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not communicating bsp2 ??

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2002-09-03 23:28 in General Discussion
Hi all,
I'm finally beginning my basic stamp education, but have run into trouble
getting started. I am getting an error message :

"basic stamp 2 detected but not responding on com1, check power supply."

I have run a loopback test on com1 03F8 and it checks out fine. The debug
terminal on the software also seems to check out....

I am running win2k and the software is version 1.096. Is there an updated
version I need for win 2k ??

Any help would be appreciated.
thanks,
ken


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-09-03 20:07
    Hi Ken. I had the same trouble with a Gateway P166 running Win'98. It
    never worked. I had to dig up an old P133 running windows 95. Not pretty,
    but it works.

    My thought is that it's more a windows thing than the BS2.

    If you open up a terminal window and reset the BS2, do you get a response?
    Mine gave me 16 lines of what looks like a test followed by a "unit failed"
    message.

    The stamp worked fine as soon as I hooked it up to the older computer.
    Original Message
    From: Kenny Mac [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=gAYA2wF-TX-vh5I2H5V7EhWcmTuM8HtbxSBI0CJiTJP6BANKv7TU9J-NEDeZSRpIsI3aiWJDP1DWbRTF9u8]killmodell@e...[/url
    Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:30 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] not communicating bsp2 ??


    Hi all,
    I'm finally beginning my basic stamp education, but have run into
    trouble getting started. I am getting an error message :

    "basic stamp 2 detected but not responding on com1, check power supply."

    I have run a loopback test on com1 03F8 and it checks out fine. The debug
    terminal on the software also seems to check out....

    I am running win2k and the software is version 1.096. Is there an updated
    version I need for win 2k ??

    Any help would be appreciated.
    thanks,
    ken


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-09-03 20:43
    Kenny;
    Don't know if this is your problem, but it sure what mine. Symptoms were
    identical...
    I've been an embedded programmer, hardware designer, scientist etc...for ove
    25 years but fell prey to the 'village idiot' phase when...
    I took the board with the bs2 on it and left the attached black
    (semi-conductive) foam on the bottom thinking I could use it as an insulator
    in event I placed the board on anything metal....
    ...hear the big NO meter go off...
    differences between conductive material intending to handle ESD and those
    simply intending to insulate/isolate..
    The black foam provided just enough sink to allow me loopback tests
    successfully, light the idiot led but never respond on any comm port...
    This is offered just in case...
    jsw
    Original Message
    From: "Kenny Mac" <killmodell@e...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 9:30 AM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] not communicating bsp2 ??


    > Hi all,
    > I'm finally beginning my basic stamp education, but have run into
    trouble getting started. I am getting an error message :
    >
    > "basic stamp 2 detected but not responding on com1, check power supply."
    >
    > I have run a loopback test on com1 03F8 and it checks out fine. The debug
    terminal on the software also seems to check out....
    >
    > I am running win2k and the software is version 1.096. Is there an updated
    version I need for win 2k ??
    >
    > Any help would be appreciated.
    > thanks,
    > ken
    >
    >
    > [noparse][[/noparse]Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
    >
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-09-03 20:50
    I had the same problem and I upgraded to the latest version (verion
    1.33) of the editor software and it worked perfectly. version 1.096
    was the same version I tried but it is really old.

    http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/downloads/downloads_software.htm

    -Dustin

    --- In basicstamps@y..., "Kenny Mac" <killmodell@e...> wrote:
    > Hi all,
    > I'm finally beginning my basic stamp education, but have run
    into trouble getting started. I am getting an error message :
    >
    > "basic stamp 2 detected but not responding on com1, check power
    supply."
    >
    > I have run a loopback test on com1 03F8 and it checks out fine. The
    debug terminal on the software also seems to check out....
    >
    > I am running win2k and the software is version 1.096. Is there an
    updated version I need for win 2k ??
    >
    > Any help would be appreciated.
    > thanks,
    > ken
    >
    >
    > [noparse][[/noparse]Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-09-03 23:28
    Thanks for the responses, this is a great group [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    It was the version of software I was running.... V1.33 did the trick.....I'm
    already lighting up LED's like a little school kid [noparse]:)[/noparse] Can't wait to dive
    into serial comm ....

    Much appreciated and thanks again.
    Ken


    Original Message
    From: "dirt939" <stamp@d...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:50 PM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: not communicating bsp2 ??


    > I had the same problem and I upgraded to the latest version (verion
    > 1.33) of the editor software and it worked perfectly. version 1.096
    > was the same version I tried but it is really old.
    >
    > http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/downloads/downloads_software.htm
    >
    > -Dustin
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@y..., "Kenny Mac" <killmodell@e...> wrote:
    > > Hi all,
    > > I'm finally beginning my basic stamp education, but have run
    > into trouble getting started. I am getting an error message :
    > >
    > > "basic stamp 2 detected but not responding on com1, check power
    > supply."
    > >
    > > I have run a loopback test on com1 03F8 and it checks out fine. The
    > debug terminal on the software also seems to check out....
    > >
    > > I am running win2k and the software is version 1.096. Is there an
    > updated version I need for win 2k ??
    > >
    > > Any help would be appreciated.
    > > thanks,
    > > ken
    > >
    > >
    > > [noparse][[/noparse]Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
    >
    >
    > To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
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