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Is my new BS2SX DOA -or- using wrong editor?

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2000-07-19 17:49 in General Discussion
Hi Jay,

Before you ask, here is some useful informations about baudrates.
The BS2SX doesn't work with the values you can find into the manual...
Here is the message I got few days ago :

> The BS2-SX uses different baudmode values with the Serout instruction
> than the original BS2:

> Change $4054 to $40F0 (for 9600 bps)
> -or-
> Change $418D to $43FD (for 2400 bps)

> Depending on the program you're trying to run, the baudmodes will
> either be in a constant definition (like "N9600 CON $4054") or used
> directly in a Serout instruction.

Hope this will help you with your first SX !

Bye,

Phil.

Philippe Derenne
Computer Solutions
mailto:derennep@s...


Original Message
From: Jay Nugent <jjn@n...>
To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Is my new BS2SX DOA -or- using wrong editor?

Comments

  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-07-19 06:35
    At 01:47 AM 7/19/00, you wrote:
    >Greetings,
    > Just bought my first BS2SX and am a bit puzzled. I've used a number of
    >BS2's and the STAMP2X.EXE editor (under DOS 5.0) and had absolutely no
    >problems. However, the brand new BS2SX fails to respond to the Alt-I
    >command with "Hardware Not Found"....
    >
    > This leads me to believe that the STAMP2X.EXE editor does not support
    >the BS2SX. Am I correct in this assumption? Do I now *have* to use the
    >WinSlut-9x version of the editor to do my work now? Suggestions?

    There WAS a DOS version of the Stamp2 SX software. It was short-lived, and
    a predecessor to the present "WinSlut" version. I HAD a copy of it, but I'm
    not sure if I kept it. You might look at the Parallax website for a DOS
    version of the Stamp II SX software.

    If there is none, please contact me offlist, and I'll see if I have an
    archived copy. I'd check, but I'm in the process of an hour-long download
    at the moment (sorry).

    > Or is my BS2SX simply DOA?

    Probably not. What OPSYS are you using ?


    > Thanks,
    > --- Jay


    Regards,

    Bruce
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-07-19 06:47
    Greetings,
    Just bought my first BS2SX and am a bit puzzled. I've used a number of
    BS2's and the STAMP2X.EXE editor (under DOS 5.0) and had absolutely no
    problems. However, the brand new BS2SX fails to respond to the Alt-I
    command with "Hardware Not Found"....

    This leads me to believe that the STAMP2X.EXE editor does not support
    the BS2SX. Am I correct in this assumption? Do I now *have* to use the
    WinSlut-9x version of the editor to do my work now? Suggestions?

    Or is my BS2SX simply DOA?

    Thanks,
    --- Jay

    /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~\
    | Jay Nugent jjn@n... |____|
    | Nugent Telecommunications www.nuge.com |
    | Web-Pegasus www.webpegasus.com |
    | (734)971-1076 (734)971-4529 /Fax |
    | |
    | ISP & Modem Performance Monitoring Svcs. |
    | Discount Reseller of 123.Net ISP Services|
    | Internet Consulting / Linux SysAdmin |
    | Web Hosting / DNS Hosting / Shell Accts. |
    | Embedded Controllers / Engr. & Design |
    /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ |
    \_________________________________________\__/

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-07-19 08:21
    Greetings,

    On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Bruce Bates wrote:

    > At 01:47 AM 7/19/00, you wrote:
    > >Greetings,
    > > Just bought my first BS2SX and am a bit puzzled. I've used a number of
    > >BS2's and the STAMP2X.EXE editor (under DOS 5.0) and had absolutely no
    > >problems. However, the brand new BS2SX fails to respond to the Alt-I
    > >command with "Hardware Not Found"....
    > >
    > > This leads me to believe that the STAMP2X.EXE editor does not support
    > >the BS2SX. Am I correct in this assumption? Do I now *have* to use the
    > >WinSlut-9x version of the editor to do my work now? Suggestions?
    >
    > There WAS a DOS version of the Stamp2 SX software. It was short-lived, and
    > a predecessor to the present "WinSlut" version. I HAD a copy of it, but I'm
    > not sure if I kept it. You might look at the Parallax website for a DOS
    > version of the Stamp II SX software.

    Found it! I guess I was assuming that the older version of STAMP2
    would at least talk to the BS2SX. Guess I was wrong...

    Went back to the Parallax site and found what I was looking for in the
    "Download" area. I pulled down STAMP2SX.EXE and it works GREAT! :-) I
    also pulled down the STAMPW.EXE install program for WinSlut, just in case
    I ever have to use it...

    Anyone ever run STAMP2SX.EXE under DOSEMU in Linux?

    Thanks,
    --- Jay

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-07-19 17:49
    Jay Nugent <jjn@n...> wrote,
    >>Just bought my first BS2SX and am a bit puzzled. I've used a number of
    >>BS2's and the STAMP2X.EXE editor (under DOS 5.0) and had absolutely no
    >>problems. However, the brand new BS2SX fails to respond to the Alt-I
    >>command with "Hardware Not Found"....
    >>
    >>This leads me to believe that the STAMP2X.EXE editor does not support
    >>the BS2SX. Am I correct in this assumption? Do I now *have* to use the
    >>WinSlut-9x version of the editor to do my work now? Suggestions?
    >>
    >> Or is my BS2SX simply DOA?


    Hi Jay,
    STAMP2X.EXE was written expressly to run on Macs. The "x" has nothing to
    do with the "x" in BS2SX. Do I surmise correctly that you are running
    STAMP2X.EXE under the SoftPC emulator on a Mac? The bad news is that
    STAMP2X.EXE won't recognize the BS2SX, and the regular DOS software
    (stamp2.exe, stamp2sx.exe) doesn't work for the RUN step on the Mac either.
    I don't think Parallax supports stamp2x.exe any more, because it was
    problematic on more recent Macs and under the more recent PC emulators.

    Visit the Parallax home page
    http://www.parallaxinc.com/
    for some late breaking news on programming stamps using the Windoze
    software running under virtual PC on an iMac--requires some very specific
    hardware/software.

    Ahh, I see you posted a success! message...

    >Found it! I guess I was assuming that the older version of STAMP2
    >would at least talk to the BS2SX. Guess I was wrong...
    >Went back to the Parallax site and found what I was looking for in the
    >"Download" area. I pulled down STAMP2SX.EXE and it works GREAT! :-) I
    >also pulled down the STAMPW.EXE install program for WinSlut, just in case
    >I ever have to use it...

    Oh, I guess I was wrong about the Mac surmise...

    -- Tracy Allen
    Electronically Monitored Ecosystems
    http://www.emesystems.com
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