I have purchased my first picaxe. It's an 18M2 on a CHI030 board.
I have got it talking to my computer, partially. I can see it's
"Hello, I am your PICAXE-18M2" in the terminal in AXEpad, but can't seem to send any sensible data to it.
Going back a step, I already had a USB to RS232 cable that linux (Ubuntu) recognises
I have wired pins 2, 3, and 7 of the RS232 to the CHI030 pins 3, 4, and ground. I believe that's the right ones?
I am running LinAXEpad and have set it for /dev/ttyUSB0 (and USB Setup detects that port is available). Pressing F8 brings up the terminal, then when I apply power to the 18M2, the picaxe starts writing messages "Hello, I am your PICAXE-18M2" to the input. Great!
If I type couple of characters and press send I see weird characters echoed
However, if I exit the terminal, and press F5 to program the chip, it reports that it is searching for hardware on /dev/ttyUSB0, but after a short pause, says, hardware not found.
I have got it talking to my computer, partially. I can see it's
"Hello, I am your PICAXE-18M2" in the terminal in AXEpad, but can't seem to send any sensible data to it.
Going back a step, I already had a USB to RS232 cable that linux (Ubuntu) recognises
Code:
[ 3971.183433] pl2303 3-6:1.0: device disconnected
[ 3974.416023] usb 3-6: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 8
[ 3974.628673] usb 3-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3974.632568] pl2303 3-6:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
[ 3974.664670] usb 3-6: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
I am running LinAXEpad and have set it for /dev/ttyUSB0 (and USB Setup detects that port is available). Pressing F8 brings up the terminal, then when I apply power to the 18M2, the picaxe starts writing messages "Hello, I am your PICAXE-18M2" to the input. Great!
If I type couple of characters and press send I see weird characters echoed
Code:
Hello, I am your PICAXE-18M2
Hello, I am your PICAXE-18M2
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Hello, I am your PICAXE-18M2
Hello, I am your PICAXE-18M2
However, if I exit the terminal, and press F5 to program the chip, it reports that it is searching for hardware on /dev/ttyUSB0, but after a short pause, says, hardware not found.