[PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad

Ingo ingo at miamiwave.com
Wed Jul 6 05:57:59 CEST 2011


It looks like I changed pin 8 and 9 to be output as pin 0 and 1 for some
reason. You should change the two message boxes at the left from

[0 $1(  [1 $1(  to

[8 $1(  [9 $1(  

to get the correct pin numbering.

Ingo


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Ingo [mailto:ingo at miamiwave.com]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Juli 2011 05:46
> An: 'Pierre Massat'; 'Hans-Christoph Steiner'
> Cc: 'Ingo'; pd-list at iem.at
> Betreff: AW: [PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad
> 
> > Please tell me that all hope is not lost ...
> 
> 
> I looked it up and I found my fix. The errors are getting obvious here:
> 
> Arduino / convert_to_symbolic_commands / digital messages / debyte
> 
> If you replace “debyte” with this patch “pd debyte” it should work
> although
> I am not sure if pins higher than 9 were taken care of.
> If the bytes higher than 9 are still causing problems you might have to
> set
> the first moses to a higher number like 8 or so.
> I am not sure if it can interfere with anything else and I am also not
> sure
> if it works with boards other than Diecimila and Duemilanove.
> 
> The problem is not “debyte” – it’s the numbers coming in that just get
> fixed
> with this workaround!
> 
> Ingo
> 
> 
> #N canvas 11 14 450 290 10;
> #N canvas 252 114 541 378 debyte 0;
> #X obj 32 161 & 1;
> #X obj 82 161 & 2;
> #X obj 162 345 outlet;
> #X obj 32 181 change;
> #X obj 82 181 change;
> #X obj 32 20 inlet;
> #X obj 264 181 change;
> #X obj 315 181 change;
> #X obj 366 181 change;
> #X obj 417 181 change;
> #X obj 162 181 change;
> #X obj 213 181 change;
> #X msg 32 221 0 \$1;
> #X msg 82 221 1 \$1;
> #X msg 162 221 2 \$1;
> #X msg 213 221 3 \$1;
> #X msg 264 221 4 \$1;
> #X msg 315 221 5 \$1;
> #X msg 366 221 6 \$1;
> #X msg 417 221 7 \$1;
> #X obj 162 308 unpack;
> #X obj 205 345 outlet;
> #X obj 162 161 & 4;
> #X obj 213 160 & 8;
> #X obj 264 161 & 16;
> #X obj 32 201 == 1;
> #X obj 82 201 == 2;
> #X obj 162 201 == 4;
> #X obj 213 201 == 8;
> #X obj 264 201 == 16;
> #X obj 315 201 == 32;
> #X obj 315 160 & 32;
> #X obj 366 201 == 64;
> #X obj 417 201 == 128;
> #X obj 366 161 & 64;
> #X obj 417 160 & 128;
> #X obj 32 41 moses 4;
> #X obj 162 104 trigger float float float float float float;
> #X obj 71 61 moses 253;
> #X connect 0 0 3 0;
> #X connect 1 0 4 0;
> #X connect 3 0 25 0;
> #X connect 4 0 26 0;
> #X connect 5 0 36 0;
> #X connect 6 0 29 0;
> #X connect 7 0 30 0;
> #X connect 8 0 32 0;
> #X connect 9 0 33 0;
> #X connect 10 0 27 0;
> #X connect 11 0 28 0;
> #X connect 12 0 20 0;
> #X connect 13 0 20 0;
> #X connect 14 0 20 0;
> #X connect 15 0 20 0;
> #X connect 16 0 20 0;
> #X connect 17 0 20 0;
> #X connect 18 0 20 0;
> #X connect 19 0 20 0;
> #X connect 20 0 2 0;
> #X connect 20 1 21 0;
> #X connect 22 0 10 0;
> #X connect 23 0 11 0;
> #X connect 24 0 6 0;
> #X connect 25 0 12 0;
> #X connect 26 0 13 0;
> #X connect 27 0 14 0;
> #X connect 28 0 15 0;
> #X connect 29 0 16 0;
> #X connect 30 0 17 0;
> #X connect 31 0 7 0;
> #X connect 32 0 18 0;
> #X connect 33 0 19 0;
> #X connect 34 0 8 0;
> #X connect 35 0 9 0;
> #X connect 36 0 0 0;
> #X connect 36 0 1 0;
> #X connect 36 1 38 0;
> #X connect 37 0 22 0;
> #X connect 37 1 23 0;
> #X connect 37 2 24 0;
> #X connect 37 3 31 0;
> #X connect 37 4 34 0;
> #X connect 37 5 35 0;
> #X connect 38 0 37 0;
> #X connect 38 1 0 0;
> #X connect 38 1 1 0;
> #X restore 168 99 pd debyte;
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> Von: Pierre Massat [mailto:pimassat at gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Juli 2011 22:23
> An: Hans-Christoph Steiner
> Cc: Ingo; pd-list at iem.at
> Betreff: Re: [PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad
> 
> You tried with your "StandardFirmata", to no avail.
> 
> Please tell me that all hope is not lost, doc...
> 
> :Pierre
> 2011/7/5 Pierre Massat <pimassat at gmail.com>
> Should I try to upload a older firmata?
> 
> :Pierre
> 
> 2011/7/5 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> 
> The Uno board was troublesome back when I first tried it, but that was a
> while ago.  I didn't make that StandardFirmata_2_2_for_Uno_0_3 firmware,
> so
> I don't know what changes it has.  Is anyone having these problems on
> boards
> older than an Uno?
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Jul 5, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Pierre Massat wrote:
> 
> 
> It makes no difference at all.
> 
> Here's what happens :
> Inputs 2 through 7 work fine.
> Inputs 8 and 9 work fine.
> 
> But if i use any of the inputs within the 2-7 group, and then use any
> input
> of the second group (8 and 9), i have to trigger the later twice before i
> can see something is happening.
> 
> It goes like this :
> (in group 2 to 7)
> First guy : "Pushed button 3."
> Second guy (Pd) : "Ok, pushed button 3."
> First guy : "Pushed button 7."
> Second guy : "K, you pushed button 7."
> First guy : "Pushed button 8."
> Second guy : "Come again?"
> First guy : "PUSHED BUTTON 8!"
> Second guy : "Oh, yeah, button 8..."
> First guy ; "Pushed button 3."
> Second guy : "I'm sorry, what button?"
> First guy : "BUTTON 3!!"
> Second guy : "Yep, button 3.
> 
> I hope it is clear now what the problem is.
> 
> Pierre
> 2011/7/5 Pierre Massat <pimassat at gmail.com>
> Ok, I checked in Windows XP, with a custom sketch, and all of my inputs
> work
> flawlessly.
> (The IDE seem to work much better in Windows than in Linux btw).
> 
> So the problem has to be somewhere between firmata and pduino.
> 
> I will try with the latest pduino...
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Pierre
> 
> 2011/7/5 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> 
> It would good to nail down the source of this and fix it.  Which version
> of
> Firmata are you using? Which firmware?  Also, there was a bug like that a
> while back that was fixed, so make sure you have the latest Pd patch too:
> 
> http://at.or.at/hans/pd/objects.html#pduino
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Jul 5, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Ingo wrote:
> 
> I fixed it by replacing the mapping object by a custom patch which deals
> with the first two switches seperately.
> I’ll look it up tomorrow and send you my fix.
> 
> >And where does the problem lie? In the board, firmata, or pduino?
> 
> It suppose fermata since the wrong numbers arrive at pduino.
> 
> Ingo
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> Von: Pierre Massat [mailto:pimassat at gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Juli 2011 20:41
> An: Ingo Scherzinger
> Cc: Ingo Scherzinger
> Betreff: Re: [PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad
> 
> Can we fix that??
> 
> Pierre
> 2011/7/5 Ingo Scherzinger <ingo at fixitinthemix.de>
> I happens when switching from the first two switches to the others within
> a
> 8-bit block. Since the block has the wrong header it will ignore the "on"
> message and send the first "off". So you have to press the button twice.
> Once pressed it works until you press another button within that block and
> return to the first one.
> 
> Ingo
> 
> ________________________________________
> Von: Pierre Massat [mailto:pimassat at gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Juli 2011 19:56
> An: Ingo Scherzinger
> Betreff: Re: [PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad
> 
> Glad to know i'm not the only one with this problem! Sorry for starting a
> new thread.
> I have problems with inputs 8 and 9, or 9 and 10 (the first two on the
> second digital input socket).
> 
> Pierre
> 2011/7/5 Ingo Scherzinger <ingo at miamiwave.com>
> This is the same problem I had described several times before. There is an
> error in the 8-bit block where the digital ins 2+3 are coming in. It can
> be
> traced somewhere in the mapping section. I'll try to finally look it up
> tomorrow.
> 
> Ingo
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> Von: pd-list-bounces at iem.at [mailto:pd-list-bounces at iem.at] Im Auftrag von
> Pierre Massat
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Juli 2011 19:36
> An: pd-list
> Betreff: [PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I apologie if this is off-topic. Please let me know if you think it is.
> 
> I have been working on my arduino-based pedal, and im faced with a
> peculiar
> problem right now. I'm using 8 digital inputs ( 6 on the first socket of
> the
> board, inputs 2 through 8, and 2 on the second digital socket, inputs 9
> and
> 10). The first 6 inputs work perfectly, but when i want to use any of the
> last two inputs (9 and 10), i have to trigger them twice before they start
> working. Then i'm faced with the exact same problem when i get back to the
> first 6 inputs. I am pretty sure that i used the very same wiring for all
> 8
> inputs.
> 
> So... I thought that maybe this could be a problem with firmata or pduino
> (no offense, Hans!). I have been spending the last hour trying to write a
> simple program in the arduino software in order to print in serial monitor
> the values of my digital inputs.
> 
> Now my question... Is the arduino software just really really bad? Or was
> it
> just not designed to work on an ubuntu machine? It is randomly very slow
> at
> start-up, it randomly disables the serial port menu in Tools, it randomly
> decides to prevent me from uploading the program in the board, or warns me
> that serial port dev/ttyACM0 is already in use, or can't be found. The
> fact
> that i unplug and replug the board, or change the usb port, or restart the
> software doesn't seem to make any difference.
> 
> This is beginning to look more like witchcraft than computer science to
> me.
> 
> Please help me, or i'll teach it how to fly out my window.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Pierre
> 
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