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Re: Beginner's Help
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:52:49 GMT
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Phil <[thehahns@netwurx]spamless[.net]>
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On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Bill Denzel wrote:
> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> Senior Mechatronics Student
> California Polytechnic State University
> San Luis Obispo
>
>
I've never hot HBDL to work, and I've tried it on a 386 (laptop), 486 and
Pentium. Don't know why: just won't work under win3.11 win95 or win98. The
DOS one I've used with quite a bit of success. Make sure you are
restarting the computer (ie, turning it physically of and physically
back on) in MS-DOS. If you go to start-->shut down-->restart in MS-DOS
mode you'll still have resident Windows drivers (don't believe me? Try
typing in 'win'. It will boot up faster than when you load it under a cold
boot. Also, don't load config.sys and autoexec.bat (IE, go straight to
DOS prompt) You'll need to type
path=c:\;c:\ic\libs
etc. but you should no longer have conflicts. Also, check to see the COM1
setting in the BIOS. Best bet is to have it on ? 278H ?
--phil "I wish we were all running Linux on our home computers" hahn.
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