PINK Program help

lfreeze

Please HELP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I have spent many hours trying to write a Spin email program for the PINK module.
I am trying to write a SPIN program of just the bare bones needed to send an email message. I first tried the PINK program in the object exchange. I was unable to make it work. The object is written for a Spin Stamp Board, and to be honest, is about three levels above my skill set. I then took the Stamp program that came with the Pink module from Parallax. I took out the essential elements and converted them to spin. The program ran but never generated an email message. I suspect I missed some element that is needed, or my coding is bad.

When I initially received the Pink module, I did all of the configurations and also installed the firmware update provided by Tech support. The Stamp program did work and I was able to receive emails generated by the PINK module.

Attached to this post is the Stamp program provided with the module.

Here is the Spin program I am trying to use:
(I have omitted the actual addresses)


CON

_clkmode = xtal1+pll8x
_xinfreq = 10_000_000

' propeller xmit to pink receive pin 10
' propeller receive to pink xmit pin 11

OBJ
ser : "FullDuplexSerial"

pub main

ser.start(11, 10, 0, 9600)

ser.str(string("NB0WET:xxxxx@comcast.net")) 'send message to
ser.str(string("0"))

ser.str(string("NB0WEF:xxxxx@comcast.net")) 'message is from
ser.str(string("0"))

ser.str(string("NB0WES:this is the subject line")) 'subject line
ser.str(string("0"))

ser.str(string("NB0WEC:this is the message content")) 'message content
ser.str(string("0"))

ser.str(string("NB0WEV:smtp.comcast.net")) 'smtp info
ser.str(string("0"))

Post Edited (lfreeze) : 8/2/2010 11:07:04 PM GMT

ElectricAye

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Dave Hein

It's been a long time since I've worked with a Stamp, but I see a few differences between the two programs.· The Stamp is transmitting at 2400 buad, and the Prop is set for 9600 baud.· It looks like the Stamp is sending a CLS character after each string.· I am guessing this is the Clear Screen character, which is a zero byte, correct?· Your Spin code is sending the ASCII character for·"0"·after each command, which isn't the same thing.· If you want to send a zero byte you would have to use ser.tx(0) instead of ser.str(string("0")).· ser.str(string("0")) is equivalent to calling ser.tx("0"), which is the same as ser.tx($30).

lfreeze

Thank you for the responses. I have added a subject line to the post. I did change the ser statment from ser.str(string("0") to ser.tx(0) and the baud speed to
2400. When I ran the program again, it did send an email. Several subsequent runs did not work. I rebooted the pink module and relaoded the pink firmware update. I ran the program again and it sent another email. I tried several more runs and it did not send any messages. I'm totally confused by this behavior and
think it may be a timing issue or a pink problem.
I believe the program issue is resolved, a big thank you for your help. I will try some variations on the config page and if it continues to fail,
I'll appeal to Parallax for an RMA number..

Larry