[PD] problem with arduino digital ins - Pduino-0.5beta8 - solved!

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

You can turn on the pull-up resistors from Pd by setting the pinmode  
to INPUT, then sending a [digital pin# 1( message to that pin.

.hc

On Jun 30, 2010, at 7:29 AM, Ingo Scherzinger wrote:

> Problem solved!
>
> I added this line to the firmata 2.1:
>
> digitalWrite(pin, HIGH);       // turn on pullup resistors
>
> in this context:
>
>    case INPUT:
>      pinStatus[pin] = mode;
>      pinMode(pin, INPUT);
> ->   digitalWrite(pin, HIGH);       // turn on pullup resistors
>      portStatus[port] = portStatus[port] &~ (1 << (pin - offset));
>      break;
>
> exactly as described on the arduino website.
>
> I think this definitely needs to be included in the standard firmata!
> Hans, don't you think so (since you're taking care of the pduino)?
>
> Cheers
> Ingo
>
>
>> From: "Ingo Scherzinger" <ingo at miamiwave.com>
>> Subject: [PD] problem with arduino digital ins - Pduino-0.5beta8 /
>> 	Firmata	2.1
>> To: <pd-list at iem.at>
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having a problem with the arduino digital ins.
>> According to the arduino website there are pull up resistors inside  
>> the
>> ATmega that get activated automatically when the digital ins are  
>> turned
> on.
>> This is not the case here with the Pduino-0.5beta8.
>> When I connect ground to the pin it switches to 0 as expected. When I
>> disconnect the wire it starts switching randomly between 0 and 1.  
>> If I use
>> an "external" pullup resistor everything works as expected again.
>> I just read the help file from the pduino and it states that this  
>> is the
>> normal behaviour which shouldn't be the case with the internal pullup
>> resistors activated.
>> What's the problem with these internal pullup resistor not getting  
>> turned
>> on?
>> Is there a command I can (or have to) send to the arduino?
>>
>> I've tested this with a diecimila and duemilanove and Ubuntu 10.4 and
>> Windows XP.
>> Maybe there is a problem with Pduino or Firmata 2.1?
>>
>> Any ideas appreciated!
>> Cheers, Ingo
>
>
>
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