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No Hardware found!

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-01-09 20:34 in General Discussion
Fellow sufferers, please help me,
··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· After a moderate start with the BS2 board with our old PC, (it was such a *** having to disconnect the mouse from the serial port each time) But now we have a new PC with a spare serial port connection, well that is what the man in the shop said, and the BS2 lead fits nicely!! But we get up to the stage of running the programs to be told, " No hardware found"
Have tried STAMP2/ (1, 2, 3 AND 4! ) as advised but still, "No Hardware found".

··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· Please COM 2·and rescue me from my ignorance.

··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· Thanks Paul.··

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-09 13:18
    At 1/9/2001 Tuesday 12:49 PM +0000, Haskew family wrote:
    >Fellow sufferers, please help me,

    >After a moderate start with the BS2 board with our old PC, (it was such a
    >*** having to disconnect the mouse from the serial port each time) But now
    >we have a new PC with a spare serial port connection, well that is what
    >the man in the shop said, and the BS2 lead fits nicely!! But we get up to
    >the stage of running the programs to be told, " No hardware found"

    >Have tried STAMP2/ (1, 2, 3 AND 4! ) as advised but still, "No Hardware
    >found".
    >
    > Please
    > COM 2 and rescue me from my ignorance.
    >
    >
    >Thanks Paul.
    Hi Paul -

    I have COM 2 but you didn't mention which operating system you are using : )

    Nor did you mention which version of the Stamp Editor you are using.

    Both of these would help to troubleshoot the problem.

    Additional questions to follow

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-09 13:46
    1) Make sure your serial port is turned "ON" and drivers are loaded. If DOS
    or Windows, make sure the CMOS setup (the setup when you boot the computer
    and press something like <DEL>) shows both COM ports active (if they are on
    the motherboard).

    2) If you are using Windows, go to Device Manager and check that under Ports
    you have COM1 and COM2.

    3) Make sure you don't have other software like a Palm Pilot hot sync or
    anything else running that uses COM2.

    4) Since you have a serial mouse, put it in the 2nd port and start the
    computer. Does the computer see the mouse on COM2? If not, you may not have
    the port configured correctly or it may simply be faulty. If the mouse won't
    work, the Stamp certainly won't work.

    Good luck!

    Al Williams
    AWC
    * Expand your Stamp I/O with a PAK-III or PAK-IV:
    http://www.al-williams.com/awce/pak3.htm


    Original Message
    From: Haskew family [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=6DO13t5mN1JuavZvOqLfSmuXI9yM2SO73a2qv2uUMF2FWyoovtHRJu3FmYDpkB_I_OgLCmy9XKY7eIdIA6Zep8XnsTg]PandL.Haskew@b...[/url
    Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:49 AM
    To: basicstamps@egroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] No Hardware found!


    Fellow sufferers, please help me,
    After a moderate start with
    the BS2 board with our old PC, (it was such a *** having to disconnect the
    mouse from the serial port each time) But now we have a new PC with a spare
    serial port connection, well that is what the man in the shop said, and the
    BS2 lead fits nicely!! But we get up to the stage of running the programs to
    be told, " No hardware found"
    Have tried STAMP2/ (1, 2, 3 AND 4! ) as advised but still, "No Hardware
    found".

    Please COM 2
    and rescue me from my ignorance.


    Thanks Paul.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-09 16:58
    I was having the same problem, and tried everything posted. I found one post
    that helped a lot and it referred to something about a directive:

    From Tracy Allen (Jan 04, 2001):

    "Here are a couple more things for troubleshooting. The default stamp
    mode may not do the trick. Be sure the program has the ".bse"
    extension, and/or that it starts with the directive:
    '{$STAMP BS2e}"

    I put the above at the start of a program I was trying to load and magic it
    worked.

    -Christopher

    At 05:46 AM 1/9/2001, you wrote:
    >1) Make sure your serial port is turned "ON" and drivers are loaded. If DOS
    >or Windows, make sure the CMOS setup (the setup when you boot the computer
    >and press something like <DEL>) shows both COM ports active (if they are on
    >the motherboard).
    >
    >2) If you are using Windows, go to Device Manager and check that under Ports
    >you have COM1 and COM2.
    >
    >3) Make sure you don't have other software like a Palm Pilot hot sync or
    >anything else running that uses COM2.
    >
    >4) Since you have a serial mouse, put it in the 2nd port and start the
    >computer. Does the computer see the mouse on COM2? If not, you may not have
    >the port configured correctly or it may simply be faulty. If the mouse won't
    >work, the Stamp certainly won't work.
    >
    >Good luck!
    >
    >Al Williams
    >AWC
    >* Expand your Stamp I/O with a PAK-III or PAK-IV:
    >http://www.al-williams.com/awce/pak3.htm
    >
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    >From: Haskew family [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=mQMmq8nhGgrL6_CgEhrFT_rJlH5W0Gect9mbN5d3dU-ABOph7AxWYIl8BxhcDrvMNQtnhjBu-z3wzzLGzHNYPZvp9X5z]PandL.Haskew@b...[/url
    >Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:49 AM
    >To: basicstamps@egroups.com
    >Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] No Hardware found!
    >
    >
    >Fellow sufferers, please help me,
    > After a moderate start with
    >the BS2 board with our old PC, (it was such a *** having to disconnect the
    >mouse from the serial port each time) But now we have a new PC with a spare
    >serial port connection, well that is what the man in the shop said, and the
    >BS2 lead fits nicely!! But we get up to the stage of running the programs to
    >be told, " No hardware found"
    >Have tried STAMP2/ (1, 2, 3 AND 4! ) as advised but still, "No Hardware
    >found".
    >
    > Please COM 2
    >and rescue me from my ignorance.
    >
    >
    >Thanks Paul.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-09 20:34
    Christopher, thank you so much! Have found the hardware via Windows!! MSDos
    is still a lost cause!! Should I worry?

    Paul Haskew.
    Original Message
    From: Christopher Zukowski <decrypto@e...>
    To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
    Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:58 PM
    Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] No Hardware found!


    > I was having the same problem, and tried everything posted. I found one
    post that helped a lot and it referred to something about a directive:
    >
    > From Tracy Allen (Jan 04, 2001):
    >
    > "Here are a couple more things for troubleshooting. The default stamp
    > mode may not do the trick. Be sure the program has the ".bse"
    > extension, and/or that it starts with the directive:
    > '{$STAMP BS2e}"
    >
    > I put the above at the start of a program I was trying to load and magic
    it worked.
    >
    > -Christopher
    >
    > At 05:46 AM 1/9/2001, you wrote:
    > >1) Make sure your serial port is turned "ON" and drivers are loaded. If
    DOS
    > >or Windows, make sure the CMOS setup (the setup when you boot the
    computer
    > >and press something like <DEL>) shows both COM ports active (if they are
    on
    > >the motherboard).
    > >
    > >2) If you are using Windows, go to Device Manager and check that under
    Ports
    > >you have COM1 and COM2.
    > >
    > >3) Make sure you don't have other software like a Palm Pilot hot sync or
    > >anything else running that uses COM2.
    > >
    > >4) Since you have a serial mouse, put it in the 2nd port and start the
    > >computer. Does the computer see the mouse on COM2? If not, you may not
    have
    > >the port configured correctly or it may simply be faulty. If the mouse
    won't
    > >work, the Stamp certainly won't work.
    > >
    > >Good luck!
    > >
    > >Al Williams
    > >AWC
    > >* Expand your Stamp I/O with a PAK-III or PAK-IV:
    > >http://www.al-williams.com/awce/pak3.htm
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    Original Message
    > >From: Haskew family [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=nyEmtjns4BOlq8d-yQF4lWtnc_VUTOsgkC0MEemHwUrjJJ3q6RfvmY2q6-6R7eLYnrLynt8t3_-e5yb7qTAJu_t_rv3faw]PandL.Haskew@b...[/url
    > >Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:49 AM
    > >To: basicstamps@egroups.com
    > >Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] No Hardware found!
    > >
    > >
    > >Fellow sufferers, please help me,
    > > After a moderate start
    with
    > >the BS2 board with our old PC, (it was such a *** having to disconnect
    the
    > >mouse from the serial port each time) But now we have a new PC with a
    spare
    > >serial port connection, well that is what the man in the shop said, and
    the
    > >BS2 lead fits nicely!! But we get up to the stage of running the programs
    to
    > >be told, " No hardware found"
    > >Have tried STAMP2/ (1, 2, 3 AND 4! ) as advised but still, "No Hardware
    > >found".
    > >
    > > Please
    COM 2
    > >and rescue me from my ignorance.
    > >
    > >
    > >Thanks Paul.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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