Pioneer 2 - Manual (Page 27)

Pioneer Mobile Robots
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instance, if you are using the InfoWave radio modems, the DCD lamp on the host should light up. If it
doesn't, it means it cannot find the one in the robot.
Once successfully connected, remember that the robot won't move unless its motors are engaged, and that
you have to manually engage the motors just after you make a connection with a client; not beforehand.
If for some reason, communications sever between the Saphira client and Pioneer server, but both the client
and server remain active, you may revive the connection with little effort: If you are using radio modems,
first check and see if the robot is out of range.
To test for range limits, simply pick up the robot and move it closer to the basestation radio modem. If the
robot was out of range, the connection should resume. If not, check to make sure that radio modems were
not inadvertently switched off.
Communications will also fail if the client and/or server is somehow disabled during a session. For
instance, if you inadvertently switch off the robot’s Main Power or press the Reset button, you must restart
the connection. Turning the Main Power switch off and then back
ON or pressing the Reset button puts the
robot server back to its wait state, ready to accept client connections again. If the Saphira client application
is still active, simply open the Connect menu and choose the Disconnect option. Otherwise, restart the
application and reconnect the Saphira client with the Pioneer server.