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From: lipsettm@crl1.crl.aecl.ca (Mike Lipsett)
Subject: Re: help with Miniboard, KIND SIR, or MADAM
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In article <3ci06k$8vh@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu> frosh93@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Frosh93 ) writes:
>to any miniboard guru:
>
>I recently obtained a miniboard already assembled, and have been trying to  
>get it to work.  So far, when I plug the phone cable jack into the proper  
>place, with no voltage supply being applied, the green LED goes on.  Fine.
>Then, when I apply power, the green led and red power led both are on  
>dimly.  An attempt to use mon or dlm results in a failed attempt when the  
>sychronization is attempted with the board.  But, when I switch the  
>run/download switch to the run mode, I am able to get the board to  
>synchronize properly, but the computer just freezes when the code should  
>be downloaded.  No dots (the 16 bytes per dot) ever come on to the screen.
>Have tried everything I can think of, re checking if switches are bridged  
>or bad solder joints, or checking the power supply circuit.  Alls I want  
>is the miniboard, and start my little robot on its way.  Help would be  
>very graciously appreciated.  So show me how smart you are, comp.robotics.
>
>
>John Orlando
>
>orlandjr@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu


No guru, just a guy who had the same problem, switched the Tx and Rx 
lines around, and hasn't had a problem since (oh, except that 
the run/download switch might not be switching properly). 

Cheers,
- Mike
