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Help needed with TWS-433/RWS-433 RF modules and BS2/PC

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2000-10-11 17:05 in General Discussion
email Bruce at Rentron...he is very friendly and helpful.

Ray McArthur


Hello all,

I recently purchased the RWS/TWS set from www.rentron.com "Reynolds
Electronics", also purchased antenna's from RFDigital for the boards. I
spent all weekend trying to get the TWS-433 connected to a Max232a
(equivalent) connected to a PC using HyperTerminal to transmit at the least
a single number or character to the RWS-433 connected to a BS2. I have
failed all attempts to get any sort of data transmitted. All I get is
garbage from the RWS-433 when the data out is connected to the Digital out
put , and I get nothing when it is connected to the linear output. I'm at a
lost as to what to do to get this working. I'm crying out for assistance.
IF anyone has made this scenario work I would like all comments and
suggestions please. As a note I'm a minor player in electronics and a half
witted programmer. So keeping it simple would be of great appreciation.

Thanks
Shawn

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-11 02:05
    Email or fax me a copy of your schematics, and I'll·take a look
    at what you have.· It's tough to help without knowing (exactly)
    what you're doing.

    Bruce
    webmaster@rentron.com
    http://www.rentron.com
    Fax: (719) 276-2853

    Original Message
    From: Shawn Rogers
    To: basicstamps@egroups.com
    Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 7:15 PM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Help needed with TWS-433/RWS-433 RF modules and BS2/PC

    Hello all,

    ·I recently purchased the RWS/TWS set from www.rentron.com "Reynolds Electronics", also purchased antenna's from RFDigital for the boards. I spent all weekend trying to get the TWS-433 connected to a Max232a (equivalent)· connected to a PC using HyperTerminal to transmit at the least a single number or character to the RWS-433 connected to a BS2. I have failed all attempts to get any sort of data transmitted. All I get is garbage from the RWS-433 when the data out is connected to the Digital out put , and I get nothing when it is connected to the linear output. I'm at a lost as to what to do to get this working. I'm crying out for assistance.· IF anyone has made this scenario work I would like all comments and suggestions please. As a note I'm a minor player in electronics and a half witted programmer. So keeping it simple would be of great appreciation.

    Thanks
    Shawn
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-11 02:15
    Hello all,

    ·I recently purchased the RWS/TWS set from www.rentron.com "Reynolds Electronics", also purchased antenna's from RFDigital for the boards. I spent all weekend trying to get the TWS-433 connected to a Max232a (equivalent)· connected to a PC using HyperTerminal to transmit at the least a single number or character to the RWS-433 connected to a BS2. I have failed all attempts to get any sort of data transmitted. All I get is garbage from the RWS-433 when the data out is connected to the Digital out put , and I get nothing when it is connected to the linear output. I'm at a lost as to what to do to get this working. I'm crying out for assistance.· IF anyone has made this scenario work I would like all comments and suggestions please. As a note I'm a minor player in electronics and a half witted programmer. So keeping it simple would be of great appreciation.

    Thanks
    Shawn
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-11 14:36
    I overheard these units actually transmit inverted data. Could be wrong, but
    if it's the case, it could answer your concerns.
    Original Message
    From: Shawn Rogers [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=8LjS_SGRgXrd8d1sV6IJFZWHQ0DjhM0ZGGR2FdguDUdY2nrCkgdePDcpcXEFmdrmX3yXY0U8QS4G90DCBA]propnut@s...[/url
    Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:15 PM
    To: basicstamps@egroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Help needed with TWS-433/RWS-433 RF modules and
    BS2/PC


    Hello all,

    I recently purchased the RWS/TWS set from www.rentron.com
    <http://www.rentron.com> "Reynolds Electronics", also purchased antenna's
    from RFDigital for the boards. I spent all weekend trying to get the TWS-433
    connected to a Max232a (equivalent) connected to a PC using HyperTerminal
    to transmit at the least a single number or character to the RWS-433
    connected to a BS2. I have failed all attempts to get any sort of data
    transmitted. All I get is garbage from the RWS-433 when the data out is
    connected to the Digital out put , and I get nothing when it is connected to
    the linear output. I'm at a lost as to what to do to get this working. I'm
    crying out for assistance. IF anyone has made this scenario work I would
    like all comments and suggestions please. As a note I'm a minor player in
    electronics and a half witted programmer. So keeping it simple would be of
    great appreciation.

    Thanks
    Shawn
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-11 17:05
    I would be interested in getting this to work myself. I've been trying to get
    these things to work the other way around - transmit from the stamp onboard my
    robot to my PC to get info with no luck. If someone has a schematic, could you
    please post or contact me.

    Thank ~ Paul Ramos

    Elie Labeca wrote:

    > I overheard these units actually transmit inverted data. Could be wrong, but
    > if it's the case, it could answer your concerns.
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: Shawn Rogers [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=dI7bHLZ1lR6rtr00ASmOZnPm76QriI4ERoidKVcPA2va0bHF64H20AC6__jSrAeqSrycUuRaTPQB]propnut@s...[/url
    > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:15 PM
    > To: basicstamps@egroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Help needed with TWS-433/RWS-433 RF modules and
    > BS2/PC
    >
    > Hello all,
    >
    > I recently purchased the RWS/TWS set from www.rentron.com
    > <http://www.rentron.com> "Reynolds Electronics", also purchased antenna's
    > from RFDigital for the boards. I spent all weekend trying to get the TWS-433
    > connected to a Max232a (equivalent) connected to a PC using HyperTerminal
    > to transmit at the least a single number or character to the RWS-433
    > connected to a BS2. I have failed all attempts to get any sort of data
    > transmitted. All I get is garbage from the RWS-433 when the data out is
    > connected to the Digital out put , and I get nothing when it is connected to
    > the linear output. I'm at a lost as to what to do to get this working. I'm
    > crying out for assistance. IF anyone has made this scenario work I would
    > like all comments and suggestions please. As a note I'm a minor player in
    > electronics and a half witted programmer. So keeping it simple would be of
    > great appreciation.
    >
    > Thanks
    > Shawn
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