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Before checking with your teacher, try these helpful hints to download programs to your robot.
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Program Downloading

Tips and tricks for LEGO EV3 program downloading errors.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EV3 DOWNLOADING PROBLEMS?

TIPS AND TRICKS TO HELP
Before checking with your teacher, try these helpful hints to download programs to your robot.

SAVE YOUR FILE

EVERY TIME YOU MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR PROGRAM
If you are opening a file you worked on previously from another day, you may have to save your file with a new name in order to download.

RENAME YOUR FILE

DO YOU HAVE ANY PUNCTUATION IN YOUR FILE NAME?
If you are using a period or any other punctuation in your file name, it will not download.

CHECK YOUR PORTS

IS THE USB CABLE OR PORT BAD?
Check the pins in the usb cable and the port on the robot. Do they look damaged?

UPDATE YOUR FIRM WARE

EVERY TIME YOU PLUG IN
Almost each time you plug in, you will get a message to update your firmware. ALWAYS say yes!

DELETE FILES

YOUR BRICK MAY BE FULL
You can delete individually from the robot or batch delete from the computer.

RESET YOUR BRICK

HOLD BUTTONS DOWN AS SHOWN
You can also take our the batter and hit the reset pin for 30 seconds.