Recent content by nhphantom

  1. N

    Lighting for Halloween

    Hi Alan Thank you for the input it did help see I maybe trying to do too much at one time . I think I will take a step back and work on getting the picaxe working with the Efx-tek Fc4 board and go from there as you said I can always use a pc to change the sequence and if by an imbedded display...
  2. N

    Lighting for Halloween

    So here is basically what I am hoping to do. Using the 40X2 chip, I would like to have 3 different programs containing different sequences for the light controller and have a menu so I may choose which sequence to run. This is why I chose the 40X2 chip as it is my understanding that it has 4...
  3. N

    Lighting for Halloween

    Thank you for the reply i do have the FC4 doc. and i believe I still have the Basic stamp at home now I think I have a better understanding of the bauds David
  4. N

    how do i remove a post

    i accidentally posted in the wrong forum I moved it but i do not know how to remove the original post Thank you David
  5. N

    Lighting for Halloween

    I have a board from EFX-TEK. My concern is the serout command. Below is the paragraph for it FC 4 Command protocol: The FC-4 serial connection conforms to the Parallax AppMod bi-directional communications protocol, which operates at TTL (0 to 5 VDC) using "open-true baud mode to enable...
  6. N

    08m2,axe133y,random

    Hippy thank you so much for all your help I have a feeling I it would be something simple like a gosub I just can't figure it out and where to would be I did think it would some how have to exit the first loop. Again thank you I find you good at helping with you examples and explanations when...
  7. N

    08m2,axe133y,random

    Sorry this awhile but life got in the way I tried to get it to give the answers to the axe133 but I get nothing here is want I tried . code #Picaxe 08M2 #Terminal 4800 Symbol PUSH_BUTTON = pinC.1 Symbol randomNumber = w7 Symbol magicBall = w1 Symbol baud = N2400 Symbol Oled = c.2 MainLoop: Do...
  8. N

    08m2,axe133y,random

    Good afternoon Hippy I edit the code to your updated one and i am very happy with how it works i even tried changing the 7 in magicBall=magicBall // 7 + 1 and it worked great so that I can change it up or down as needed. I do have a question do the w7 and w1 have a value to them to start with...
  9. N

    08m2,axe133y,random

    Hi Hippy I got a chance to try this code and I believe I understand how it works if I am right it will keep lopping till the button is pressed then it stores the number in w7 the SerTxd line is not necessary to generate the number using it just to see the numbers. and I see what you mean that...
  10. N

    08m2,axe133y,random

    Thank you for the reply
  11. N

    08m2,axe133y,random

    Ossippe is about 1 1/2 hours north/north east of me
  12. N

    08m2,axe133y,random

    New Hampshire USA
  13. N

    08m2,axe133y,random

    Hi I am new to Pixaxe I have worked with basic stamp a little . What I am trying to do is use a 08M2 And A Axe133y to make something like a magic 8 ball were the user / person asking the question then push a button this will generate a random number between 1 and lets say 7 it may go up to...
Top