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Ah, that's much better - thanks. Stewart Hi Stewart, Whoops I had added the new functions but not made them public so they were hidden by default. This component should be better. adc_base.fcpx I gave the old one a different extension and copied the new one into PF/Flowcode 6/Components. Was this co...

Hi Benj, Sorry, I must be missing something, but I can't see a difference between the original adc_base model and the new one... I gave the old one a different extension and copied the new one into PF/Flowcode 6/Components. Was this correct ? Stewart Hi Stewart, Ok I have added the GetAverage functi...

Hi Benj, Thanks for the explanation of what I am seeing. The program I am developing started life in V5, and the RAW ADC functions work fine in that. As you say there is no problem when GetInt is used, but the averaging is very useful. It would be great if can roll the Average and Get functions toge...

This program simulates OK, but seems to generate incorrect code.

AN0 is not recognised, and the AN1 input affects both analogue channels.

Stewart

David

I have sent two emails to sales@matrixmultimedia.com - no response...

Stewart Baker

Lead - IBM1130 Restoration Project
The National Museum of Computing
Bletchley Park

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Hello David,
Thank you for your prompt reply, and the information.

I will return my FlowKit early next week.

regards
Stewart

Behj, Much a I would wish, I have no intention of individually replying to your comments, as we will finish up like playing a game of ping pong... It is now clear that you and your company believe that the "watch variable" issue with FlowKit has nothing to do with the firmware, software or hardware ...

but as the designer of the Flowkit and the Flowcode ICD it troubles me that it is not working for you on your machine. That appears not to be the case. In my electronics/computer engineering career of over 40 years covering both hardware and software in detail, the customer was always King. This wa...

I guess - nothing then ...

Hi Benj,
Do you have any further ideas to resolve the problem with my FlowKit ?

regards
Stewart

Hi Stewart, I am pleased for you and other customers, however my FlowKit does not work, which is more than just a surprise to me... I'm not really sure what you mean by this, but as the designer of the Flowkit and the Flowcode ICD it troubles me that it is not working for you on your machine. As th...

Hi Benj Hi Stewart, Your not using the HiTech compiler to compile the code or anything else unusual like this are you? No Also have you been asked to go into the compiler options and try hitting the restore defaults button to see if this helps at all. No The Flowkit and EB006 ICD mode in general see...

There are few electronic items that have given me the level of frustration as has the FlowKit module.

It is now consigned to the bottom of a box until some bright spark comes up with a solution !

Stewart

DavidA wrote:Hello Stewart,

You could try a clean boot.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Hello David,

I have tried a clean boot. In addition I disabled all of the Startup items.

I used Task Manager to verify that the services and items were not present or running.

Same results...

Stewart

Something may be stopping access to the COF files, an antivirus program or something, did you try running Flowcode in your computers safe mode? I stopped and exited Firewall and Antivirus on both my computers (XP-AVG and W7-EsetNOD32), then tried ICD. It made no difference... I am unable to run ICD...

Hi David, Thank you for that, it helps to clarify things. I have been doing some more testing and have found that in addition to the variable problem the Breakpoints do not work at all in ICD. An error is given that the program in the chip is out of date. This is nonsense as the program has been com...

Hello David, Thank you for your reply. OK, so the .cof file is used for the ICD. So, if for some reason that file was not being found or correctly referenced, might it give the ICD Watch Variable problems I am experiencing ? What I was trying to explain (albeit not very well) was my attempt to find ...

Jonny,
Before I comment on your last, will you please read my post again !

Stewart

An update on my "Watch variables not working in ICD" issue. Having completed my major project using other tools I returned to FlowKit. Matrix have checked my FlowKit unit and returned it with no fault found. Jonny suggested that it might be something "subtle" between FlowKit and my H/W. So I tried:-...

Unit returned from Matrix with no fault found. Back on my system the watch variables still do not work under ICD. Further investigation reveals that although FlowKit will connect in Normal Mode, it will not under Safe Mode, although Device Manager says it's OK. Maybe this gives further clues ? Stewart

For those following this thread my FlowKit is back at Matrix being investigated...

Stewart

Hi David,
Thank you for your reply.

PM sent

Stewart

Hello. No, I'm afraid there is nothing else we can do diagnostic wise. I have tried your COFF file with our HW and it all works OK. My concern is there is something strange on the Windows side of things and replacing Flowkit will not change this as we can not think of any specific issues that would...

Hi Stewart Just had a quick look at the config on your icd zip files, can you enable background debug on the chip config and try again and see if that works Regards Dazz Thanks for your suggestion Dazz. I have tried background debug enabled, however Flowkit does not connect at all. Cheers Stewart

There must be something subtle between Flowkit and the HW. Just to clarify, it is a custom PCB you are using? Jonny No, I have tried 2 types of PIC in 2 boards. 16F877A & 18F4620. a) EasyPIC v7 with RB7 & RB6 PIC pins connected directly to FlowKit so nothing on EasyPIC is loading those pins. b) A P...