I was afraid of that...
The tantalizing thing is that the CPU leds do operate
which means the controller is doing something. But I
suppose it's more trouble than it's worth.
thanks
MS

Eric Keller wrote:
> I would move on.  We tried to fix one that apparently had
> a short somewhere on board.  It's certainly not easy.
> Ours reacted pretty much like yours.  The thing you have
> to remember is that the FTDI chip will flash some of the
> leds while programming.
> Eric
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Michael Schippling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I've got a tmote sky that seems to program OK but doesn't respond
>> beyond that. Anybody have any advice for me, besides a blowtorch?
>>
>> When it is reset it doesn't do the nice slow roll of the LEDs but
>> rather either a flash or quick roll, it's a little hard to tell.
>> This seems that it _might_ be an indication that the "gesture"
>> input is causing a reload of the "Golden Image"...I found a 4
>> year old paper that describes these things as if I should know
>> what they are and do...
>>
>> When I program it, it flashes it's USB lights and seems to get
>> with the program, but finishes with the fast-flash and then
>> doesn't respond to serial comm or other inputs (I've got some
>> buttons connected for my app). The USB lights do not flash
>> during serial comm attempts either.
>>
>> I've tried the whole thing with a different mote and the programming
>> side of the system works fine (I have to unsolder a lot of jumpers
>> to install the new mote into my app system so there could be something
>> wankered up there, but I'd like to avoid the de-re-soldering if I can).
>>
>> Should I just trash it and move on?
>>
>> thx
>> MS
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