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Re: Beginner's Help
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Tue, 15 Dec 1998 19:12:59 GMT
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Darkman <lroska@cyberus.ca*nospam*>
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Make sure that your com port 2 is actually wired to the motherboard I've heard a
lot of stories with
com ports not working because they forgot to connect the ribbon cable.
Check that first. Try booting ito dos and use the DL.exe instead of the HBDL
I have a system similar to yours P200MMX and I could never get the HBDL to work
same error msg.
If I vere you I would invest in the registered ver of IC for $35 can't go wrong.
I hope that helps
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Denzel <wdenzel@polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu>
To: Handyboard@Media. Mit. Edu <handyboard@media.mit.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 12:55 PM
Subject: Beginner's Help
Has anyone had this problem:
I am running win 98 on P200 MMX, and com1 is used by a serial mouse. I just bought the board, serial expansion board, and cables from Gleason Research. Comm2 is usually used by my internal modem, but I removed it and changed the bios settings to use the external port. First, I can't get Hbdl.exe to work under windows, I keep getting the error "Wrong Port or Board Mode". The board is connected to Port 2, and is set to download mode, i.e. no lights on the board, power on. The funny part is, the handy board pwr light comes on but doesn't blink or anything. Then I get the error list above.
Next I tried running dl using the windows .if files, (dl code_hob.s19), where dl is configured to run on com2. Again the board is set up in bootstrap download mode, i.e. no lights, power on. I run dl as above, and I get this
Downloading 256 byte bootstrap (229 data)
................................................................
................................................................
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.....................................___________________________
Timeout on serial receive 256 chars left to receive
Perhaps the board was not connected properly or not in download mode
When a press return to start downloading, the pwr light comes on but
does not blink. The ser light on the serial expansion board flickers leading me
to believe that data is being sent.
Next I decided to boot to DOS and pull the mouse and just use COM1 as my
download link, but I get the same results.
Does the Handy board send data back to the computer through the com port to
signify that it is ready to receive? Is there some setting somewhere I don't
know about? How do I test the Handy
board to see if it is transmitting? How do I test the expansion serial
board?
Any help would really save me a headache., Thanks!
Bill Denzel
Senior Mechatronics Student
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo
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