Part 7 Faq - Conrad C-Control Pro Mega Series Manual

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7 FAQ
Problems
1. No USB connection existing to the Application Board.
· Has the FTDI USB driver been loaded onto the PC? Or does "Unknown Device" appear in the
Hardware Manager, when the USB connector is plugged in?
· Has the correct communication port been set in Options->IDE->Interfaces?
· Is a Windows version prior to Windows 98 SE ("Second Edition") being used? The Microsoft USB
drivers do not reliably work with USB devices prior to Win98SE.
· Are the ports M32:B.4-B.7,A.6-A.7 resp. M128:B.0-B.4,E.5 erroneously being used in the software
(see pin assignment of
ports?
· A signal on M32:PortD.2 resp. M128:PortE.4 (SW1) during startup will activate the serial
Bootloader.
(Mega128
·
"Firmware".
2. The serial interface does not issue any characters or does not receive any characters.
· Are the Ports D.0-D.1 erroneously used in the software (see pin assignment of
Are the jumpers on the Application Board set to these ports?
3. The Application Board does not react to any commands when serially connected.
· In order to get the Bootloader into the serial mode the button SW1 must be pressed during startup
of the Application Board (observe jumper for SW1). For the serial mode M32:PortD.2 resp. M128:
PortE.4 (SW1) can also be fixed to GND level.
4. The Hardware Application does not start by itself
· A signal on the SPI interface during startup may activate USB communication.
· A signal on M32:PortD.2 resp. M128:PortE.4 (SW1) during startup may activate the serial
Bootloader.
5. The key assignment of the editor "xyz" has been set but some keyboard commands do not
function.
· The possibility to switch on the key assignment of a specific editor in the IDE is only an
approximation. Sometimes it is too expensive to support the corresponding functions in a "foreign"
editor, some other time the keyboard commands can collide with the keyboard shortcuts in the
IDE.
6. The spelling check does not function.
· Is the spelling check switched on in Options->Editor?
· The spelling check does only display spelling errors in the commentaries. The check of any other
M32 and M128)? Are the jumpers on the Application Board set to these
only) Is Port.G4 (LED2) on Low during Reset? See SPI Switch Off
(Autostart Behaviour).
in chapter
M32 and M128)?
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