using Aseba-1.6.1 (and also with Install.Aseba.1.4.OS10.6-10) without success.

Now my Thymio when connected with USB port display red led and after some time blue led, but nothing more be possible.

notice: my Thymio II was bought 2-3 years ago and don't have serial number on back.

What I need to do? I have technical knowledge, not hesitate to give possible step to fix this blocking issue.

silent install/software rollout

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:19:31 +0000

We're trying to install Aseba 1.6.1 Software via GPO/software rollout through our Win16 server. But we're running into troubles with the required drivers. The silent install fails because of the non validated signature of the driver. Even adding the signature cert as trustworthy did not solve the problem. There is still a dialog that needs to be confirmed with administrative rights.

There is a screenshot, but it is in german.

Any hints? Is smb rolling out the software in the same way?

The timers don't work

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 07:18:05 +0000

I developed a program for Thymio (firmware version: 12) in Scratch and it works well.
Now, in order to use the program without USB cable, I'm trying to rewrite the same algorithm with Aseba Studio.
If I load a value in a timer with
timer.period[0] = 2000
nothing happens, the value never became 0 and I continue to see my value (2000).
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you

no load of aesl files in blockly possible

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:22:23 +0000

When I store a blockly code in a aesl file - I can not reload it later.
When I check the file, then the XML coding seams to be broken - there is a token "undefined" within the file (between node und toolsPlugins token).
When I remove the "undefined" it still does not load the file.

Problems with one of the wheel engine

Tue, 14 May 2019 08:13:26 +0000

Hello everybody
One engine has less power than the other.
I tried to synchronize the two engines on the same speed. It worked for a slow speed. But if Thymio should roll faster, just one Wheel adjust the Spinning frequenzy.
Is there a way to repair an engine or replace it?
Lerby

Not flash at the same frequency

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:51:04 +0000

I like to do the pairing procedure. But the dongle and the robot doesn't flash at the same frequency. The robot is on the configuration mode and I select the light purple mode. I waited for several hours, they don't flash at the same frequency. They are very close, so that isn't the problem. In the network configurator I changed just the channel from 1 to channel 2, nothing more. Of course in this state I can't start the vpl program, because the dongle and the robot doesn't work together. If I use the robot by USB cable, the vpl program start and there is a connection between laptop and robot and I can program it. Without the cable nothing happens.

What is the problem?

Thymio doesn't want to shutdown

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:24:12 +0000

Hello,

If you keep pressing the central button, nothing happens. The green led remains on.

Connected to a computer, Thymio is not recognized by Thymio VPL or other aseba software. But Windows detect the device. Same with an other usb cable.

Tryied to reset the robot : when i a push the reset button, the led goes out but turns on again.

I'll wait the battery discharge…

What happened ? How restore the thymio ?
Thanks !

No access to Wireless Thymio Network Configurator

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:05:27 +0000

Hello
I like to use three Thymios at the same time in a classroom. A student has his own Wireless Thymio and doesn't want his instructions to interfere with other students. So I like to choose for each robot another channel. So I start the Wireless Thymio Network Configurator. But every time the error message turns up: No contact with the Dongle. How can I solve this problem? Thanks for help.

Thymio II don't charge

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:52:33 +0000

I have 6 Wireless Thymio's connected to one USB-Expander. If they are all fully charged and I plug the USB-Expander in, all Thymio do show the blinking charging sign. After two hours, I check the status and I see that all Thymio's are discharged to one stroke. I don't understand what is going on here.

Aseba VPL crashing on Mac OS X 10.8.6

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:22:56 +0000

Hi all,

I'm working with a person that has an old Mac running OS X 10.8.6. This person downloaded 1.6.1 (and also 1.6.0) and after installing it, connecting the Thymio, and running Aseba VPL, the program just loads for a split second showing the GUI, and then crashes.

I cannot describe more the issue because I do not currently have this person's Mac here right now, maybe somebody knows how to deal with such issue.

Thanks!

Connecting Thymio II to Raspberry Pi does not work!

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:22:44 +0000

Hi guys,

I just want to connect my Raspberry Pi to my Thymio II so that I can control it with a Python script.

I tried to import the gobject package with:

import gobject

But this did not work for me, so I did this instead:

from gi.repository import GObject as gobject

This is now my whole code:

import dbus import dbus.mainloop.glib from gi.repository import GObject as gobject from optparse import OptionParser proxSensorsVal=[0,0,0,0,0] def Braitenberg(): #get the values of the sensors network.GetVariable("thymio-II", "prox.horizontal",reply_handler=get_variables_reply,error_handler=get_variables_error) #print the proximity sensors value in the terminal print(proxSensorsVal[0],proxSensorsVal[1],proxSensorsVal[2],proxSensorsVal[3],proxSensorsVal[4]) #Parameters of the Braitenberg, to give weight to each wheels leftWheel=[-0.01,-0.005,-0.0001,0.006,0.015] rightWheel=[0.012,+0.007,-0.0002,-0.0055,-0.011] #Braitenberg algorithm totalLeft=0 totalRight=0 for i in range(5): totalLeft=totalLeft+(proxSensorsVal[i]*leftWheel[i]) totalRight=totalRight+(proxSensorsVal[i]*rightWheel[i]) #add a constant speed to each wheels so the robot moves always forward totalRight=totalRight+50 totalLeft=totalLeft+50 #print in terminal the values that is sent to each motor print("totalLeft") print(totalLeft) print("totalRight") print(totalRight) #send motor value to the robot network.SetVariable("thymio-II", "motor.left.target", [totalLeft]) network.SetVariable("thymio-II", "motor.right.target", [totalRight]) return True def get_variables_reply(r): global proxSensorsVal proxSensorsVal=r def get_variables_error(e): print('error:') print(str(e)) loop.quit() if __name__ == '__main__': parser = OptionParser() parser.add_option("-s", "--system", action="store_true", dest="system", default=False,help="use the system bus instead of the session bus") (options, args) = parser.parse_args() dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True) if options.system: bus = dbus.SystemBus() else: bus = dbus.SessionBus() #Create Aseba network network = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object('ch.epfl.mobots.Aseba', '/'), dbus_interface='ch.epfl.mobots.AsebaNetwork') #print in the terminal the name of each Aseba NOde print(network.GetNodesList()) #GObject loop print('starting loop') loop = gobject.MainLoop() #call the callback of Braitenberg algorithm handle = gobject.timeout_add (100, Braitenberg) #every 0.1 sec loop.run()

When I run the code with the following command:

python3 test.py

I get this error message:

pi@berry:~/Desktop $ python3 test.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 175, in activate_name_owner return self.get_name_owner(bus_name) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 361, in get_name_owner 's', (bus_name,), **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'ch.epfl.mobots.Aseba': no such name During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 65, in  network = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object('ch.epfl.mobots.Aseba', '/'), dbus_interface='ch.epfl.mobots.AsebaNetwork') File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 241, in get_object follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 248, in __init__ self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 180, in activate_name_owner self.start_service_by_name(bus_name) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 278, in start_service_by_name 'su', (bus_name, flags))) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name ch.epfl.mobots.Aseba was not provided by any .service files

My question:
How can I fix this?
Or is there a more simple way to connect and control my Thymio II from my Raspberry Pi?

Edit:

Okey, I don't know why but it's working now with the import. But now I have a new problem.
I get this error:

pi@berry:~/Desktop $ python3 test.py dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('s')) starting loop 0 0 0 0 0 totalLeft 50.0 totalRight 50.0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 37, in Braitenberg network.SetVariable("thymio-II", "motor.left.target", [totalLeft]) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: node thymio-II does not exists error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: node thymio-II does not exists pi@berry:~/Desktop $

Thank you in advance.

Flashing SCRATCH 3 programs to Thymio Robots

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:27:21 +0000

Is it possible when using Scratch 3, to have the program stay on the robot so that we can remove the USB and run the program?

USB 3

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:10:06 +0000

Hallo,

is the wireless thymio stick working with usb 3 ports?

thank You

Hanspeter

In Blockly Thimio not found

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:37:14 +0000

Hallo,
I have a new Thymio 2 and I wonted to try out Blockly.
In Asheba Studio is Thymio with dongle or USB Cable working fine.
The problem i have is, that i can not work with Blockly.
When i start the Web Bride, is thymio found on port COM 5.
In device manager windows 10 is Thymio listed as Thymio 2 wireless COM 5.
When i try to start (run) a Programm in Blockly there ist a Message :
Can not find Thymio. Please connect Thymio with Dongle or USB Cable.
Web Bridge is running. I have Windows 10. Asheba is Version 1.6.1.
I have installed the latest Firmware un Thymio.
Sorry about my bad English.

Hanspeter

Repair the USB connector

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:38:47 +0000

One of our Thymio micro USB connector seems to be broken
Is there a guide available to show how to repair it without breaking further parts?? I only have a cheap solder iron at hand. will that be good enough?

How often do they break while using in a school environment?

Thymios turn off after charge

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:50:46 +0000

I have three thymio robots (out of a class set of 10) that die as soon as they are unplugged from a power source even though they indicate they are fully charged when plugged in - the FAQ recommends leaving a message on this board.