I'm am trying to help a friend's son with his picaxe's-he has 3 of them and can't communicate to any of them using the Programming Editor.
I am concentrating on my own tests using the 18X:
We have connected to the picaxe according to the manuals, with the 10K and 22K resistors, and a 4.7K pullup, and a pushbutton to ground, on the Reset pin. I have a 6V supply going to a 7805C regulator, and am getting5.06VDC at the Picaxe.
When I try to connect using the Programming Editopr, I get "Error-Hardware not found on Com1"
I have done the test using a voltmeter on the serin pin, and when I press the Test button, the voltage goes to 5.67V, when I press it again, it drops back down to -0.53V
What should the RS232 port settings be? I can't find that anywhere in the manuals. I have tried various bps rates at 8N1, also tried software handshaking(instead of None)
What should the "Options" be for the 18X? Right now they are at the 4MHz and 16Xgosub, I have tried various other combinations, but thaese settings, combined with the possibilities for the port setting, are too numerous for me to test them all.
I have also tried the rest pin as suggested in teh error box-no joy!
Andy
I am concentrating on my own tests using the 18X:
We have connected to the picaxe according to the manuals, with the 10K and 22K resistors, and a 4.7K pullup, and a pushbutton to ground, on the Reset pin. I have a 6V supply going to a 7805C regulator, and am getting5.06VDC at the Picaxe.
When I try to connect using the Programming Editopr, I get "Error-Hardware not found on Com1"
I have done the test using a voltmeter on the serin pin, and when I press the Test button, the voltage goes to 5.67V, when I press it again, it drops back down to -0.53V
What should the RS232 port settings be? I can't find that anywhere in the manuals. I have tried various bps rates at 8N1, also tried software handshaking(instead of None)
What should the "Options" be for the 18X? Right now they are at the 4MHz and 16Xgosub, I have tried various other combinations, but thaese settings, combined with the possibilities for the port setting, are too numerous for me to test them all.
I have also tried the rest pin as suggested in teh error box-no joy!
Andy