more BS2 detected but not responding...

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I have a BOE with BS2sx stamp and apparently have gotten myself
stuck in "..detected but not responding.." hell like so many
others have. Here's the twist though - the stamp2sx program, when
run in a DOS window, talks to the stamp successfully while stampw
insists it isn't there. Using stamp2sx, I can indentify properly,
and have downloaded/executed various programs. Any idea what
might be wrong? Why is stampw so fragile - I thought Windows
programmers long ago conquered serial port programming?!? Rick

PS. Answers to usual questions: using stampw.exe v1.1, 9V
power pack, have tried swapping stamp modules.

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Hey-

I had this problem a few days ago, swapping out the battery and serial cable
did the trick for me... Sorry I can't be more helpful--

Lou

> I have a BOE with BS2sx stamp and apparently have gotten myself
> stuck in "..detected but not responding.." hell like so many
> others have. Here's the twist though - the stamp2sx program, when
> run in a DOS window, talks to the stamp successfully while stampw
> insists it isn't there. Using stamp2sx, I can indentify properly,
> and have downloaded/executed various programs. Any idea what
> might be wrong? Why is stampw so fragile - I thought Windows
> programmers long ago conquered serial port programming?!? Rick
>
> PS. Answers to usual questions: using stampw.exe v1.1, 9V
> power pack, have tried swapping stamp modules.
>
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<SNIP>
I thought Windows programmers long ago conquered serial port programming?!?
Rick
</SNIP>

That was back when "PC compatible" meant something !