[PD] The final question about Arduino

[Martin Peach]

On 2011-06-15 07:13, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At the end, in order to figure out all the weridnesses regarding the
> apparently different behavior of the Arduino on different platforms, I
> only need to answer a simple question, well two simple questions:
>
> 1. Does the StandardFirmata firmware send the firmware name and version
> every time it accepts a connection on the serial port, or only when it
> is powered up or reset?
>


 From looking at the code it only sends the digital pins on startup, not 
the version. Probably it's the Pd patch that asks for the version.


> 2. Is the action of opening the connection (i.e. the "open" message you
> send in Pd to the [arduino] object) supposed/expected to cause the
> arduino to reset?

that might depend on the driver for the FTDI chip, which is different 
from a regular USB serial connection. You might want to try a teensy 
instead of an arduino as it uses standard USB serial protocol.

Martin