communication between basic stamp, and C++

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• polymer Posts: 4

  2007-04-04 03:57 edited 2007-04-04 03:57

  I'm not getting any replies . Is it possible to connect the basic stamp to your PC, and take information from the PC for purposes other then compiling?
• Mike Green Posts: 23,101

  2007-04-04 04:09 edited 2007-04-04 04:09

  The Stamp cannot "take" information from the PC. A PC program can take information it has available and transmit it to a Stamp via a serial port. Exactly how to do this (from the PC side) is beyond the scope of these forums. Have a look at Stamp Plot Pro (here: www.selmaware.com/) for one example of a PC program that communicates extensively with a Stamp and provides a mechanism for a Stamp to record data it collects.
• QuattroRS4 Posts: 916

  2007-04-04 04:11 edited 2007-04-04 04:11

  see 'Writing to text files' - in the Basic Stamp Thread
  
  This is a HTML Logger logging in/out serial activity - you can have the stamp waiting for serial data (serin) - this can be sent from this application - assuming the stamp is programmed to react to the string - it carries out whatever you set it to do .. it can then send back (serout) a confirmation string to say action was completed - all transactions both tx and rx are logged in a html file...
  
  
  http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=640960
  
  and a link to latest version ... of this program
  
  http://forums.parallax.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46405
  
  let me know if it fits the bill ....
  
  Regards,
  Quattro
  
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  Post Edited (QuattroRS4) : 4/4/2007 4:18:56 AM GMT
• polymer Posts: 4

  2007-04-04 05:08 edited 2007-04-04 05:08

  Thanks! This is a good start, I can do something in class tomorrow [noparse]:D[/noparse]. At any rate, it looks like I'll be using the serin for this. If there are anymore resources people are willing to post, I'll gladly accept it. For now these should help me. Thank you. [noparse]:)[/noparse]
• QuattroRS4 Posts: 916

  2007-04-04 05:13 edited 2007-04-04 05:13

  No problem .... post a bit of feedback..
  
  Regards,
  Quattro
  
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• polymer Posts: 4

  2007-04-13 05:18 edited 2007-04-13 05:18

  Okay, I know how to use the simple program to send a string, how would I program the basic stamp so that it notices it?, I'm thinking I am going to make it increment the value X or something for each X that gets sent to it. I'll play with this, if you have any simple coding advice/tips I would appreciate it [noparse]:)[/noparse].
  
  Post Edited (polymer) : 4/13/2007 5:46:09 AM GMT
• Mike Green Posts: 23,101

  2007-04-13 05:45 edited 2007-04-13 05:45

  If you have a program in C++ that runs on a PC and somehow gets data from a wiimote, you can open a serial port from C++ and transmit the data to a Stamp over the serial port as text strings. The Stamp can receive and interpret the strings using SERIN or DEBUGIN statements. If you write the C++ program to allow it, the Stamp could request data from the C++ program using commands much like the sort of thing that StampPlotPro does. Have a look at the StampPlotPro tutorials. They would show you the sort of thing that can be done and what the information going back and forth might look like.
• Mike Green Posts: 23,101

  2007-04-13 05:47 edited 2007-04-13 05:47

  The StampPlotPro tutorials have examples from the Stamp side that show what statements are needed to send a "command" to the PC side and to interpret the information coming back.