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Modem usage

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-01-31 09:46 in General Discussion
Help.... I need to be able to transfer information from the basic
stamp 2 via a phone line to a PC. I was thinking of using a modem on
the serial port of the stamp, but not sure if this is possable. With
the stamp I need to read various Resistance and voltage readings, if
the are not within certian specs send a message over to a PC at a
remote location

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-31 02:17
    [font=arial,helvetica]In a message dated 1/30/01 7:53:38 PM Central Standard Time, drb@carroll.com
    writes:


    Help.... I need to be able to transfer information from the basic
    stamp 2 via a phone line to a PC. ·I was thinking of using a modem on
    the serial port of the stamp, but not sure if this is possable. ··With
    the stamp I need to read various Resistance and voltage readings, if
    the are not within certian specs send a message over to a PC at a
    remote location



    It can be done. ·Download the StampWorks manual from Parallax and take a look
    at experiment 31 -- that will get you started. ·Also take a look at the
    Cermetek (modem) App Kit code.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Dallas, TX[/font]
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-31 02:52
    As long as you can send the message out the serial port, I don't see why you
    can't send it to a modem...

    You will have to issue the various AT... modem commands to do the dialing
    etc, and see the responses back... but that shouldn't be too difficult.

    If you're looking for an entirely embeded product, the modem could even be
    an integral part of the DAA.. check out cermetek or mitel or clare for
    suitable DAA chips.


    Original Message
    From: <drb@c...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:24 PM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Modem usage


    > Help.... I need to be able to transfer information from the basic
    > stamp 2 via a phone line to a PC. I was thinking of using a modem on
    > the serial port of the stamp, but not sure if this is possable. With
    > the stamp I need to read various Resistance and voltage readings, if
    > the are not within certian specs send a message over to a PC at a
    > remote location
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-31 03:17
    use the cermetek modem kit from parallax. Using it (slow at 2400 baud,
    but.....) and it works great.
    mike mocenter
    mocenter@e...
    Original Message
    From: <drb@c...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:24 PM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Modem usage


    > Help.... I need to be able to transfer information from the basic
    > stamp 2 via a phone line to a PC. I was thinking of using a modem on
    > the serial port of the stamp, but not sure if this is possable. With
    > the stamp I need to read various Resistance and voltage readings, if
    > the are not within certian specs send a message over to a PC at a
    > remote location
    >
    >
    >
    >
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-31 08:33
    >Help.... I need to be able to transfer information from the basic
    >stamp 2 via a phone line to a PC. I was thinking of using a modem on
    >the serial port of the stamp, but not sure if this is possable. With
    >the stamp I need to read various Resistance and voltage readings, if
    >the are not within certian specs send a message over to a PC at a
    >remote location

    Look for Scott Edwards article in the Nuts and Volts archive:
    http://www.nutsvolts.com/stmpindx.htm
    download App note #24.

    I have some info posted at:
    http://www.emesystems.com/BS2rs232.htm#modem

    -- Tracy
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-01-31 09:46
    At 01:24 31.01.2001 -0000, drb@c... wrote:
    >Help.... I need to be able to transfer information from the basic
    >stamp 2 via a phone line to a PC. I was thinking of using a modem on
    >the serial port of the stamp, but not sure if this is possable. With
    >the stamp I need to read various Resistance and voltage readings, if
    >the are not within certian specs send a message over to a PC at a
    >remote location
    >

    for connecting a usual classic external modem (perhaps an old, still laying
    in any corner from using in past with lower baudrate..) take a look for
    described
    solutions in books :

    Edwards, Scott
    Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp Computer
    McGraw-Hill 1998,
    ISBN 0 - 07 - 913684 -2 (softcover)
    page 150,153 : Transmit/Receive X-10 messages and text with modem


    Kuehnel,C., Zahnert K.
    BASIC Stamp Second Edition
    Butterworth - Heinemann/Newnes 2000
    ISBN 0 - 7506 - 7245 - 5
    page 177 : Transmitting alarm-messages to remote PC via
    modem/phone-line


    -- Klaus Zahnert
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