failure BS2SX
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From: "Klaus Zahnert" <kzahnert@d...>
To: "Cees" <c.p.kreuger@c...>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: failure BS2SX
> At 23:18 29.11.2000 +0100, you wrote:
> >Dear Mr. Zahnert,
> >
> >Downloading software into a BS2Sx fails with windowsoftware 1.096 and
> 1.096 at com1 from a Dell laptop.
> >With 2 other desktop pc's it works well.
> >After downloading into the stamp or just indentify, the stamp is not
> running, it starts AFTER removing the
> >downloadcable and then resetting the stamp.
> >
> >We use the same cable.
> >The Dell is a pentuim iii, 450mhz and about 1 year old
> >The oparatingsystem is win98/ 2e edition.
> >com interrupt and adress are ok,
> >
> >Because we need to program our machines in the field, it's for us
> important that this work.
> >We asked our dutch stamp-dealer Andre Veenstra/ Antratek at this mather
> but he can not
> >help us out.
> >Please look into this for us,
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >Ing Cees Kreuger. mailto:c.p.kreuger@c...
>
> Dear Mr. Kreuzger,
>
> It's a diffucult question to answer for Your mismatch with an special
laptop
> from here, while Your successful working with another. I could say:
> "It's not BASIC Stamp-related". Don't like to give such answer..
> It seems we should make a little test to overcome this failure:
> Include a capacitor 0.1 microF ... 1 mF in the RS232 serial line DTR.
> It comes from PC DSUB 9 pin4 to BS2-IC "ATN" pin 3 there (From this the
> signal is going to /RESET of used modified PIC 16C57 with inverting
> tansistor).
>
> The other way would be to initialise the DTR -Line for correct working
> with your windows presettings. See to it, I don't know if possible and how
> to do in Your version of windows. See with scope to DTR line: While
> downloading and followed running DTR -line should be negative (perhaps
zero
> in Your laptop).So no reset low on PIC, no active reset (BASIC Stamp
stops)
> See the different DTR-signals for the two used laptops,- they are the same
?
>
> Thats my idea from here, helping in similar questions before.
> Try it... and report to me from success or further problems, please.
> Cees, " Never Let Go !" Hope my ideas are helpful for You.
> Regards Klaus Zahnert
>
>
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> For common use BASIC Stamp see:
> ================================
>
> [noparse][[/noparse]1] PARALLAX.INC
> BASIC Stamp Programming Manual 1.9
> (Book, or file from PARALLAX - website www.parallaxinc.com)
>
> [noparse][[/noparse]2] Zahnert,K., Kuehnel,C.
> BASIC Stamp - Der erfolgreiche Weg zur schnellen Loesung von
> Automatisierungsaufgaben, FRANZIS 1995 ,
> ISBN 3 - 7723 - 8531 - 1
>
> [noparse][[/noparse]3] Kuehnel,C., Zahnert K.
> BASIC Stamp Second Edition
> Butterworth - Heinemann/Newnes 2000
> ISBN 0 - 7506 - 7245 - 5
>
> [noparse][[/noparse]4] Edwards, Scott
> Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp Computer
> McGraw-Hill 1998,
> ISBN 0 - 07 - 913684 -2 (softcover)
>
> [noparse][[/noparse]5] Williams, Al
> Microcontroller Projects with Basic Stamps
> R & D Books 1999
> ISBN 0879305878
>
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