SpokePOV programming experiences

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SpokePOV programming experiences

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Configurations I have tried:

Serial dongle:

Serial dongle via USB to Serial Adapter;
I was unable to get this to work on my Linux or Windows XP systems.

Serial dongle direct to serial Port.
As posted in another topic, the SpokePOV.py code fails to scan for a true serial device under Linux. Even after correcting this I was unable to successfully program under Linux with this configuration.

I did not try this configuration under Windows XP.

Parallel dongle:

I began by setting the IO address for the parallel port to 0x378 in the BIOS.

Linux
I had to unload the "lp" module to allow access to the parallel dongle.

As posted in another topic, I was able to use the parallel dongle with avrdude under Linux. However I was unable to use this combination to program with SpokePOV.py v1 or v1.2

Windows XP
I was initially unable to get this combination to work with SpokePOV.py. This was resolved by reinstalling giveio using the binaries at the SourceForge download site.


The procedure I use to to program the SpokePOV with Windows XP:

0) Begin with the parallel dongle disconnected from the SpokePOV
1) Power cycle the SpokePOV by "flicking" a battery tab
2) Start the SpokePOV.py script
3) Connect the dongle to the SpokePOV
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4) Reset the SpokePOV with a short press of the switch
5) Perform an I/O action using SpokePOV.py

Repeat steps 4 and 5 as necessary.

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