Problems with using the ArduinoUno with the Rainbowduino

[TheBogi23]

hey guys, i´m a beginner searching for some answers to my stupid questions XD
Please be appreciative, as i sad i´m new at all this, but I need to do this for school…and sorry for my bad englisch^^

I´d like to use my rainbowduino with my ArduinoUno…and maybe with the mtXcontrol…
I tried to follow the instructions on this page:
github.com/rngtng/mtXcontrol/bl … E.markdown
So I
-installed arduino
-Choosed the right Board (Arduino Uno) and the right SerialPort (COM5)
-Uploaded blank sketch
-connected the 5Wires as shown on the picture rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbo … rogram-it/

But than:
I loaded the firmware.pde sketch on the Arduino IDE and tried to upload it, but than he shows me the massage: Rainbowduinodoes not name a type while marking the line:
Rainbowduino rainbow = Rainbowduino(); //max 10 Frames

I guess it´s because I didn´t chenged the processor type to 168, because my ArduinoUno has an 328…
Or did i do smt. different totally wrong?
-If it´s the processor type problem…how do I change the processor type?

[Steve_Chang]

You may refer here: http://www.seeedstudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=435&hilit=mtXcontrol+rainbowduino&start=20

You can refer here for how to change the processor type.http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Windows

Regards,
Steve

[TheBogi23]

I have tried almost everything…and now it works with another Board.
I was able to make it “white” (mix of red/blue)…(step 6: github.com/rngtng/mtXcontrol/bl … E.markdown)
But when I follow the instructions, which means closing the Arduino IDE and loading the latest processing IDE as well as the mtXControl application, nothing happens…the mtXControl application cant´t find any output device.
What did I do wrong?

Regards,
Bogi

[Steve_Chang]

Try this:

Hi there,

The new version of mxtController and conresponding firmware run on rainbowduino may not work, so you may try this(I’v tested ok):

1. Download the mtXcontrol_windows.zip and Rainbow_mtX.zip here:http://code.google.com/p/rainbowduino/downloads/list

2. Connect your rainbowduino in proper way to your computer that you can program it throgh COM.(Remember to change the port to use COM1)

3. Unzip Rainbow_mtX.zip to your arduino code directory (no need in the arduino library), open Rainbow_mtX.pde by arduino and program it to your rainbowduino.(If it compiles failed, there may be another rainbowduino class in your arduino library, so back up and remove it).
   After programmed, the rainbow Matrix will be all in white.

4.Unzip mtXcontrol_windows.zip and run mtXcontrol.exe.
If ther’s error reported, like “not found javaw.exe”, then you need to add the java path to your environment variable(On my computer is: D:\Program Files\arduino-0018\java\bin ). Am I understood?
If there’s no error reported, just enjoy controlling your rainbow!

May it helps!

All the best,

-Icing

[TheBogi23]

WOW , nice!!! Now it works…thanks a lot

[Steve_Chang]

Cool~