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Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2004-04-13 02:32 in General Discussion
Hi, I'm designing a voice-activated clock, using a Basic stamp 2, a
time chip DS1302 and a Voice Extreme Module from Sensory Inc. I have
troubles of interfacing between the BS2 and the Voice extreme. Could
anyone tell me how to connect them? The Voice Extreme has a RS232
port for downloading program from PC to it, and a I/O port. Is it
possible to connect the outputs of the BS2 to the RS232 port of the
Voice extreme to send data? I would really appreciate your help!
Thanks a lot!

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-09 16:25
    And good luck getting any help from Voice Extreme. My personal
    experience with that company is that they are HORRIBLE when it comes to
    technical assistance.

    Keep in mind that the VE module is a 3.3 volt device. You may have to
    use dividers to drop any TTL level signals from the BASIC Stamp down to
    a level that's acceptable to the VE module.

    BASIC Stamp
    [noparse][[/noparse]5k]
    *
    VE
    |
    [noparse][[/noparse]10k]
    |
    Vss

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office

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    Hi, I'm designing a voice-activated clock, using a Basic stamp 2, a
    time chip DS1302 and a Voice Extreme Module from Sensory Inc. I have
    troubles of interfacing between the BS2 and the Voice extreme. Could
    anyone tell me how to connect them? The Voice Extreme has a RS232
    port for downloading program from PC to it, and a I/O port. Is it
    possible to connect the outputs of the BS2 to the RS232 port of the
    Voice extreme to send data? I would really appreciate your help!
    Thanks a lot!
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-10 19:07
    Thanks Jon for your valuable advice,
    I just started using BS2 so I don't have a good understanding of how it works.
    This is for my design project at school. Back to my example, if the time now is
    2:05pm , which is 14:05, can I use this command to send the time info (1,4,0,5)
    to port 3 of the Basic stamp?
    SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC
    Minutes.LOWNIB]
    And what would be the output of this?
    Again, thanks a lot for your help and prompt reply.


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-10 19:09
    That depends on how your time data is stored. If hours and minutes are
    decimal values then you need to use / and // to get the 10's and 1's
    values.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office

    Original Message
    From: H D [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=uR13RfWpRRkih5FJAygpzq5Mx4JrQPqriG4N9kg4TaDApcs6MkVdjFx1JB14sDI2Fw-EqR8rvZPR7Z46]amser00@y...[/url
    Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:07 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2


    Thanks Jon for your valuable advice,
    I just started using BS2 so I don't have a good understanding of how it
    works. This is for my design project at school. Back to my example, if
    the time now is 2:05pm , which is 14:05, can I use this command to send
    the time info (1,4,0,5) to port 3 of the Basic stamp? SEROUT 3,16468,
    [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC
    Minutes.LOWNIB] And what would be the output of this? Again, thanks a
    lot for your help and prompt reply.


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-11 19:10
    My time data was entered in HEX format.
    For example, the current time is 13:16, what could be the output of
    this command?
    SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    And if I use SEROUT 16, the data will be transferred through pin 1
    of the BS2?
    Thank you. I would appreciate any idea.





    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > That depends on how your time data is stored. If hours and
    minutes are
    > decimal values then you need to use / and // to get the 10's and
    1's
    > values.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: H D [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:07 PM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    >
    >
    > Thanks Jon for your valuable advice,
    > I just started using BS2 so I don't have a good understanding of
    how it
    > works. This is for my design project at school. Back to my
    example, if
    > the time now is 2:05pm , which is 14:05, can I use this command to
    send
    > the time info (1,4,0,5) to port 3 of the Basic stamp? SEROUT
    3,16468,
    > [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC
    > Minutes.LOWNIB] And what would be the output of this? Again,
    thanks a
    > lot for your help and prompt reply.
    >
    >
    >
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-11 21:41
    No, if you use pin 16 in a SEROUT instruction the data will be
    transmitted out the BASIC Stamp's programming port.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office

    Original Message
    From: amser00 [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=R_hVJSViEbTTg47Ke7lw_yPjydTYGgcC4e8KcomBgrJXTHUFu9JlrejzM274Bxko59Fo7YZh-ote]amser00@y...[/url
    Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:10 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2


    My time data was entered in HEX format.
    For example, the current time is 13:16, what could be the output of
    this command?
    SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    And if I use SEROUT 16, the data will be transferred through pin 1
    of the BS2?
    Thank you. I would appreciate any idea.





    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > That depends on how your time data is stored. If hours and
    minutes are
    > decimal values then you need to use / and // to get the 10's and
    1's
    > values.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: H D [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:07 PM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    >
    >
    > Thanks Jon for your valuable advice,
    > I just started using BS2 so I don't have a good understanding of
    how it
    > works. This is for my design project at school. Back to my
    example, if
    > the time now is 2:05pm , which is 14:05, can I use this command to
    send
    > the time info (1,4,0,5) to port 3 of the Basic stamp? SEROUT
    3,16468,
    > [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC
    > Minutes.LOWNIB] And what would be the output of this? Again,
    thanks a
    > lot for your help and prompt reply.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-11 22:24
    Well, actually, if you do:
    SEROUT 16, 16384, [noparse][[/noparse]"Hi"], then in fact the data WILL go out
    the 'Physical' pin 1 of the Stamp, I believe. The Stamp also has
    a 'P1', which is what the BOE calls "Pin 1", even though it's really
    the I/O Pin 1, not the physical pin 1.

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > No, if you use pin 16 in a SEROUT instruction the data will be
    > transmitted out the BASIC Stamp's programming port.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: amser00 [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:10 PM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    >
    >
    > My time data was entered in HEX format.
    > For example, the current time is 13:16, what could be the output of
    > this command?
    > SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    > Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    > And if I use SEROUT 16, the data will be transferred through pin 1
    > of the BS2?
    > Thank you. I would appreciate any idea.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    > wrote:
    > > That depends on how your time data is stored. If hours and
    > minutes are
    > > decimal values then you need to use / and // to get the 10's and
    > 1's
    > > values.
    > >
    > > -- Jon Williams
    > > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > > -- Dallas Office
    > >
    > >
    > >
    Original Message
    > > From: H D [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:07 PM
    > > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > > Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    > >
    > >
    > > Thanks Jon for your valuable advice,
    > > I just started using BS2 so I don't have a good understanding of
    > how it
    > > works. This is for my design project at school. Back to my
    > example, if
    > > the time now is 2:05pm , which is 14:05, can I use this command to
    > send
    > > the time info (1,4,0,5) to port 3 of the Basic stamp? SEROUT
    > 3,16468,
    > > [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC
    > > Minutes.LOWNIB] And what would be the output of this? Again,
    > thanks a
    > > lot for your help and prompt reply.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-11 22:27
    I believe the output would be:
    1316


    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "amser00" <amser00@y...> wrote:
    > My time data was entered in HEX format.
    > For example, the current time is 13:16, what could be the output of
    > this command?
    > SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    > Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    > And if I use SEROUT 16, the data will be transferred through pin 1
    > of the BS2?
    > Thank you. I would appreciate any idea.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    > wrote:
    > > That depends on how your time data is stored. If hours and
    > minutes are
    > > decimal values then you need to use / and // to get the 10's and
    > 1's
    > > values.
    > >
    > > -- Jon Williams
    > > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > > -- Dallas Office
    > >
    > >
    > >
    Original Message
    > > From: H D [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:07 PM
    > > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > > Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    > >
    > >
    > > Thanks Jon for your valuable advice,
    > > I just started using BS2 so I don't have a good understanding of
    > how it
    > > works. This is for my design project at school. Back to my
    > example, if
    > > the time now is 2:05pm , which is 14:05, can I use this command
    to
    > send
    > > the time info (1,4,0,5) to port 3 of the Basic stamp? SEROUT
    > 3,16468,
    > > [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC
    > > Minutes.LOWNIB] And what would be the output of this? Again,
    > thanks a
    > > lot for your help and prompt reply.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-11 22:35
    Good point, Alan, thanks for bringing it up -- I was in the middle of
    writing code for my Nuts & Volts column (gratuitous plug) and was
    thinking purely in terms of "standard" IO pins. SEROUT 16 sends the
    output (inverted) to the SOut pin which is physical pin 1 on the device.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office

    Original Message
    From: Allan Lane [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=1mNKFTo-gmmkNxwn2R76t2fZAHSUGUB9kKlKFSXOH0m29-jF2VIiSAwhfn7B6lGiq0RJVHvCeHDMzrrse6bl86Xm0A]allan.lane@h...[/url
    Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 4:25 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2


    Well, actually, if you do:
    SEROUT 16, 16384, [noparse][[/noparse]"Hi"], then in fact the data WILL go out
    the 'Physical' pin 1 of the Stamp, I believe. The Stamp also has
    a 'P1', which is what the BOE calls "Pin 1", even though it's really
    the I/O Pin 1, not the physical pin 1.

    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > No, if you use pin 16 in a SEROUT instruction the data will be
    > transmitted out the BASIC Stamp's programming port.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: amser00 [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:10 PM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    >
    >
    > My time data was entered in HEX format.
    > For example, the current time is 13:16, what could be the output of
    > this command?
    > SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    > Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    > And if I use SEROUT 16, the data will be transferred through pin 1
    > of the BS2?
    > Thank you. I would appreciate any idea.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    > wrote:
    > > That depends on how your time data is stored. If hours and
    > minutes are
    > > decimal values then you need to use / and // to get the 10's and
    > 1's
    > > values.
    > >
    > > -- Jon Williams
    > > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > > -- Dallas Office
    > >
    > >
    > >
    Original Message
    > > From: H D [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:07 PM
    > > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > > Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    > >
    > >
    > > Thanks Jon for your valuable advice,
    > > I just started using BS2 so I don't have a good understanding of
    > how it
    > > works. This is for my design project at school. Back to my
    > example, if
    > > the time now is 2:05pm , which is 14:05, can I use this command to
    > send
    > > the time info (1,4,0,5) to port 3 of the Basic stamp? SEROUT
    > 3,16468,
    > > [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC
    > > Minutes.LOWNIB] And what would be the output of this? Again,
    > thanks a
    > > lot for your help and prompt reply.



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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-11 23:29
    Thank you all,
    Just one more question, if the time is 13:16, the output of
    SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    would be a stream of numbers "1 3 1 6", right? (i.e. 1 3 1 6 1 3 1
    6... until the clock goes to the next minute, which is 1 3 1 7 1 3 1
    7..)Maybe what I think is wrong, any idea? Thanks!


    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams" <jwilliams@p...>
    wrote:
    > Good point, Alan, thanks for bringing it up -- I was in the middle
    of
    > writing code for my Nuts & Volts column (gratuitous plug) and was
    > thinking purely in terms of "standard" IO pins. SEROUT 16 sends
    the
    > output (inverted) to the SOut pin which is physical pin 1 on the
    device.
    >
    > -- Jon Williams
    > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > -- Dallas Office
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: Allan Lane [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:allan.lane@h...]
    > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 4:25 PM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    >
    >
    > Well, actually, if you do:
    > SEROUT 16, 16384, [noparse][[/noparse]"Hi"], then in fact the data WILL go out
    > the 'Physical' pin 1 of the Stamp, I believe. The Stamp also has
    > a 'P1', which is what the BOE calls "Pin 1", even though it's
    really
    > the I/O Pin 1, not the physical pin 1.
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams"
    <jwilliams@p...>
    > wrote:
    > > No, if you use pin 16 in a SEROUT instruction the data will be
    > > transmitted out the BASIC Stamp's programming port.
    > >
    > > -- Jon Williams
    > > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > > -- Dallas Office
    > >
    > >
    > >
    Original Message
    > > From: amser00 [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:10 PM
    > > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    > >
    > >
    > > My time data was entered in HEX format.
    > > For example, the current time is 13:16, what could be the output
    of
    > > this command?
    > > SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    > > Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    > > And if I use SEROUT 16, the data will be transferred through pin
    1
    > > of the BS2?
    > > Thank you. I would appreciate any idea.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Williams"
    <jwilliams@p...>
    > > wrote:
    > > > That depends on how your time data is stored. If hours and
    > > minutes are
    > > > decimal values then you need to use / and // to get the 10's
    and
    > > 1's
    > > > values.
    > > >
    > > > -- Jon Williams
    > > > -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    > > > -- Dallas Office
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    Original Message
    > > > From: H D [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:amser00@y...]
    > > > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:07 PM
    > > > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > > > Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > Thanks Jon for your valuable advice,
    > > > I just started using BS2 so I don't have a good understanding
    of
    > > how it
    > > > works. This is for my design project at school. Back to my
    > > example, if
    > > > the time now is 2:05pm , which is 14:05, can I use this
    command to
    > > send
    > > > the time info (1,4,0,5) to port 3 of the Basic stamp? SEROUT
    > > 3,16468,
    > > > [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC
    > > > Minutes.LOWNIB] And what would be the output of this? Again,
    > > thanks a
    > > > lot for your help and prompt reply.
    >
    >
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-11 23:41
    Yes, it is sent as a serial stream. You'll need a serial input routine
    on the other end to take the stream.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office

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    From: amser00 [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=lzsbRFy9zX-kJjbLnAWrgxcXxDSucOMYGFD-5qnVbOV5FzTUhN7YjIJtel3wESuF-dJVzZ0gkFw]amser00@y...[/url
    Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 5:30 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2


    Thank you all,
    Just one more question, if the time is 13:16, the output of
    SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    would be a stream of numbers "1 3 1 6", right? (i.e. 1 3 1 6 1 3 1
    6... until the clock goes to the next minute, which is 1 3 1 7 1 3 1
    7..)Maybe what I think is wrong, any idea? Thanks!
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-12 04:59
    If this works...

    >SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    >Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]

    Then this also will work...

    SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]HEX2 Hours, HEX2 Minutes]

    Both will send the same string of 4 ascii characters, e.g. "1316" to
    logical pin p3.

    -- Tracy


    >
    Original Message
    >From: amser00 [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=GlqPPUCmKt6LJ0JoMjy2kG3-b7CI6gBDar0x5Z_kIOqusiSlgjoCOhJbHd7ygBvHVnoXStUgJg]amser00@y...[/url
    >Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 5:30 PM
    >To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    >Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Plz help with Voice extreme+BS2
    >
    >
    >Thank you all,
    >Just one more question, if the time is 13:16, the output of
    >SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    >Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    >would be a stream of numbers "1 3 1 6", right? (i.e. 1 3 1 6 1 3 1
    >6... until the clock goes to the next minute, which is 1 3 1 7 1 3 1
    >7..)Maybe what I think is wrong, any idea? Thanks!
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-12 15:33
    As Jon hinted earlier, it all depends on how the values are stored in
    your Hours and Minutes variables. You stated they were entered in
    HEX format. Depending on how you're using that term, 13:16 could be
    stored as $0D and $10 in Hours and Minutes respectively, and DEC
    Hours.HIGHNIB could be "0", DEC Hours.LOWNIB would be "13", DEC
    Minutes.HIGHNIB would be "1", and DEC Minutes.LOWNIB would be "0".

    If in doubt, simply DEBUG the variables using the exact same
    modifiers as your SERIN statment--that will show you what SERIN would
    send.

    Regards,

    Steve


    On 11 Apr 04 at 22:29, amser00 wrote:

    > Thank you all,
    > Just one more question, if the time is 13:16, the output of
    > SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    > Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    > would be a stream of numbers "1 3 1 6", right? (i.e. 1 3 1 6 1 3 1
    > 6... until the clock goes to the next minute, which is 1 3 1 7 1 3 1
    > 7..)Maybe what I think is wrong, any idea? Thanks!
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-13 02:32
    Thank you all for your previous advices.
    I've just found out another problem.
    I know the RS232 standard is that -12V = 0x1
    and +12V = 0x0. My Voice Extreme chip uses TTL levels, but the
    signal is inverted from the RS232 standard (i.e. 0V = 0x0, +3V = 0x1)
    So to send the signal from the Basic stamp to my Voice Extreme, do I
    have to invert it?
    Thanks!


    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "S Parkis" <parkiss@e...> wrote:
    > As Jon hinted earlier, it all depends on how the values are stored
    in
    > your Hours and Minutes variables. You stated they were entered in
    > HEX format. Depending on how you're using that term, 13:16 could
    be
    > stored as $0D and $10 in Hours and Minutes respectively, and DEC
    > Hours.HIGHNIB could be "0", DEC Hours.LOWNIB would be "13", DEC
    > Minutes.HIGHNIB would be "1", and DEC Minutes.LOWNIB would be "0".
    >
    > If in doubt, simply DEBUG the variables using the exact same
    > modifiers as your SERIN statment--that will show you what SERIN
    would
    > send.
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Steve
    >
    >
    > On 11 Apr 04 at 22:29, amser00 wrote:
    >
    > > Thank you all,
    > > Just one more question, if the time is 13:16, the output of
    > > SEROUT 3,16468, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC Hours.HIGHNIB, DEC Hours.LOWNIB, DEC
    > > Minutes.HIGHNIB, DEC Minutes.LOWNIB]
    > > would be a stream of numbers "1 3 1 6", right? (i.e. 1 3 1 6 1 3
    1
    > > 6... until the clock goes to the next minute, which is 1 3 1 7 1
    3 1
    > > 7..)Maybe what I think is wrong, any idea? Thanks!
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