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BS2- basic stamp not found!

weston22weston22 Posts: 20
edited 2009-02-04 04:14 in BASIC Stamp
Hi, i just recently got a begeners kit and has been working great, but i pluged it in and tried download my program and it didn't ditect it?

info-
······-It lives on the board of education (USB)
····· -DiviceType:________ Version:________ Loopback:yes Echo:yes
····· -OS is XP
····· -Power suplie is good
····· -The stamp detects the computer

Please help!
Thank You.
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  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 02:40
    Hi weston, this is a common problem and you have come to the right place.

    First, do you have a fresh battery installed?
    second how are you interfacing with the CPU? is it a USB cable or straight serial?
    If its a usb to serial cable what brand is it?

    Mike2545
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 02:44
    Thanks Mike2545 for responing.

    I have a 9VDC 300mA wall outlet, and i'm using a USB cable.
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 02:48
    Ok, then your power is probably not the problem.
    What brand of USB to serial cable is it, because some cables are not set up for Basic Stamp communication protocols.

    Mike2545
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 02:51
    HP but i don't think it's the problem because i've used it many times before.
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 02:53
    When you say "used it many times before", that begs the question; with basic stamps?

    Post Edited (Mike2545) : 2/4/2009 3:40:23 AM GMT
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 02:54
    the same one i'm using
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 02:57
    Ok
    This may seem like a simple thing but have you tried restarting your computer?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 02:59
    i've also tried on a diferent computer VISTA (if it maters)
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:09
    OK
    So the Led is Lit?
    the cable is plugged in
    CPU has been shut down and restarted.

    Have you removed the Stamp from the board any time recently?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:10
    not once
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:11
    is it posable that i had a short that damaged somthing?
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:14
    Ok
    that rules out bent pins or putting it in backwards.

    I have not had a Board of Education development platform before but I am looking at one on line.
    Can you tell me what the slide switch labeled 0 1 2 is?

    And check the reset button just push it and feel if it snaps back.
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:17
    it's on one and the push buten is fine
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:22
    Yes shorts are possible, static electricity is another possibility
    but if its something simple I want to help you figure it out

    What kind of project were you working on when you first experienced this problem?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:26
    i was·using a blinking LED program.

    Here is the code:

    ·' {$STAMP BS2}
    ·' {$PBASIC 2.5}

    ·counter VAR Byte

    ·DO
    ·· FOR counter = 1 TO 100
    ···· HIGH 0
    ···· PAUSE counter
    ···· LOW 0
    ···· PAUSE counter
    ·· NEXT
    ·LOOP
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:27
    Ok
    does your board have an led that lights up when power is applied?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:29
    yes and when i first conect it to my computer i get a blue and a red one.
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:30
    What about when you plug in the wall outlet, does an LED come on then?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:30
    yes
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:36
    OK
    When you have your stamp editor up on your screen and you click the identify button what do you get?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:41
    DiviceType:________
    Version:________
    Loopback:yes
    Echo:yes
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:43
    Weston22,
    have you noticed any static electricity pokes or zaps when you get up from working with the Stamp?

    Like when you touch a door knob or other metal object?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:44
    no, but i'm wored that thats my problem
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:47
    Here is another easy question for you. Have you tried a different USB port on the computer?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:48
    i just did and it didn't work
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:53
    OK
    Don't give up hope just yet

    was there a program in the stamp before you tried to load the blinking led one you showed me earlier?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:55
    most likly
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:56
    do you remember what it was and what it did?
  • weston22weston22 Posts: 20
    edited 2009-02-04 03:58
    it made a bicolor LED turn red, green, then off.
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-02-04 03:59
    Can you hook that bi-color Led up the way you had it and push the reset button?
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