Please Help! Old newbe needs help
a couple of years ago I bought a BS2 and BOE kit and started playing around with this stuff.· I ended up moving and packing the stuff up for about the last 2 years.·Everything was working fine the last time I used it.· I just re-opened the box and started fiddeling around with my kit again and I have misplaced the CD's with the software on it.· So I just downloaded the newer software and tried to use it and it cannot seem to find my stamp.· I have a breakout box attached to the data cable going from PC to my BOE and I can see that the signals are good coming from the computer.· When I power up the BOE(board of education)with the stamp on it the light goes green and the port shows live on pins 2,3, & 4.·· So with this in mind I would believe that the computer is working and the boe/stamp is working but they just dont' want to talk together.· Is it possible I left a program installed in the stamp that might have been using the serial port to do somthing and now is is just locking up the port when I try to run it?·· The boe seems to be pulsing to pin 3 or RD on my breakout box.·· Sorry if this is confusing but I am really green in all this just trying to learn.
Thanks
Alex
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Alex
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Alex
You ARE using a straight-through serial cable (not Null-Modem, in other words) right?
Oh, and the 'hardware echo' on the BS2 should insure that you see the SAME flickering on RX that you're seeing on TX. That's if you've got the chip plugged in the right way, of course.
Thanks I will post any updates I have.
Laptop or desktop computer? Which operating system? Is this the same computer you used on the prior occasion when everything worked okay?
Have no fear, we'll get you going again shortly!
Regards,
Bruce Bates
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Thanks for any help you may have.
Alex
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Alex Cole