I'm programming an 18X with a Rev-Ed supplied USB to serial adaptor.
The download bar is blisteringly fast. Much faster than I was used to. But 70 percent of the time the download is corrupted and it says "error memory verification failed".
The other 30 % of the time it works fine.
Now, changing to the hardware serial port on the back of the computer and downloading works 100% of the time, but it is slower to download (by about 10 seconds).
I think in future versions of the editor software there should be a setting to limit the speed to a reliable download as my computer may be too fast for the picaxe. It's a new high end quad core gaming machine with 4GB ram etc...
Changing to a slower PC, but using the same USB to serial adapter, the download speed is not quite as fast (but still faster than the motherboard serialport), hence I think the problem is with the picaxe not keeping up with the USB serial port and/or the programming editor.
Very interested in feedback from others.
The download bar is blisteringly fast. Much faster than I was used to. But 70 percent of the time the download is corrupted and it says "error memory verification failed".
The other 30 % of the time it works fine.
Now, changing to the hardware serial port on the back of the computer and downloading works 100% of the time, but it is slower to download (by about 10 seconds).
I think in future versions of the editor software there should be a setting to limit the speed to a reliable download as my computer may be too fast for the picaxe. It's a new high end quad core gaming machine with 4GB ram etc...
Changing to a slower PC, but using the same USB to serial adapter, the download speed is not quite as fast (but still faster than the motherboard serialport), hence I think the problem is with the picaxe not keeping up with the USB serial port and/or the programming editor.
Very interested in feedback from others.