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shsjk59456
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Posted: 07:58pm 20 Apr 2012

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vk4tec said Yep - that seems to be it

open "COM3:19200" as #1 ( just a one line program )

hangs my DuinoMite Mini

Control-C does nothing.

I have to reset button

Andrew

I also have this problem, I waited for this new version to run COM3:38400 of Duinomite Mini.
Duinomite hangs and must be reset, Ctrl-C does not work

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Posted: 12:02am 21 Apr 2012

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Ah, Richard has found a bug that slipped under the radar.

It happens on both COM3: and COM4:. When you select the baud rate it causes the DuinoMite to freeze, if you leave it for the default (9600) it works fine. The Maximite and UBW32 versions do not have this problem.

The attached firmware fixes this: 2012-04-21_095818_DuinoMite_MMBasic_V3.2.zip

I plan to wait a little while to see if any more bugs turn up and then put this out for general release as 3.2A.

Thanks for the good detective work Richard.

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Posted: 12:20am 21 Apr 2012

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Andrew here,

I can confirm that the new .hex file for DuinoMite MMBasic 3.2 has now fixed the COM3 lockup issue when used with a DuinoMite Mini board.

We are back up running as "DuinoMite MMBasic Version 3.2"

Cheers

Thanks Geoff

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Posted: 04:02am 09 Jul 2012

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Geoffg said A new version of MMBasic (ver 3.2) is available for download from:
- http://geoffg.net/maximite.html (for the Maximite and DuinoMite)
- http://geoffg.net/ubw32.html (for the UBW32).

This version introduces a number of new features:

Geoff

Hi Geoff,

I just updated my Duinomite Mega to mmbasic3.2. It would not recognize the Canbus commands. Does this mean it does not support CAN att this time. Thanks.Edited by Lopezjm2001 2012-07-10

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Correct, no CAN support in this version.

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Geoffg said Correct, no CAN support in this version.

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Thanks. I am bit confused. DMbasic V2.7B supports CAN commands but mmbasic V3.2 does not. Is there another more current version that supports CAN commands.

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Posted: 05:09pm 09 Jul 2012

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No version of MMbasic 2.x or 3.x (the only Official VERSIONS) has CAN Support.
DM Basic 2.7b (a Hacked/patched/altered Version of MMBasic 2.7 which was produced for the Olimex Duinomite series of Boards) does have CAN support.
Edited by djuqa 2012-07-11

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Lopezjm2001 said

Geoffg said Correct, no CAN support in this version.

Geoff

Thanks. I am bit confused. DMbasic V2.7B supports CAN commands but mmbasic V3.2 does not. Is there another more current version that supports CAN commands.

to my knowledge, the file marked CAN at this URL is the only one that will support CAN on the DuinoMite:

http://www.duinomite.com/files/index.php?dir=Hardware%2FDont ronics%2FOlimex%2FDownload+Files%2F

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djuqa said No version of MMbasic 2.x or 3.x (the only Official VERSIONS) has CAN Support.
DM Basic 2.7b (a Hacked/patched/altered Version of MMBasic 2.7 which was produced for the Olimex Duinomite series of Boards) does have CAN support.

Thanks. That is what I suspected. Is Geoff working on including CAN commands for mmbasic V3.2?Edited by Lopezjm2001 2012-07-11

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Posted: 09:40pm 09 Jul 2012

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Watching this one closley
Very keen to use CAN

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Posted: 05:12am 10 Jul 2012

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Geoff G. was so kind to lend his support for the DuinoMite firmware, in addition to his original MaxiMite, after it was clear and obvious that the DuinoMite firmware "open source" design team was incapable of producing qualtity firmware for the DuinoMite series of boards.

As for CAN, keep in mind that CAN is only available on the DuinoMite and NOT on the MaxiMite. Since Geoff G. has his MaxiMite as top priority then, I think, it would be only reasonable and logical to assume that CAN might be supported at a very later date or NOT at all.

Of course, I cannot speak for Geoff G.

Edited by DuinoMiteMegaAn 2012-07-11

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DuinomiteMegaAn,

Thanks. I have successfully tested DMbasic V2.7B to work with my Canbus on my Prius using the CANVIEW.BAS program. My next step is to write DMbasic code to filter out the Canbis messages I want and log them to my mocroSD card.

Many thanks,

John

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Posted: 07:15pm 11 Jul 2012

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Lopezjm2001 said ....using the CANVIEW.BAS program...

Is possible to view this program ?

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amorosik said

Lopezjm2001 said ....using the CANVIEW.BAS program...

Is possible to view this program ?

Olimex said Good News!

Frank have add CAN support the comands are described HERE

CAN BASIC demo code is HERE - CANVIEW.BAS

Ken will update the firmware and post the source and HEX to the firmware update thread.

The CAN support opens a lot of interesting application.
CAN is just one very reliable networking protocol for noisy environments and used in every car and many Industrial robots.

CAN now allow many DuinoMites to talk to each other via CAN bus by just two wires.

CAN also is used in the cars, all sensors, actuators, Engine ECU read and write info via this protocol, so by connecting to this bus you can read your engine temprature, RPMs, fuel consumption and every car sensor info and build something like THIS for instance

Edited by Lopezjm2001 2012-07-13

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Posted: 11:18am 16 Jul 2012

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I've just requested the MMBasic 3.2 source and will see if I can port Frank's CAN commands into MMBasic 3.2. AFAIK, it should just be a question of altering the project to include the CAN.c and CAN.h from the DM Github and recompiling. If it works then I'll contact Geoff and see if it can be distributed in some fashion.

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Posted: 11:53am 16 Jul 2012

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jdh2550 said I've just requested the MMBasic 3.2 source and will see if I can port Frank's CAN commands into MMBasic 3.2. AFAIK, it should just be a question of altering the project to include the CAN.c and CAN.h from the DM Github and recompiling. If it works then I'll contact Geoff and see if it can be distributed in some fashion.

I would suggest that as MMBasic is closed source now that He would need to seek permission from Frank (the author of the CAN routines) to use it in a release of MMBasic.

For personal use and not distributed I am sure that is ok but any distro would probably break the terms of the open source license that Frank released his code into.

I am no lawyer however...

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Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<<

donrecardo
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Posted: 12:34pm 16 Jul 2012

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I am having a problem when using 3.2c
I wrote about it on Ken Segler Designs Forums and Donmck
suggested I might post it here

I had been running V2.7a and everything worked as it should .
I updated to V3.2c and since doing so the text on my monitor is jiggling about.
I am powering the duinomite mega with a 9v psu but I get the same problem if I use the
USB lead to supply power.

I thought I had found the issue as when I moved the setup to the other end of the bench it worked fine, so I suspected interferance , but my cure was short lived
when I realised that by mistake , when I moved the setup , I had accidentaly picked up
a 5v PSU in mistake for the 9V one . So using a 5v psu I can run V3.2c without problems . Now this shouldnt work beccause the 5v regulator is going to drop some voltage leaving it underpowered, and this does show up because the monitor display is much dimmer.
Putting the proper 9v PSU on gives me a jittery screen , or plugging in the USB lead ,which will bypass the 5v regulator so wont drop voltage also causes the jitters to return.
So then I suspected a problem with the duinomite mega hardware but I cant see how that can be so because if I change the firmware to dmbasic build date Jul 5th 2012 the unit works fine. no jitters at all, not with the 9v supply or the USB lead. It also works fine on Olimex duinomite V 2.7b but it jitters on 3.2c and I also just tried V3.1 and that too jitters

Any ideas ?
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Posted: 03:09pm 16 Jul 2012

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It also works fine on Olimex duinomite V 2.7b but it jitters on 3.2c and I also just tried V3.1 and that too jitters

I have used my DuinoMiteMega with firmware (all versions) from Ken and Geoff G with no jitter on my VGA LCD monitor whatsoever.

If there was a monitor stability problem with different loads of firmware, other users would be reporting it.

Looks like a hardware problem

Edited by DuinoMiteMegaAn 2012-07-18

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DuinoMiteMegaAn said

It also works fine on Olimex duinomite V 2.7b but it jitters on 3.2c and I also just tried V3.1 and that too jitters

I have used my DuinoMiteMega with firmware (all versions) from Ken and Geoff G with no jitter on my VGA LCD monitor whatsoever.

If there was a monitor stability problem with different loads of firmware, other users would be reporting it.

Looks like a hardware problem

Ditto
No problem with my collection of duinomites/maximites running lots of different firmware versions on several different LCD/CRT Monitors(composite & VGA) and TV's ,Including Humungous 55" LG Plasma TV

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I think I would be checking the quality of the 9volt supply, is it well filtered DC.
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