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Sid-
In addition to Jon's suggestion, and unless you have another reason
for wanting your keyboard inputs to come from your PC, another option
is to hook up a (PS/2) keyboard to your Stamp. And it's a whole lot
easier to move a keyboard without a PC dangling off the end of its
cable.
If memory serves, Al Williams offers a PIC microprocessor that'll do
this. A Scenix microprocessor solution is also described in detail
in a March 2000 Nuts and Volts article of mine.
Regards,
Steve
On 21 Mar 01 at 16:11, Newzed@a... wrote:
> I would like to know how I can communicate directly from my computer
> to the BS2 that controls my model train.
>
> For example, if I enter "T1" on my keyboard, I want this to go
> directly to a specific pin, say pin 5 on the BS2 which would receive
> it as a serin command.
> The BS2 would interpret the "T1" as a command to turn on power to
> Track 1.
> And so on. I can accomplish this with another Stamp and my TWS/RWS
> boards but I would rather not have to buy another stamp and build
> another transmitter module like the one I use for my Boebot.
>
> I do not have a terminal program.
>
> Sid Weaver
> Newzed@a...
>
>
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In addition to Jon's suggestion, and unless you have another reason
for wanting your keyboard inputs to come from your PC, another option
is to hook up a (PS/2) keyboard to your Stamp. And it's a whole lot
easier to move a keyboard without a PC dangling off the end of its
cable.
If memory serves, Al Williams offers a PIC microprocessor that'll do
this. A Scenix microprocessor solution is also described in detail
in a March 2000 Nuts and Volts article of mine.
Regards,
Steve
On 21 Mar 01 at 16:11, Newzed@a... wrote:
> I would like to know how I can communicate directly from my computer
> to the BS2 that controls my model train.
>
> For example, if I enter "T1" on my keyboard, I want this to go
> directly to a specific pin, say pin 5 on the BS2 which would receive
> it as a serin command.
> The BS2 would interpret the "T1" as a command to turn on power to
> Track 1.
> And so on. I can accomplish this with another Stamp and my TWS/RWS
> boards but I would rather not have to buy another stamp and build
> another transmitter module like the one I use for my Boebot.
>
> I do not have a terminal program.
>
> Sid Weaver
> Newzed@a...
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
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BS2 that controls my model train.
For example, if I enter "T1" on my keyboard, I want this to go directly to a
specific pin, say pin 5 on the BS2 which would receive it as a serin command.
The BS2 would interpret the "T1" as a command to turn on power to Track 1.
And so on. I can accomplish this with another Stamp and my TWS/RWS boards
but I would rather not have to buy another stamp and build another
transmitter module like the one I use for my Boebot.
I do not have a terminal program.
Sid Weaver
Newzed@a...
You can use a spare com port on your PC to communicate serially with
any input pin of the BS2, you must use 22K ohm resistors in series with
this input, and get the baud rates to match. Then you can use the serin
command and decode it to cause whatever you like as a function.
Russ Bassani
Original Message
From: <Newzed@a...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 4:11 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] PC to Stamp Communications
| I would like to know how I can communicate directly from my computer to the
| BS2 that controls my model train.
|
| For example, if I enter "T1" on my keyboard, I want this to go directly to a
| specific pin, say pin 5 on the BS2 which would receive it as a serin command.
| The BS2 would interpret the "T1" as a command to turn on power to Track 1.
| And so on. I can accomplish this with another Stamp and my TWS/RWS boards
| but I would rather not have to buy another stamp and build another
| transmitter module like the one I use for my Boebot.
|
| I do not have a terminal program.
|
| Sid Weaver
| Newzed@a...
|
|
|
| Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
|
|
> And so on. I can accomplish this with another Stamp and my TWS/RWS boards
> but I would rather not have to buy another stamp and build another
> transmitter module like the one I use for my Boebot.
You can control the TWS/RWS modules directly from the parallel port, no
stamp needed.
> I do not have a terminal program.
If you mean you don't have a terminal emulator, yes you do.
Kevin
At 04:28 PM 3/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Newzed@a... wrote:
>> And so on. I can accomplish this with another Stamp and my TWS/RWS boards
>> but I would rather not have to buy another stamp and build another
>> transmitter module like the one I use for my Boebot.
>
>You can control the TWS/RWS modules directly from the parallel port, no
>stamp needed.
>
>> I do not have a terminal program.
>
>If you mean you don't have a terminal emulator, yes you do.
>
>
>Kevin
>
>
>
>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>
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Original Message
> > I do not have a terminal program.
>
> If you mean you don't have a terminal emulator, yes you do.
writes:
BS2 that controls my model train.
For example, if I enter "T1" on my keyboard, I want this to go directly to
a
specific pin, say pin 5 on the BS2 which would receive it as a serin
command.
The BS2 would interpret the "T1" ·as a command to turn on power to Track 1.
And so on. ·I can accomplish this with another Stamp and my TWS/RWS boards
but I would ·rather not have to buy another stamp ·and build another
transmitter module like the one I use for my Boebot.
I do not have a terminal program.
If you're using the Windows compiler, you can use the DEBUG window as a
simple terminal.
-- Jon Williams
-- Dallas, TX[/font]
uses a 50MHz resonator.
>
> If memory serves, Al Williams offers a PIC microprocessor that'll do
> this. A Scenix microprocessor solution is also described in detail
> in a March 2000 Nuts and Volts article of mine.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve