Hi, I have been running two simple circuits with O8M2 chips and all has been working quite well. Then I decided to change the script and upload it - a very simple change. I then uploaded and the circuits are now dead. I have no idea why! A quick explanation of what I have done -
reinstalled Picaxe Editor (6.0.9.2); checked to see that MS Net 3.5.1. is working (this is on Windows 7).
I am using the standard 08-Proto-Board to download with USB cable (and never anything else). All in order - has previously worked perfectly and has not been changed.
Picaxe Editor - I go to "clear" (since the other buttons in that group don't appear to work), the system tells me that it has found the chip on COM3 and it then downloads the program and tells me that it was successful.
But no go! The actual circuit that the chip controls is very bullet proof and I have two of them - the same thing is happening on both with the new download. I did go back to a much older script that has previously worked and I downloaded that. Result - that is no longer working either (i.e. it's not the script and not the picaxe controlled circuit!).
So I am at a dead end. I have no idea where to look or what to test. I have three chips and they have all done the same thing. I know one end from another, so they have not been put in back the front etc.
Any ideas please? Is there any process for systematically isolating this type of problem?
reinstalled Picaxe Editor (6.0.9.2); checked to see that MS Net 3.5.1. is working (this is on Windows 7).
I am using the standard 08-Proto-Board to download with USB cable (and never anything else). All in order - has previously worked perfectly and has not been changed.
Picaxe Editor - I go to "clear" (since the other buttons in that group don't appear to work), the system tells me that it has found the chip on COM3 and it then downloads the program and tells me that it was successful.
But no go! The actual circuit that the chip controls is very bullet proof and I have two of them - the same thing is happening on both with the new download. I did go back to a much older script that has previously worked and I downloaded that. Result - that is no longer working either (i.e. it's not the script and not the picaxe controlled circuit!).
So I am at a dead end. I have no idea where to look or what to test. I have three chips and they have all done the same thing. I know one end from another, so they have not been put in back the front etc.
Any ideas please? Is there any process for systematically isolating this type of problem?