[C.CC USERS] Getting started with "Plumbing" - Thanks

[Matt Jadud]

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:00, Steve Pretty
<steve.g.pretty at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 1.  When you press the button to load occam code into the Arduino, would it
> be possible for your code to test if the Plumbing firmware is present and

It would involve scripting "avrdude" to do some probing of the
Atmega328 at particular memory locations for our firmware. I think the
last time we looked we deemed it "rather tricky" or harder.

> uploading the occam code. That would eliminate the need for the Upload
> Firmware menu option, and make using occPlu much more user friendly.

It would be Amazing(TM), and we definitely agree.

> 2.  OccPlug does not seem to release the com port correctly when it is
> closed. If Occplug is started again, it complains that it cannot access the
> comms port - the only way to fix this is reboot the laptop.  (I am running
> Windows 7 - but it is probably the same on any version of windows.

Hm. That's the first time we've heard that reported (the non-release).
That is a bug. (Memo to team: are we using the Trac ticketing system
in a systematic way? I am pretty sure the answer is "no." Perhaps we
should?)

> 3. On my system, OccPlug does not detect the Arduino com port (as appears to
> be shown in the Plumbing book) - I have to manually type COM3 in the port
> box.

I saw that for the first time in Windows just before the holidays. I
don't know why the enumeration doesn't work. The fix *might* be to put
that in the book. :/ Or, it's a bug... either way, it merits
investigation.

All good points -- given that our source has not moved, should we use
the bug tracking in Trac, or are we doing Something Else with the host
move for the WWW?

(I do think that some of the team is wandering around at the moment; I
(blissfully) stayed home this holiday.)

Cheers,
Matt