So GearHead, are you a new member, a ghost member, or is GearHead a shell member meant to disguise your regular identity? The reason I ask is you have 6 posts, all of them to this thread.
Could be new, could be old. I know I signed up sometime after the forums moved from Yahoo, but couldn’t find my login in the members list. Could be old age or just too many user names to remember.
I signed up again when as I stated in one of the post when I saw this posting. And just to set thing straight, I think Parallax has GREAT products and support. It’s a shame that the Red-I product had to be discontinued. Interesting that it is still in the 2005 catalog, but anyway I look forward for the release of the internet kit or whatever they are going to call it.
Forgive us for occassional catalog errors with products that go out of production -- especially those beyond our control.· And as you can imagine, the 2005 catalog wasn't printed on January 1st of this year; in fact the 2006 catalog will be wrapped shortly so that it can go to press.· Designing and printing a catalog like ours is not a trivial process.· And when all else fails, the web site is updated almost daily.
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Gearhead, Welcome back, hope you'll find Parallax's solution all you could desire, and from what I hear the Red-I was pretty spiffy, they discontinued it prior to any interest on my part for internet connectivity, so I don't know first hand.
Well yesterday wasn't the day. Maybe today. Imagine: a company not actually formally announcing a product until it is actually ready. Novel concept On the minus side, this policy does tend to prevent that wonderful thing called "backlog" on the sales charts.
I, for one, appreciate the disipline shown by Parallax marketing and development. Having resources bouncing all over on the "project of the hour" doesn't help a whole lot. Releasing products before the organization (not just production, but sales, marketing, support, shipping (cartons, packaging, etc.) and everyone else) are ready may help a few customers, but creates problems for most.
As an insider I am pushing for us not announcing anything until it is actually ready to ship -- but that probably won't happen, we like to let our customers know ahead of time.
About yesterday, a key member of our Marketing department who actually makes and posts those announcements was out due to a family illness.· In the FWIW category, I did see official training on the company calendar today (that too, should have happened yesterday).
In the end, gang, we're human -- and respond accordingly.· Most of our customers treat us with kindness and like friends; those who do nothing but gripe and criticize cause us to withdraw (pre-production announcements, plans, etc.).· The choice is yours....
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Post Edited (Jon Williams (Parallax)) : 11/3/2005 2:49:30 PM GMT
There are the email registers, the status registers, the UDP registers- these are all IN ADDITION to the general 100. The first 20 of the general can be written to flash memory for 'defaults'-
Ryan
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
They are not automatically written to flash. You must cause them to be written to flash from the update variable page (see the documentation)- I am not aware of a limit on the number of write cycles, but I will confirm that fact as soon as I can.
The purpose of the flash is for setting certain default variables (especially things like the SMTP server address, return email address, etc...)
Correct, the module can be used with the Javelin as well.
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Parallax Tech Support
I ordered mine last nigth. Did it ship yet? Did it? Did it? Did it? Did it? Are we almost there yet?
Probably won't be firing up right upon arrival, but it provides a way of getting my wireless iPaq (and any other PCs, etc.) a way to view (and possibly control) the model railroad suff I'm working on. The $40 off was too good to pass up.
I had trouble ordering online last night....emailed my "contact" [noparse];)[/noparse] and hopefully I'll see it next week. (orders are fast coming north to the border....but you can't whip a dog team as hard as you used to....so it takes some time once it gets in to Canada!)
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But I am only 23 mile from your office. I could save myself the shipping cost and nail biting waiting for it to be delivered.
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I signed up again when as I stated in one of the post when I saw this posting. And just to set thing straight, I think Parallax has GREAT products and support. It’s a shame that the Red-I product had to be discontinued. Interesting that it is still in the 2005 catalog, but anyway I look forward for the release of the internet kit or whatever they are going to call it.
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·1+1=10
I, for one, appreciate the disipline shown by Parallax marketing and development. Having resources bouncing all over on the "project of the hour" doesn't help a whole lot. Releasing products before the organization (not just production, but sales, marketing, support, shipping (cartons, packaging, etc.) and everyone else) are ready may help a few customers, but creates problems for most.
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John R.
8 + 8 = 10
About yesterday, a key member of our Marketing department who actually makes and posts those announcements was out due to a family illness.· In the FWIW category, I did see official training on the company calendar today (that too, should have happened yesterday).
In the end, gang, we're human -- and respond accordingly.· Most of our customers treat us with kindness and like friends; those who do nothing but gripe and criticize cause us to withdraw (pre-production announcements, plans, etc.).· The choice is yours....
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Post Edited (Jon Williams (Parallax)) : 11/3/2005 2:49:30 PM GMT
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com
Post Edited (Ryan Clarke (Parallax)) : 11/3/2005 5:14:27 PM GMT
Yes,
Sorry about that.
Ryan
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com
www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=30013
Ryan
Edit: Added hot link (thanks Jon! I was trying to post too quickly!)
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com
Post Edited (Ryan Clarke (Parallax)) : 11/3/2005 10:01:47 PM GMT
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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax
How many storage bytes occupy the special registers?
regards peter
There are the email registers, the status registers, the UDP registers- these are all IN ADDITION to the general 100. The first 20 of the general can be written to flash memory for 'defaults'-
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com
But how many bytes are the special registers? There is no mention
of that in the document.
regards peter
varEF
varES
varEC
varEV
all 64 bytes
varST- status register: byte
varSV- updated post reg: byte
varBI
varBM
64 bytes
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com
regards peter
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JavelinCode/files/Javelin%20Stamp%20IDE/lib/stamp/peripheral/web/
because the Pink is not just for basic stamp and SX.
regards peter
Does this mean they are standard written to ram or always written to flash?
If the first, how to write them to flash?
If the second, is there a limit on the number of write cycles?
regards peter
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The purpose of the flash is for setting certain default variables (especially things like the SMTP server address, return email address, etc...)
Correct, the module can be used with the Javelin as well.
Ryan
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com
but it is not possible to write/read these to/from flash via the stamp, correct?
Are the flash contents then copied to ram when the Pink powers up or reset?
regards peter
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com
Let me know what you think!
Ryan
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Ryan Clarke
Parallax Tech Support
RClarke@Parallax.com
Probably won't be firing up right upon arrival, but it provides a way of getting my wireless iPaq (and any other PCs, etc.) a way to view (and possibly control) the model railroad suff I'm working on. The $40 off was too good to pass up.
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8 + 8 = 10
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Steve
"Inside each and every one of us is our one, true authentic swing. Something we was born with. Something that's ours and ours alone. Something that can't be learned... something that's got to be remembered."