[PD] Arduino (is drivin me mad

Tue Jul 5 22:23:03 CEST 2011

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 <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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