datalogger flashing led

Van Dessel

hey everyone again...
I posted a post a while back in the propeller forum about making my data logger from parallax work. I got it working but up to a few days ago it dicided not too. Instead all I get when I try to open a file is a constant blinking red led with no information in the .txt file I created (i'm logging gps and temperature data). i checked with two different flash drives and i get the same result and apparently two files were deleted that i had to restore with chkdsk. Anyone out there with a clue whats happening

P.s. I haven't changed my program except to write a few more lines of data·to the .txt file so i'm supsecting its either my hardware (which I also havent changed) or the vinculum software which i tried to update too. Is there a limit to the amount of lines i can write per file every time I open a new file?

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Van Dessel

Well a further update...
my program is running fine even though nothing is being written as the loop keeps repeating itself:

if USB.checkErrorCode == 0 
      repeat                                    'loop process
        leds(1)                               
        USB.OpenForWrite(string("setone.txt"))    'Writes to the data.txt  
        pause.pause1ms(10)                
        usb.write(gps.time)                     'time
        usb.writeline(string("   "))
        leds(1)
        Usb.Write(gps.longitude)                'longitude
        usb.writeline(string("   "))
        leds(1)             
        Usb.Write(gps.latitude)                 'latitude
        usb.writeline(string("   "))
        leds(1)
        USB.write(gps.altitude)                 'gps altitude
        usb.writeline(string("   "))
        leds(1)        
        Usb.Write(nums.decf((temps.gettempc) / 10, 3))    'temperature 1 whole numbers
        usb.write(string("."))
        usb.write(nums.dec((temps.gettempc) // 10))       'temperature 1 decimal numbers
        usb.writeline(string("   "))
        leds(1)        
        Usb.Write(nums.decf((temps2.gettempc) / 10, 3))   'temperature 2 whole numbers
        usb.write(string("."))                                       
        usb.write(nums.dec((temps2.gettempc) // 10))      'temperature 2 decimal numbers
        usb.writeline(string("   "))
        leds(1)        
        Usb.Write(nums.decf((temps3.gettempc) / 10, 3))   'temperature 3 whole numbers
        usb.write(string("."))
        usb.write(nums.dec((temps3.gettempc) // 10))      'temperature 3 decimal numbers
        usb.writeline(string("   "))
        leds(1)
        usb.write(nums.decf((press.getsample), 6))        'pressure
        usb.writeline(string("   "))
        press.sendreset
        leds(1)             
        USB.Close(string("setone.txt"))                     'closes the data.txt         
        pause.pause1s(10)

looking over my program i can't seem to find anything wrong. the led blinks 9 times. It seems that I can sync the prop to the data logger but once i try to open something the data logger's red led just keeps on flashing whilie the program keeps on running with no data ending up in the text file. Help is really appreacited.

Chris Savage

Have you tried backing up your data files and reformatting the drive?

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