(knocking on wood) We haven't had these issues, but I really appreciate
there being an email I can run to if we encounter them!  Thanks for your
future support coaches.
Brandy

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Anant Narayanan <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> We have had similar problems in past years (I  cannot believe most people
> haven't experienced similar problems at varying levels), and have a
> escalating approach to such problems:
>
>
>
> a.  Try downloading the program after repowering the brick;
>
> b.  Try downloading the program after deleting the program on the brick;
>
> c.  Try downloading the program after taking out the batteries on the brick
> and reimstalling them;
>
> d.  Try restarting the Mindstorms software on the computer;
>
> e   Try restarting the computer at the OS level;
>
> f.   Try rewriting the program.
>
> g.  Try resetting the NXT brick (the reset button is hidden in one of the
> holes near the battery cover).
>
> h.  Try threatening to boil the NXT in isopropyl alcohol in vacuum
> conditions :-)
>
> i.   If all else fails, but no sooner, pull all your hair out, but out of
> view of the kids.
>
>
>
> Others may have developed more/fewer steps.
>
>
>
> I don't think the built in compiler is bug free or memory minimizing (both
> of which annoy me), but then software has never reached the levels of
> reliability or operating perfection that we demand of toasters and microwave
> ovens.  This is 50+year problem, and the economic foundation of the software
> services business.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Nari
>
> *------------------------------------------------------------
> Anant S Narayanan
> McLean Robotics Institute
> McLean VA 22102
> 202-421-3826 (cell)
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> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Bobby p. Carder <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Ok...this is two in one day...but I swear there is a goblin wreaking havoc
>> with our bot/program.
>>
>> This error occurred when we downloaded a program to the brick and it
>> subsequently said that there is a "missing required file" and to reload
>> the
>> software or nxt driver.  In nutshell, after reinstalling everything there
>> is
>> to reinstall, including firmware, software, etc and rebooting and praying
>> to
>> the Lego Gods for mercy after several hours of torture.  We still got the
>> error.
>>
>> Then we took our program to another computer and downloaded it to a
>> different brick.  Voila!  It happened again.  Ok..to shorten a very long
>> story....we have deduced that the particular robot program we were working
>> on is somehow corrupt (???).   What is really bizarre is that every other
>> program will give the same error if opened after the 'bad' program.  But!
>> If we close down the NXT software and reopen a new program (without
>> opening
>> the 'bad' program), it doesn't happen.
>>
>> Anyone ever seen this before?  I can't find anything greyed out, nothing
>> looks obvious...but I am new at this, it's pretty easy to trip me up.   I
>> guess the kids will just have to rewrite the program?  But I am not
>> confident that another program will do the same thing.
>>
>> Thanks for your help - Paul Carder, The Lost Marbles
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