RavingLunatic
10-06-2007, 12:51 PM
Finally got my first Renard64 and Ren-T assembled and PICs programmed. I was ready to see some blink/flashy on the Renard64 leds but when I ran a test sequence nothing happened.
I tried these firmware files but they all had same result:
renard-pwm-20070430.asm
renard-20070812.asm
renard-20070907.asm
On U10, I see the zero cross on pin 4, Oscillator on pin 2 and data coming in on pin 5 but I don't see any data going out pin 6 it is just a HIGH (I pulled the chips and it isn't shorted to anything expect pin 5 on the next chip). All of the triac driver signals are also HIGH.
I loaded up diag firmware (ren-diag-20070815a.asm) and see this:
Channel 1 - always on
Channel 2 - blinking (heartbeat signal so should be a good thing)
Channel 3 - always on
Channel 4 - always off
Channel 5 - blinking (zero-cross detect, so should also be a good thing)
Channel 6 - always on when receiving sequence data
Channel 7 - always on when receiving sequence data
Channel 8 - always off
This looks to indicate a problem with my serial data (correct?). My original Ren-T setup was to convert to RS485 and send to Renard64. I also tried just passing the RS232 thru the Ren-T but still got the same results.
I have the Renard plug-in setup as COM1/57600/N/8/1 and also have the COM1 setup the same in the device manager.
I can get the Channel 7 to go off and stay off if the COM1 is set to 19200 but it still won't run normally.
On the oscilloscope, the RS232 goes from +10VDC to -10VDC and the RS485 goes from +5VDC to 0VDC. When no data is being sent the RS485 remains HIGH.
Ok, that should about cover everything. Let the assistance begin!
Oh yeah, more tidbits:
Yes, I am running the Renard64 with an external power supply and trying to use the PWM firmware.
It does the same thing with VIXEN 1.1.11 and Beta 2.
I tried these firmware files but they all had same result:
renard-pwm-20070430.asm
renard-20070812.asm
renard-20070907.asm
On U10, I see the zero cross on pin 4, Oscillator on pin 2 and data coming in on pin 5 but I don't see any data going out pin 6 it is just a HIGH (I pulled the chips and it isn't shorted to anything expect pin 5 on the next chip). All of the triac driver signals are also HIGH.
I loaded up diag firmware (ren-diag-20070815a.asm) and see this:
Channel 1 - always on
Channel 2 - blinking (heartbeat signal so should be a good thing)
Channel 3 - always on
Channel 4 - always off
Channel 5 - blinking (zero-cross detect, so should also be a good thing)
Channel 6 - always on when receiving sequence data
Channel 7 - always on when receiving sequence data
Channel 8 - always off
This looks to indicate a problem with my serial data (correct?). My original Ren-T setup was to convert to RS485 and send to Renard64. I also tried just passing the RS232 thru the Ren-T but still got the same results.
I have the Renard plug-in setup as COM1/57600/N/8/1 and also have the COM1 setup the same in the device manager.
I can get the Channel 7 to go off and stay off if the COM1 is set to 19200 but it still won't run normally.
On the oscilloscope, the RS232 goes from +10VDC to -10VDC and the RS485 goes from +5VDC to 0VDC. When no data is being sent the RS485 remains HIGH.
Ok, that should about cover everything. Let the assistance begin!
Oh yeah, more tidbits:
Yes, I am running the Renard64 with an external power supply and trying to use the PWM firmware.
It does the same thing with VIXEN 1.1.11 and Beta 2.