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a basic question

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-03-17 17:13 in General Discussion
i am a newbie at this and just used the basic stamp
for the first time . its the basic stamp 2sx and i
connected it as per the instructions given in the
manual . that is with a 9 v battery and the serial I/O
pins .

however on downloading a simple program to run Hello
world , it gives me an error saying "tokenize
successful , download failed "

the power led glows so it seems i dont have a problem
with the power connections .

help !!

thanks
avi

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-03-16 23:14
    This is a very frequent question, and one I WISH PARALLAX WOULD PUT
    ON THIER HOME PAGE. <end if rant> (rant directed at Parralax not
    you Avi)

    Welcome to the club. Since the problem is rarely the Stamp, you
    might check your cable, make sure the pins are exactly as per the
    diagrams.

    Then search this list for the problem and you'll find a few great
    suggestions.


    Dave



    --- In basicstamps@y..., avi bhagtani <ronals22@y...> wrote:
    > i am a newbie at this and just used the basic stamp
    > for the first time . its the basic stamp 2sx and i
    > connected it as per the instructions given in the
    > manual . that is with a 9 v battery and the serial I/O
    > pins .
    >
    > however on downloading a simple program to run Hello
    > world , it gives me an error saying "tokenize
    > successful , download failed "
    >
    > the power led glows so it seems i dont have a problem
    > with the power connections .
    >
    > help !!
    >
    > thanks
    > avi
    >
    > __________________________________________________
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-03-16 23:35
    Sure you got the right editor program and the proper header in the file?

    STAMPW.EXE (v1.091+) for Windows 9x and STAMP2SX.EXE for DOS.

    Header should be '{$STAMP BS2sx}

    Other than that, it could be the cable.
    Original Message

    > This is a very frequent question, and one I WISH PARALLAX WOULD PUT
    > ON THIER HOME PAGE

    > Welcome to the club. Since the problem is rarely the Stamp, you
    > might check your cable, make sure the pins are exactly as per the
    > diagrams.
    >
    > Then search this list for the problem and you'll find a few great
    > suggestions.

    > > i am a newbie at this and just used the basic stamp
    > > for the first time . its the basic stamp 2sx and i
    > > connected it as per the instructions given in the
    > > manual . that is with a 9 v battery and the serial I/O
    > > pins .
    > >
    > > however on downloading a simple program to run Hello
    > > world , it gives me an error saying "tokenize
    > > successful , download failed "
    > >
    > > the power led glows so it seems i dont have a problem
    > > with the power connections .
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-03-17 16:44
    is the program going through the serial in line?
    if going through one of the i/o pins it wont read
    --- avi bhagtani <ronals22@y...> wrote:
    > i am a newbie at this and just used the basic stamp
    > for the first time . its the basic stamp 2sx and i
    > connected it as per the instructions given in the
    > manual . that is with a 9 v battery and the serial
    > I/O
    > pins .
    >
    > however on downloading a simple program to run Hello
    > world , it gives me an error saying "tokenize
    > successful , download failed "
    >
    > the power led glows so it seems i dont have a
    > problem
    > with the power connections .
    >
    > help !!
    >
    > thanks
    > avi
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-03-17 17:00
    Just for grins, check to see if the basic stamp editor can recognize the
    stamp. I use the BS-II and in v1.096 of the editor, the command is in the
    'run' menu, choose 'identify'. A shortcut is ctrl-I.

    I have had a similar problem with a program I d/l off the web (demonstrated
    how to interface to MAX186 A/D). It would tokenize, but not d/l. Other
    programs I had worked just fine. Never looked into why this was happening -
    I just rewrote the program and it worked.

    --Craig
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    i am a newbie at this and just used the basic stamp
    for the first time . its the basic stamp 2sx and i
    connected it as per the instructions given in the
    manual . that is with a 9 v battery and the serial I/O
    pins .

    however on downloading a simple program to run Hello
    world , it gives me an error saying "tokenize
    successful , download failed "

    the power led glows so it seems i dont have a problem
    with the power connections .

    help !!

    thanks
    avi

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-03-17 17:01
    the stamp is very simple, but you must be careful that
    there is a ground common to the serial input from the
    computer, and power(9v) and the serial lcd connected
    to an i/o pin and ground and 9v.
    --- avi bhagtani <ronals22@y...> wrote:
    > i am a newbie at this and just used the basic stamp
    > for the first time . its the basic stamp 2sx and i
    > connected it as per the instructions given in the
    > manual . that is with a 9 v battery and the serial
    > I/O
    > pins .
    >
    > however on downloading a simple program to run Hello
    > world , it gives me an error saying "tokenize
    > successful , download failed "
    >
    > the power led glows so it seems i dont have a
    > problem
    > with the power connections .
    >
    > help !!
    >
    > thanks
    > avi
    >
    > __________________________________________________
    > Do You Yahoo!?
    > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
    > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
    >
    >
    >
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    > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
    >
    >


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-03-17 17:13
    > however on downloading a simple program to run Hello
    > world , it gives me an error saying "tokenize
    > successful , download failed "
    >
    > the power led glows so it seems i dont have a problem
    > with the power connections .
    >
    Check to make sure your battery is at a full charge. I've found that
    as the battery starts losing power, the light stays on, but you can't
    download.

    -Chilton
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