Serial To Stamp Download not working
Spryz
Posts: 8
I just built my Sumo Bot and then plugged her in for a download. But she won't take the program. I click the "run" button, it checks the serial ports and reports loopback:yes and echo:yes. But it does not identify a device or download the program.
The serial port is set to 9600, 8, none, 1, none.
This sounds like a bad chip, but I am hoping I have overlooked something more simple than that.
Help!
Steve
The serial port is set to 9600, 8, none, 1, none.
This sounds like a bad chip, but I am hoping I have overlooked something more simple than that.
Help!
Steve
Comments
Presuming you have brought power to the Stamp, and you're using an ordinary serial cable (NOT a null modem cable), how about some information on the type of computer and which operating sytem you're using.
Regards,
Bruce Bates
I am using the cable that came with the kit and the bot lights up (and twitches a little when power is turned on). I just noticed that my chip has a very faint underlined X on it, written it what looks like pencil. I hope they didn't send me a reject by mistake! Anyhow...
Dell Dimension XPS 3.2Ghz Pentium 4
1 Gb RAM
700 GB of HD space
ATI 9800 XT video card
No other com or parallel ports being used
Audigy 2 sound card
PC has (2) serial ports, and I have tried them both
(1) parallel port
The PC OS was just reinstalled two weeks ago, the bot was just built and linked on 9 April 05.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
csavage@parallax.com
Are you running HotSynch for your Palm or any similar resident program which accesses the serial port?
Bruce
Do you happen to have another serial cable you can try?
A new Stamp being dead, right out of the box, is quite an unusual thing in my experience.
This SumoBot wasn't purchased on eBay, was it?
I don't own a SumoBot so I'm almost out of ideas, unfortunately.
Bruce
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
csavage@parallax.com
Nope, no serial cable here. I will have to try it tomorrow. Dang. This isn't where I expected to get into trouble
Post Edited (Spryz) : 4/11/2005 12:14:22 AM GMT
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Post Edited (Jonb) : 4/11/2005 10:58:42 AM GMT
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
csavage@parallax.com
It sounds like you may have a crossover cable. These are sometimes marked with an X by techs so they don't grab the wrong cable. The fact the cable came with the bot does not guarantee that it is the correct cable. The friend that you got the bot from obviously has a good cable, try his.
Larry
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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
csavage@parallax.com
I brought my bot in to work today and my friend is going to take it home and try it on his PC with his own cable. Hopefully I will know by tomorrow if it works or not. If it doesn't work, I am guessing that sending it back is my next step.