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Linking BS2 and Visual Basic

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2000-12-24 20:11 in General Discussion
Dear Fellow Stampers

I'm trying to communicate with my BS2e using the MSComm function in Visual
Basic 6. What I want to do is display a value taken from the BS2e eeprom
storage and display it in a visual basic textbox. I'm not very experienced
with MSComm and linking with a Stamp and would like some advice on where I
can get some information on how to do this, such as web pages with examples
or particularly tutorials etc as I'm in Australia and access to books on
stamps are fairly rare, let alone linking one with a VB application. So if
anyone out there has any thing that could help me learn how to link a Stamp
with a Visual Basic program it would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help and a Merry Christmas to all those on the
list from DownUnder.

Cheers John


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-12-19 11:10
    [font=arial,helvetica]In a message dated 12/19/00 3:47:15 AM Central Standard Time,
    irrigation_man@hotmail.com writes:


    I'm trying to communicate with my BS2e using the MSComm function in Visual
    Basic 6. What I want to do is display a value taken from the BS2e eeprom
    storage and display it in a visual basic textbox. I'm not very experienced
    with MSComm and linking with a Stamp and would like some advice on where I
    can get some information on how to do this, such as web pages with examples
    or particularly tutorials etc as I'm in Australia and access to books on
    stamps are fairly rare, let alone linking one with a VB application. So if
    anyone out there has any thing that could help me learn how to link a Stamp
    with a Visual Basic program it would be most appreciated.



    You can download a file called EEMOVER.ZIP from my website
    (http://members.aol.com/jonwms/stamps) -- it will get you going. ·It uses
    MSCOMM and puts data that was in the Stamp into a textbox (and vice-versa)

    One warning: If you use the Stamp's programming port for comm with a PC,
    anything the PC sends to the Stamp will get echoed back because of the
    Stamp's serial connection. ·It's not a problem when you know it's going to
    happen.

    You should also get the book "Serial Port Complete" by Jan Axelson
    (www.lvr.com). ·It's the best book I've seen on serial comms and even
    includes a chapter on Stamps.

    Happy Holidays, mate.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Dallas, TX[/font]
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-12-24 20:11
    Ive done a few projects with the stamp comminicating with Visual basic. Have
    a look at them, they might help you out. Ive also used Vb to get data from a
    eeprom. But i have yet to update my website with the project.
    So if you have any question email me at shaunwilson19@y...

    http://geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/6633/vb5.html

    Shaun



    >From: "Irrigation Man" <irrigation_man@h...>
    >Reply-To: basicstamps@egroups.com
    >To: basicstamps@egroups.com
    >Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Linking BS2 and Visual Basic
    >Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:46:08 -0000
    >
    >Dear Fellow Stampers
    >
    >I'm trying to communicate with my BS2e using the MSComm function in Visual
    >Basic 6. What I want to do is display a value taken from the BS2e eeprom
    >storage and display it in a visual basic textbox. I'm not very experienced
    >with MSComm and linking with a Stamp and would like some advice on where I
    >can get some information on how to do this, such as web pages with examples
    >or particularly tutorials etc as I'm in Australia and access to books on
    >stamps are fairly rare, let alone linking one with a VB application. So if
    >anyone out there has any thing that could help me learn how to link a Stamp
    >with a Visual Basic program it would be most appreciated.
    >
    >Thanks in advance for your help and a Merry Christmas to all those on the
    >list from DownUnder.
    >
    >Cheers John
    >
    >
    >_________________________________________________________________________
    >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
    >
    >
    >
    >

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