[PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

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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