[PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad

Tue Jul 5 22:10:39 CEST 2011

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 <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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