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Junk transmission

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-04-26 01:45 in General Discussion
I also sometimes have some "junk" characters in the Stamp debug screen.
I dont know the reason but I believe this bug comes from debug program
itself and not from Stamp.
ACJacques

the_coin_guy@y... wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> Just a quickie. I am using the rentron plans to make a BASIC stamp
> wireless transmission set. I am, however, using two BS2's. Anyways, I
> have the transmitter(TWS-434) sending a byte that holds the number
> "19". Everytime I start to send the data to the receiver for debugging
> on the stamp debug screen, I get the number 19...but I also get a
> whole bunch of different "junk" numbers with it. Why is this? Any
> reasons?
>
> Thanks,
> Corey C.
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-04-25 22:41
    No. My Debug sometimes have this bug even directly coupled (serial port)
    with Stamp.
    ACJacques


    the_coin_guy@y... wrote:
    >
    > Are you doing this wirelessly?
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@y..., AC Jacques <acjacques@i...> wrote:
    > > I also sometimes have some "junk" characters in the Stamp debug screen.
    > > I dont know the reason but I believe this bug comes from debug program
    > > itself and not from Stamp.
    > > ACJacques
    > >
    > > the_coin_guy@y... wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Hi all!
    > > >
    > > > Just a quickie. I am using the rentron plans to make a BASIC stamp
    > > > wireless transmission set. I am, however, using two BS2's. Anyways, I
    > > > have the transmitter(TWS-434) sending a byte that holds the number
    > > > "19". Everytime I start to send the data to the receiver for debugging
    > > > on the stamp debug screen, I get the number 19...but I also get a
    > > > whole bunch of different "junk" numbers with it. Why is this? Any
    > > > reasons?
    > > >
    > > > Thanks,
    > > > Corey C.
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
    > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
    >
    >
    >
    > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-04-25 22:58
    I believe you are right. My "buggy" version is the 1.09. I have not yet
    experimented the newest.
    ACJacques

    Rodent wrote:
    >
    > One thing of note is that the debug "screen" appears to be a chunk of memory
    > that is reused. If you send a program to the Stamp with a debug statement,
    > it apparently clears the memory, opens a debug window and stuff is displayed
    > as it happens. If you send the program to the Stamp again without closing
    > the old debug window, you may see stuff displayed from the last program run.
    > I'm thinking the memory is not cleared. This drove me crazy at first. The
    > fix is to always close the debug window before sending code to the Stamp.
    >
    > I know this for sure about STAMPW.EXE v 1.099 or whatever it was --
    > hopefully v 1.1 does not have the same problem.
    >
    >
    Original Message
    >
    > > I also sometimes have some "junk" characters in the Stamp debug screen.
    > > I dont know the reason but I believe this bug comes from debug program
    > > itself and not from Stamp.
    >
    >
    >
    > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-04-26 01:02
    Hi all!

    Just a quickie. I am using the rentron plans to make a BASIC stamp
    wireless transmission set. I am, however, using two BS2's. Anyways, I
    have the transmitter(TWS-434) sending a byte that holds the number
    "19". Everytime I start to send the data to the receiver for debugging
    on the stamp debug screen, I get the number 19...but I also get a
    whole bunch of different "junk" numbers with it. Why is this? Any
    reasons?

    Thanks,
    Corey C.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-04-26 01:40
    Are you doing this wirelessly?


    --- In basicstamps@y..., AC Jacques <acjacques@i...> wrote:
    > I also sometimes have some "junk" characters in the Stamp debug screen.
    > I dont know the reason but I believe this bug comes from debug program
    > itself and not from Stamp.
    > ACJacques
    >
    > the_coin_guy@y... wrote:
    > >
    > > Hi all!
    > >
    > > Just a quickie. I am using the rentron plans to make a BASIC stamp
    > > wireless transmission set. I am, however, using two BS2's. Anyways, I
    > > have the transmitter(TWS-434) sending a byte that holds the number
    > > "19". Everytime I start to send the data to the receiver for debugging
    > > on the stamp debug screen, I get the number 19...but I also get a
    > > whole bunch of different "junk" numbers with it. Why is this? Any
    > > reasons?
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > Corey C.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-04-26 01:45
    One thing of note is that the debug "screen" appears to be a chunk of memory
    that is reused. If you send a program to the Stamp with a debug statement,
    it apparently clears the memory, opens a debug window and stuff is displayed
    as it happens. If you send the program to the Stamp again without closing
    the old debug window, you may see stuff displayed from the last program run.
    I'm thinking the memory is not cleared. This drove me crazy at first. The
    fix is to always close the debug window before sending code to the Stamp.

    I know this for sure about STAMPW.EXE v 1.099 or whatever it was --
    hopefully v 1.1 does not have the same problem.
    Original Message

    > I also sometimes have some "junk" characters in the Stamp debug screen.
    > I dont know the reason but I believe this bug comes from debug program
    > itself and not from Stamp.
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