BS2 detected but not responding...
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Hello-
I just recieved first BS2 in the mail today and I'm currently trying
to get it to communicate with my PC...
I'm getting the error:
"Basic Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding! Check
power supply"
This is my first time using the COM port for anything, so I'm not
really certain if I have it set to the correct port. Can someone give
me a few pointers? I'm running win2k, and I believe my machine only
has one serial port-
Thanks!
-Lou
I just recieved first BS2 in the mail today and I'm currently trying
to get it to communicate with my PC...
I'm getting the error:
"Basic Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding! Check
power supply"
This is my first time using the COM port for anything, so I'm not
really certain if I have it set to the correct port. Can someone give
me a few pointers? I'm running win2k, and I believe my machine only
has one serial port-
Thanks!
-Lou
Comments
Assuming that there are no hardware or wiring problems there are a
couple of things to check:
1) In the STAMP editor under
EDIT, Preferences, Editor Operation
make sure that the correct processor is selected
2) If you create a simple program like the following:
' Change the following line to reflect you BS
' {$STAMP BS2e}
'
debug " Hello World",CR
'
end
Does it "tokenize", load and do you see the "Hello World" message?
Hope this helps,
Phil
Louis Klepner wrote:
>
> Hello-
>
> I just recieved first BS2 in the mail today and I'm currently trying
> to get it to communicate with my PC...
>
> I'm getting the error:
> "Basic Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding! Check
> power supply"
>
> This is my first time using the COM port for anything, so I'm not
> really certain if I have it set to the correct port. Can someone give
> me a few pointers? I'm running win2k, and I believe my machine only
> has one serial port-
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Lou
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physical serial port configured as COM1.
I was thinking NT4 and 2000 both had problems with serial communications
that they were trying to work out with the new version of the editor. At any
rate, hit the Parallax web site and make sure you have the latest version of
STAMPW.EXE downloaded.
Original Message
> I just recieved first BS2 in the mail today and I'm currently trying
> to get it to communicate with my PC...
>
> I'm getting the error:
> "Basic Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding! Check
> power supply"
>
> This is my first time using the COM port for anything, so I'm not
> really certain if I have it set to the correct port. Can someone give
> me a few pointers? I'm running win2k, and I believe my machine only
> has one serial port-
stamp at all... switching to COM 3 or auto gives me the same "Basic
Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding" error...
How do I go about changing COM ports? I've never had any reason to
alter the COM settings... so I don't really know where to begin.
I believe I've got the latest version of STAMPW.EXE, version 1.1-
Argh! (But Thanks for the help!)
-Lou
--- In basicstamps@y..., Rodent <daweasel@s...> wrote:
> Probably an issue with the operating system. Most off-the-shelf PCs
have the
> physical serial port configured as COM1.
>
> I was thinking NT4 and 2000 both had problems with serial
communications
> that they were trying to work out with the new version of the
editor. At any
> rate, hit the Parallax web site and make sure you have the latest
version of
> STAMPW.EXE downloaded.
>
>
Original Message
>
> > I just recieved first BS2 in the mail today and I'm currently
trying
> > to get it to communicate with my PC...
> >
> > I'm getting the error:
> > "Basic Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding!
Check
> > power supply"
> >
> > This is my first time using the COM port for anything, so I'm not
> > really certain if I have it set to the correct port. Can someone
give
> > me a few pointers? I'm running win2k, and I believe my machine
only
> > has one serial port-
It looks like the software is seeing the programming cable, as its saying
the stamp is detected, but not responding. Are you sure you have a BS2? If
its one of the chip stamps, what color is it? If it really is a BS2 (and not
a BS2SX, BS2E or BS2P) the first line of your program should be:
'{$STAMP BS2}
*IF* you have the proper stamp selected in software, the program should
recognize the Stamp ok without this line, but it never hurts to have it...
Original Message
> I tried running it with COM port 1 selected and it did not detect the
> stamp at all... switching to COM 3 or auto gives me the same "Basic
> Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding" error...
>
> How do I go about changing COM ports? I've never had any reason to
> alter the COM settings... so I don't really know where to begin.
>
> I believe I've got the latest version of STAMPW.EXE, version 1.1-
BS2, and got the same 'Stamp 2 detected but not responding, check
power supply' error. Down in the status bar it says 'Tokenize
Successful' - After that it says 'Could not open port, reason
unknown'...
I ran this code:
'{$STAMP BS2}
debug "Hello World", CR
The top of my stamp says BS2, and down below it says 'Rev F'- Color
is hard to tell... Green?
--- In basicstamps@y..., Phil <philk@h...> wrote:
> Louis,
>
> Assuming that there are no hardware or wiring problems there are a
> couple of things to check:
>
> 1) In the STAMP editor under
> EDIT, Preferences, Editor Operation
> make sure that the correct processor is selected
>
> 2) If you create a simple program like the following:
>
> ' Change the following line to reflect you BS
> ' {$STAMP BS2e}
> '
> debug " Hello World",CR
> '
> end
>
> Does it "tokenize", load and do you see the "Hello World" message?
>
> Hope this helps,
> Phil
>
> Louis Klepner wrote:
> >
> > Hello-
> >
> > I just recieved first BS2 in the mail today and I'm currently
trying
> > to get it to communicate with my PC...
> >
> > I'm getting the error:
> > "Basic Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding!
Check
> > power supply"
> >
> > This is my first time using the COM port for anything, so I'm not
> > really certain if I have it set to the correct port. Can someone
give
> > me a few pointers? I'm running win2k, and I believe my machine
only
> > has one serial port-
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Lou
> >
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3' I get a different error msg.
Auto gave me: 'Basic Stamp II detected but not responding on COM 3,
check power supply'
Where as port 3: 'Basic Stamp II not responding on COM 3, check
serial connection, check power supply.'
This is strange- What exactly is the Auto port detecting which COM 3
cannot detect/find?
-Lou
and RTS lines. Thats why its saying that its detecting the stamp II (Even
though it says its not responding).
It sounds like theres either something wrong with the stamp, or its not
getting power. Are you using one of the project boards or something? I
just wired it up yourself?
Original Message
From: Louis Klepner [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=E-t86l8xN1i960g6QqRU7cHj7lOLvu3z__F5v3BNNUhMXaTiPrp4I3kZvOfYQ6zrocmVXwzw7ItHjg]varuna123@y...[/url
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:11 PM
To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: BS2 detected but not responding...
Another odd thing: If I switch from the COM port 'Auto' to COM 'port
3' I get a different error msg.
Auto gave me: 'Basic Stamp II detected but not responding on COM 3,
check power supply'
Where as port 3: 'Basic Stamp II not responding on COM 3, check
serial connection, check power supply.'
This is strange- What exactly is the Auto port detecting which COM 3
cannot detect/find?
-Lou
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Sorry ;-)
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From: Tarun Tuli [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=RcknjwTRTJAt7ArSKUHk9uOUzIBYKE5TqYt8bI6Pu_OihJvQEIZca2akC0tN4E8B0plPTUHbQX298y4]sti.pwr@h...[/url
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:19 PM
To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: BS2 detected but not responding...
Its probably detecting the "loop" on the serial connector between the DTR
and RTS lines. Thats why its saying that its detecting the stamp II (Even
though it says its not responding).
It sounds like theres either something wrong with the stamp, or its not
getting power. Are you using one of the project boards or something? I
just wired it up yourself?
Original Message
From: Louis Klepner [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=i0tjkPZrKI4PKm8ybheTejp6JxAJ02TMJCA4dfs-XK6J_9GmMgRhWFIhB9oT1_dT2w0uOJ5Y1Yn0sg]varuna123@y...[/url
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:11 PM
To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: BS2 detected but not responding...
Another odd thing: If I switch from the COM port 'Auto' to COM 'port
3' I get a different error msg.
Auto gave me: 'Basic Stamp II detected but not responding on COM 3,
check power supply'
Where as port 3: 'Basic Stamp II not responding on COM 3, check
serial connection, check power supply.'
This is strange- What exactly is the Auto port detecting which COM 3
cannot detect/find?
-Lou
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What is your hardware environment? Is it the Board of Education (BOE)
or similar from Parallax or home made? If it is home made have you
double checked the interconnect? Maybe a silly question but .... How
are you providing power to the hardware? Is the green LED on (on the
BOE)indicating that there is +5 volts present to the BS?
Phil
Louis Klepner wrote:
>
> I've got a stamp 2 (i'm pretty certain) so I changed the program to
> BS2, and got the same 'Stamp 2 detected but not responding, check
> power supply' error. Down in the status bar it says 'Tokenize
> Successful' - After that it says 'Could not open port, reason
> unknown'...
>
> I ran this code:
> '{$STAMP BS2}
> debug "Hello World", CR
>
> The top of my stamp says BS2, and down below it says 'Rev F'- Color
> is hard to tell... Green?
>
> --- In basicstamps@y..., Phil <philk@h...> wrote:
> > Louis,
> >
> > Assuming that there are no hardware or wiring problems there are a
> > couple of things to check:
> >
> > 1) In the STAMP editor under
> > EDIT, Preferences, Editor Operation
> > make sure that the correct processor is selected
> >
> > 2) If you create a simple program like the following:
> >
> > ' Change the following line to reflect you BS
> > ' {$STAMP BS2e}
> > '
> > debug " Hello World",CR
> > '
> > end
> >
> > Does it "tokenize", load and do you see the "Hello World" message?
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Phil
> >
> > Louis Klepner wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello-
> > >
> > > I just recieved first BS2 in the mail today and I'm currently
> trying
> > > to get it to communicate with my PC...
> > >
> > > I'm getting the error:
> > > "Basic Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding!
> Check
> > > power supply"
> > >
> > > This is my first time using the COM port for anything, so I'm not
> > > really certain if I have it set to the correct port. Can someone
> give
> > > me a few pointers? I'm running win2k, and I believe my machine
> only
> > > has one serial port-
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Lou
> > >
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really sure of the quality. Maybe thats the problem, or the batteries-
I tried a couple different 9 volts, but none of them were totally
new. They are realitively fresh, they were used in a wireless
microphone for an hour- The green LED is nice and bright...
As for the hardware, I bought a 'super carrier' from parallax- This
is obviously my first experience with the stamp, so I really
appreciate all the people who have offered their insight.
Tomorrow afternoon I will run out and buy another serial cable and a
fresh nine volt battery. Hopefully that will do the trick... If not,
I'm not sure what else could be wrong. Perhaps the COM settings
somewhere within my computer? This is my first COM port experience-
Thanks again,
Lou
--- In basicstamps@y..., "Tarun Tuli" <sti.pwr@h...> wrote:
> Its probably detecting the "loop" on the serial connector between
the DTR
> and RTS lines. Thats why its saying that its detecting the stamp
II (Even
> though it says its not responding).
>
> It sounds like theres either something wrong with the stamp, or its
not
> getting power. Are you using one of the project boards or
something? I
> just wired it up yourself?
>
>
Original Message
> From: Louis Klepner [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:varuna123@y...]
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:11 PM
> To: basicstamps@y...
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: BS2 detected but not responding...
>
>
> Another odd thing: If I switch from the COM port 'Auto' to COM 'port
> 3' I get a different error msg.
>
> Auto gave me: 'Basic Stamp II detected but not responding on COM 3,
> check power supply'
>
> Where as port 3: 'Basic Stamp II not responding on COM 3, check
> serial connection, check power supply.'
>
> This is strange- What exactly is the Auto port detecting which COM 3
> cannot detect/find?
>
> -Lou
>
>
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I had the exact same problem getting my stamp to work in windows 95.
As a troubleshooting technique you may wish to download the DOS editor
for your stamp, boot to DOS off a boot disk (unsure if you can get to
DOS without a boot disk with win2k), and try to download a program to
the stamp. If it works under DOS then you can rule out a stamp
problem.
You also may need to look in your BIOS settings and verify that your
com port is actually activated. On my machine serial port 1 was
activated but the second one was not, I had to activate it in the BIOS
and then install the port under windows.
I'm not entirely familiar with win2k but there should be some sort of
device manager which will show all the hardware on your machine. You
need to see if you have a com port installed and whether or not it is
in use. I would venture to guess that if you have a dialup modem
installed that it is configured to work on com 1. If you don't have
any other serial devices (serial mouse, etc) you will probably need to
install a com 2 (or 1 if there are no serial devices) in windows after
you are sure it is activated in the BIOS.
This whole process can be really tricky if you don't know what you're
doing and how com ports are set up with their I/O ranges and IRQ's.
Try getting someone that is very familiar with computers over to help
you out if possible.
Good luck!
--- In basicstamps@y..., "Louis Klepner" <varuna123@y...> wrote:
> Hello-
>
> I just recieved first BS2 in the mail today and I'm currently trying
> to get it to communicate with my PC...
>
> I'm getting the error:
> "Basic Stamp II is detected on COM port 3 but not responding! Check
> power supply"
>
> This is my first time using the COM port for anything, so I'm not
> really certain if I have it set to the correct port. Can someone
give
> me a few pointers? I'm running win2k, and I believe my machine only
> has one serial port-
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Lou
problem numerous times a couple of times it turned out that my basic
stamp had just shook lose out of it's socket so I'd check that first.
However the other time I got this message was whe I had accidently
hooked up my stamp directly to a 12 volt supply without noticing
suprise suprise it turned out that I had fried my stamp. But if it
has never worked changes are it got damaged in shipping or left the
plant faulty.
Also the message Stamp detected but not responding has nothing to do
with the stamp actually being plugged in you'll notice that you get
the same message even if the Stamp isn't in the board. My guess is it
just detects the shorts on the serial port cable on the board. If the
problem is with your COM Port or cable you'll get a message that says
check serial connection.
Hope I've been helpful and good luck
serial ports work just fine if software uses the Windows interface to the
port, but not if the software tries to access the port directly. Not sure if
my technique for diagnosing this will work in Win2K, but we can try.
* Get to a DOS prompt from Windows
* Type DEBUG and press the <enter> key -- this should give you a minus sign
(-) for a prompt.
* Type D0:0400 and press <enter> -- be sure you type zeros and not the
letter O! This will give you a big list of numbers.
* The first line should start with 0000:0400 -- this means you are looking
at the right memory location. The next pairs of numbers tell you what ports
DOS found. If you have a COM1, the first two columns should say F8 03. COM2
would have F8 02 in the 3rd and 4th column -- E8 03 in the 5th and 6th
column for COM3, and E8 02 in the last two columns for COM4. If you have the
right numbers but in the wrong columns, this means Windows is confused, and
a DOS program won't be able to access the ports properly. This could be a
plug-n-play issue or mean someone has changed or turned off a port in the
BIOS and confused Windows.
At the - prompt, type Q and press <enter> to exit DEBUG.
Original Message
> Another odd thing: If I switch from the COM port 'Auto' to COM 'port
> 3' I get a different error msg.
>
> Auto gave me: 'Basic Stamp II detected but not responding on COM 3,
> check power supply'
>
> Where as port 3: 'Basic Stamp II not responding on COM 3, check
> serial connection, check power supply.'
>
> This is strange- What exactly is the Auto port detecting which COM 3
> cannot detect/find?
The "Tokenize Successful" means the editor did not find any syntax errors in
the code you wrote.
Just out of curiosity, what board do you have the Stamp plugged in to, and
how are you supplying power?
Original Message
> I've got a stamp 2 (i'm pretty certain) so I changed the program to
> BS2, and got the same 'Stamp 2 detected but not responding, check
> power supply' error. Down in the status bar it says 'Tokenize
> Successful' - After that it says 'Could not open port, reason
> unknown'...
>
> I ran this code:
> '{$STAMP BS2}
> debug "Hello World", CR
>
> The top of my stamp says BS2, and down below it says 'Rev F'- Color
> is hard to tell... Green?
work properly. I thought Parallax provided a cable when you bought a board.
Original Message
> ahh, okay- I'm using a serial cable I had laying around, so I'm not
> really sure of the quality. Maybe thats the problem, or the batteries-
> I tried a couple different 9 volts, but none of them were totally
> new. They are realitively fresh, they were used in a wireless
> microphone for an hour- The green LED is nice and bright...
>
> As for the hardware, I bought a 'super carrier' from parallax- This
> is obviously my first experience with the stamp, so I really
> appreciate all the people who have offered their insight.
>
> Tomorrow afternoon I will run out and buy another serial cable and a
> fresh nine volt battery. Hopefully that will do the trick... If not,
> I'm not sure what else could be wrong. Perhaps the COM settings
> somewhere within my computer? This is my first COM port experience-
14.4 modem installed in my machine that I use when my cable modem goes
out. The modem is using com port 2 (my serial mouse is com 1) and if
I open the stamp editor and try to download a program and select com 2
it will also give me the message that the stamp is detected on com 2
but is not responding. So apparently there is something going on
there that makes the software think there's a stamp connected to com 2
when in fact it's an internal 14.4 modem.
My point is you need to know for sure which com port your stamp is
connected to and that the port is functioning, or you could get error
messages that would lead you to believe that you have a bad stamp,
etc.
--- In basicstamps@y..., "Aaron" <snazzyguy2@y...> wrote:
> I feel a need to put in my $.02 on this issue. I have the same
> problem numerous times a couple of times it turned out that my basic
> stamp had just shook lose out of it's socket so I'd check that
first.
> However the other time I got this message was whe I had accidently
> hooked up my stamp directly to a 12 volt supply without noticing
> suprise suprise it turned out that I had fried my stamp. But if it
> has never worked changes are it got damaged in shipping or left the
> plant faulty.
>
> Also the message Stamp detected but not responding has nothing to do
> with the stamp actually being plugged in you'll notice that you get
> the same message even if the Stamp isn't in the board. My guess is
it
> just detects the shorts on the serial port cable on the board. If
the
> problem is with your COM Port or cable you'll get a message that
says
> check serial connection.
>
> Hope I've been helpful and good luck
BOE board. "Detects the BS2SX", but doesn't respond. I have tried
changing comm ports, computers, went from the power supply to a 9v
battery, no effect. Ouch!!
Any diagnostic advice would be most appreciated.
David Drake