Hi Guys. After months of little progress to report, I thought it time to point you to Snoopy's "blog10" on www.gpss.co.uk/rbblog10.htm and try and paste in a relevant extract below. I hope it works ! One reason is that today, I met up with a very experience local chap, who MAY wish to join this...
Wise words Papaof2. Priority today is Pub Lunch with 3 other Grumpy Old (Wise?) Men :)
My favourite saying, from Defence Industry was KISS = Keep It Simple. Stupid ;-)
Robin
www.gpss.co.uk and Snoopy on www.gpss.co.uk/autop.htm
Hi Guys. I have just "suspended work" ( given up ? ) after an hour or two of finding my own silly faults ( mostly sloppy soldering ) on the spare boards, (2),(3), and (4). Right now there is an (unseen) short circuit (S/C) across the 5v power on board (2). Lots of silly things causing delay like...
Thanks Buzby. Since my last posting I did tests on the "Lounge" PC and failed to see past all those words and diagrams
in the well-written documentation to actually install the latest drivers. I also tried downloading software on a Chromebook
but often a link to what I thought was download...
Thanks Hippy & Jack - sorry for delay - it's been busy but good with other things.
I saw Hippy's posting last night, and have some (unsuccessful) work to report.
Will check Jack's link after, in case it changes anyting.
I just tested those spare and new boards (2),(3),(4) but withouty good...
Hi Guys. PROGRESS this morning ! I have managed to use the Picaxe Editor to load the latest version "Romeo" of my Snoopy Autopilot Software
( www.gpss.co.uk/ap28x2r.bas ) into the old "Reference System" Picaxe 28X2 board (1). This was done by using my "Study" PC on which it had been done before...
Hi Guys. I attach screen shot picaxee2.gif which shows a picaxe28x2 on a com port - but not quite right ?
I got this with the module (3) powered up and connect to one of the USB ports.
BUT, when I do this, I don't get the usual PC response like a beep when it detects a device.
So maybe it's...
Sorry Hippy - I've just seen that for some reason I missed your important:
>Have you fully installed the AXE027 USB Drivers ?
Wife June is shouting "Dinner!" so I'd better obey :-)
Also, other things on, but I'll certainly look into this.
Normally I just plug in a powered up device, and drivers...
Great to hear from you again Hippy. This may be off topic, but I am forced to include an old photo from my "Family" page www.gpss.co.uk/family.htm with the text alongside it. Some of us are old enough to remember the 1960s and "Flower Power". Less stuff in a silicon chip then ;-)
Robin...
Thanks Roy, for the 'phone call, saying that a "hard reset" should not lose anything important.
I spent a bit more time, but without progress. e.g. don't see COM ports other than COM1,
where I did before. e.g. the USB port that the cable plugs into.
I obviously need someone with experience...
Thanks Technical - good timing - I just had another session, with a LITTLE more progress.
Yes, and the good thing is that I have 3 boards, (2),(3),(4) to risk damaging before the old "Reference" board (1).
Progress ? Yes - I found a blob of solder shorting the 0v and +5v pins on one of the...
Nice one Papaof2 - you're lucky - I'm papa03 - GIRLS :-(
After a trip out doing other things, including visiting a garden open for NGS charity and testing trackers,
I THINK I have done the required work with a little drill, of cutting those tracks on new boards 2,3,4.
The attached piccy shows...
I've just seen my mistake - see picture in 4boards3.gif attached ! Stupid Robin, looking at the reference board (1), had not seen that tracks had been cut - it looks like he'd used a drill. So - that's the next job on those boards (2), (3) and (4), before applying power again ! Robin WAS using...
Hi Guys. The attached two photos 4boards1.gif and 4boards2.gif show top and below of the 4 picaxe 28x2 boards I now have.
Marked (1),(2),(3) and (4). (1) is the "reference board" that works, but with not quite the latest version of the Autopilot software.
I decided not to update board (1)...