Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-12 Thread Bob Earp
Skip, please do not go off of the list with your questions as there are others out there that need educating, me being one of them. Mike, thanks for the sample stack and sketch. I'm running on OS X and the sketch came through OK, but the stack was what looked like a mixture of text and

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-12 Thread Mike Bonner
What version of lc are you using? If pre 5.5 then thats most likely the problem. I'll save it as a legacy in just a sec, then you can try again *same link as before*. Ok, saved and synced should be there for you. Though honestly theres not much to the stack, just a quicky serial stack. Also be

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-12 Thread Thomas McGrath III
One of the scripts i was using to connect to the arduino in OSX: Global gThePort on mouseUp put getMacUSBDriver() into gThePort if last char of gThePort is cr then delete last char of gThePort replace tty with cu in gThePort put gThePort into thePort put quote thePort quote

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-12 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Just to be clear, You do not need Applescript to connect to the Arduino from LiveCode. Although you can if you want. In the stack I uploaded to onrev there were four cards and one of them was a card that allows you to connect to the port and communicate with it and then to disconnect the port.

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Can you give me an insight as to which Arduino board that LiveCode is working with? There seems to be some conflicting reports online and some potential issues with the newer versions of LC. Any help would be greatly appreciated! ___ use-livecode

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Mike Bonner
I'm using the arduino uno *rev 2* on win 7. I think there were some issues on mac and the workaround was to use applescript as a middleman between lc and the arduino. The beagleboard seems very cool too (and runs angstrom linux!) but since its arm based, can't run LC directly.

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Have you or anybody else use the arduino rev3? SKIP On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Mike Bonner bonnm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm using the arduino uno *rev 2* on win 7. I think there were some issues on mac and the workaround was to use applescript as a middleman between lc and the arduino.

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Mike Bonner
I haven't nor have I used the mega or the single stick boards. Just the uno rev 2. Don't know what others are using of course. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Just picked up a Uno rev3... got any quick, simple tests I can run on it to confirm level of connectivity? SKIP On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Mike Bonner bonnm...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't nor have I used the mega or the single stick boards. Just the uno rev 2. Don't know what others

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Mike Bonner
Well first step is see if you can load a program into it using the arduino dev stuff. (I assume the rev 3 uses usb as a serial port yes) Well if you can shove a program into it then you're connected! Might look at the blink program as it can use the on board led so no wiring necessary for the

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
I am able to communicate and upload the blink example from sketch so I am able to communicate with my computer (PC) A simple stack as an example might be exactly what I need to put me on the right track :) Thanks! ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Mike Bonner
Here is a very simple stack that talks to the arduino. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11957935/simpleArduinoComm.livecode Here is the sketch I used to make sure the stack is working. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11957935/arduinoserial.ino Not pretty but works ok. Connect button connects (yes, i'm captain

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Mike Bonner
Don't think anyone minds the questions on list, but shoot me questions offlist if you want. I have to say though i'm not one of the heavyweights around here, so you might get better answers posting to the list. On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-11 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I use the Uno rev 2 on the Mac and it works great. There is a couple of tricks to opening the driver but once you got that it works great. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jul 11, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote: Can you give me

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-10 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
In regards to the below listed Phidget, the IR Phidget, if somebody wants to take this on, let me know. I have a spare device I could send you to play with. It is being used for a project to help disabled people computerize their remote controls. I started up a website called at-needs.com last

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-09 Thread Thomas McGrath III
of fun to use, and have used them in several projects, both internal and external. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel s...@magicgate.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 10:49 pm Subject: Phidgets

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-09 Thread Mike Bonner
Do any of you have experience with the beagleboard? Either beaglebone or the beagleboard xm? If so, please share thoughts. I've been working with arduino but am intrigued by the beagle. Money is tight though so opinions and recommendations would be appreciated.

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-09 Thread Bob Earp
Mark, can you point me in the direction of a sample or two ? I'm also interested in communicating with PLC's. Tnx, Bob... Not Phidgets, but several of us have written code for arduino boards. Bob Earp White Rock, British Columbia. ___

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-09 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Here is the link to the programming guide to Phidgets: http://www.phidgets.com/programming_resources.php At the bottom of this PDF file, there is detailed instructions for extending the functionality to other Phidget devices:

Phidgets and externals

2012-07-08 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
So one of areas that I like to work on is external hardware devices. The Phidget (http://www.phidgets.com/) framework really has a nice set of expandable options and it looks like somebody has taken a crack at the 8/8/8 interface board that they have samples for. It also looks like this could be

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Skip- Sunday, July 8, 2012, 7:49:02 PM, you wrote: So one of areas that I like to work on is external hardware devices. Not Phidgets, but several of us have written code for arduino boards. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode

Re: Phidgets and externals

2012-07-08 Thread dunbarx
loads of fun to use, and have used them in several projects, both internal and external. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel s...@magicgate.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 10:49 pm Subject: Phidgets