BSI Problems
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I recently purchased a BSI for a project I'm working on. I plugged
it into my comp and powered it up to pin 1 with a 9v battery. Every
time I tried to connect I got an error hardware not found error. I
called parallax and it seemd my comp/parallel port were messed up. I
made sure everything was right and it still didn't work. After
calling them again they told me to check the voltage on the pins.
Pins 2-5 show about 9v. The service guy told me the regulator was
broken or something like that and that I had caused the dmage. Since
the specs say pin 1 can handle 4.5-12v I don't think I did anything.
Has anyone heard about BSIs that have arived DOA(dead on arrival)?
Does anyone know how I can fix this problem(other than buying a new
chip)? Thanks for any help.
-Ryan
it into my comp and powered it up to pin 1 with a 9v battery. Every
time I tried to connect I got an error hardware not found error. I
called parallax and it seemd my comp/parallel port were messed up. I
made sure everything was right and it still didn't work. After
calling them again they told me to check the voltage on the pins.
Pins 2-5 show about 9v. The service guy told me the regulator was
broken or something like that and that I had caused the dmage. Since
the specs say pin 1 can handle 4.5-12v I don't think I did anything.
Has anyone heard about BSIs that have arived DOA(dead on arrival)?
Does anyone know how I can fix this problem(other than buying a new
chip)? Thanks for any help.
-Ryan
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drivers. Changing the regulator on the BS1 did improve it. Later I got a
Toshiba 1100 which never had a problem with the BS1. Another thing to
check on newer laptops is the power saving mode which sometimes shuts
down the printer port to a low power mode.
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> I recently purchased a BSI for a project I'm working on. I plugged
> it into my comp and powered it up to pin 1 with a 9v battery. Every
> time I tried to connect I got an error hardware not found error. I
> called parallax and it seemd my comp/parallel port were messed up. I
> made sure everything was right and it still didn't work. After
> calling them again they told me to check the voltage on the pins.
> Pins 2-5 show about 9v. The service guy told me the regulator was
> broken or something like that and that I had caused the dmage. Since
> the specs say pin 1 can handle 4.5-12v I don't think I did anything.
> Has anyone heard about BSIs that have arived DOA(dead on arrival)?
> Does anyone know how I can fix this problem(other than buying a new
> chip)? Thanks for any help.
> -Ryan
>
parallax... The stamp is fine I had the same problem as a matter of fact the
problem still exist on my lap top I just ·dont use my lap top any more.. But
I do think the problem has to do with the voltage on those pins... If you do
buy another stamp you will stii encounter the same problems.....
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