[simpits-tech] 64 channel input project...

[Sean Galbraith]

You know, 6 weeks ago I wouldn't have had a damn clue what you were
talking about... now, I am only slightly confused... this getting old, I
think I am liking it!

As for sending ascii... hmmm, I don't like ascii, I'm trying to send
commands to PM Quickmap, with an FSUIPC Offset which sends ascii to
QM... which works fine *except* for the 2 commands I wanna use... seems
+ and - (which zoom the map) don't work, as PM wants the keypad + and -
...  so I am either going to drop the map zoom controls from my
instructor console *or* look for another map solution which I can get
some sort of control over <lol>

SeanG
 
> The firmware is complete, but I've been having problems with my demo 
> program - Apparently sending simple 8 bit ascii characters is now a
Stone 
> Bitch(tm) under .Net.
>
> For example, 
> Serial.Write(System.Text.UTF8Encoding.Default.GetBytes(variable))

> If "variable" is set to any value over 127, the AVR sees "63".

> I'm going to try a quick & dirty test in VB6 tonight to make sure once
and 
> for all that there's no bit truncation going on in the AVR.  I know
that 
> the MSCOMM32 dll doesn't try any of this unicode/multi-byte character 
> bullshit that appears to be all the rage these days.

> The good news is that it works at 250kbits/sec flawlessly.