newbie BS2/Linux question

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

So I'm sitting here with a BS2 & Professional Development Board w/Ubuntu.
{I'm a Propeller head normally}

I'm using ZiC's PBASIC Compiler and have the following code working perfectly.

'{$STAMP.BS2}
LOOP:
    DEBUG "Hello World!"
    HIGH 14
    PAUSE 1000
    LOW 14
    PAUSE 1000
    GOTO LOOP

I'm curious why the following example did not work from Wamv?

'What's a Microcontroller - LedOnOff.bs2
'Turn an LED on and off. Repeat 1 time per second indefinitely.
'{$STAMP BS2}
'{$PBASIC 2.5}
DEBUG "The LED connected to Pin 14 is blinking!"

DO
   HIGH 14
   PAUSE 500
   LOW 14
   PAUSE 500
LOOP

It looks like I don't have the right file being loaded at program launch.
(I'm selecting tokenizer.so at the message I can't load the library message.)
Or it simple doesn't support the line '{$PBASIC 2.5}

Pretty straightforward stuff so far, even with my non-standard Linux setup.
I can see why you guys are addicted to this thing. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

Where should I go from here to have PBASIC 2.5 properly supported? Different tokenizer?

Thanks
OBC

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Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

Wow.. Four days without response.. I have a feeling I'm the only one running the BS2 under Linux. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

Perhaps I will need to dig a bit and write up a solution to this issue when I figure it out.

Additional question that "might" help my quest...

Is PBASIC 2.5 a recent upgrade to the language? If so, how recent?

Thanks guys!
OBC

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Post Edited (Oldbitcollector) : 2/3/2009 4:43:05 PM GMT

dandreae

Hi OBC,

PBASIC 2.5 is a enhanced version of 2.0 where we added additional commands for practical functionality.· We added it about 6 to 7 years ago.·

Regarding the Linux issue, I honestly have no experience with it.· I do know that there was a member listed in the "Completed Projects" forum that developed a Linux based editor for the BASIC Stamp under a different version of Linux.·

Dave



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Dave Andreae

Parallax Tech Support·

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

Is it possible that this editor (from the Downloads section) could be older than that?

I'll take a look at "Completed Projects" and see if I can run it down. Thanks for the tip!

OBC

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dandreae

Check this link out:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-programming-scripting/115217-basic-stamp-microcontroller.html



Dave

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Dave Andreae

Parallax Tech Support·

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

Thanks Dave,

That conversation seems recent enough.. I'm betting since I have communication, it
must be the tokenizer file itself. I'll first try the file from that package and see if I'm
suddenly able to use the existing editor, if not follow the whole instruction and report back.

OBC

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Adrian Schneider

The tokenizer version 1.23 and up (there is no later version as far as I know) supports PBasic 2.5. Currently not
supported is the latest Basic Stamp BS2px (the special px-commands only, other programs are working however
but the baudrates are different: programming at 19200, debugging at 38400).