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sparkey

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Posted: 10:03am 27 Aug 2011

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i added that code gerard and tapped a 2k from pin 8 to ground .. seems to have done the trick ..thank you...

nope still got about 1 point 5 volts with no signal must be a har ware issu i`ll figure it out eventully
Edited by sparkey 2011-08-28

technicians do it with least resistance

Dinosaur

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Posted: 12:21am 28 Aug 2011

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Hi all

Well, I have tested by letting it run overnight, and on the average running 6 counters
from the same signal, it overruns by 11 or 12 counts, which is pretty good.
The hard part was finding an opto (amongst my bits) that would drive from 3.3 v
and had a low enough threshhold to pass a 0.8 vdc clock through.Settled for a OPI1264D.

Now that it runs the way it must,I have modified the code so there are less transmissions
to the PC. The concept being that there should'nt be any unsolicited transmissions,
a true Master Slave.

The only change to the logic, was to Zero the Timer, if and when all six were at -1.
Mainly because the transmissions become longer and longer, as the StartTime value
increases.

Gerard, I am very happy with the result, and it is mainly due to your BullDog like persistence. Many thanks once again.

Will run it for a few days now.

Regards

Regards
Hervey Bay Qld.

vasi

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Posted: 01:28am 28 Aug 2011

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Hi Gerard,

On this last "industrial" version are also included those modifications from the "game" version (TOGGLE, VPOKE, etc.)? Can't test it this week...
Anyway, this version is the best and it may be the best candidate as a base for the next release!

Vasi

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seco61
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Posted: 09:16am 28 Aug 2011

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vasi said Hi Gerard,

On this last "industrial" version are also included those modifications from the "game" version (TOGGLE, VPOKE, etc.)? Can't test it this week...
Anyway, this version is the best and it may be the best candidate as a base for the next release!

Vasi

Hi Vasi.

Yes, the firmware contains all the modifications I have been coding...

Regards

Gerard (vk3cg/vk3grs)

Dinosaur

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Posted: 10:09pm 28 Aug 2011

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Hi all

Gerard, made one other small change.
Removed all +Chr$(13)

I was getting extra CR, with every print.
Probably MMBasic is the same as other Basics, and that is if you dont terminate a print
line with a ; then it will include a CR a LF or both.

So far so good.

Regards

Regards
Hervey Bay Qld.

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