I did test it with the Duemilanove. But I also tested Diecimila and Uno. To me the problem looks like "unfortunate design" in the firmata. The buttons 2-9 don't somehow connect the same 8-bit word. It might simply be a bug in the firmata. Hans hasn't reacted to it the last 2 or 3 times I mentioned it.
I have changed my arduino patch to get it to work for what I need with the Diecimila to Uno. I don't like to submit any workarounds if I don't have a mega available. I don't know how the rest of the pins are set up in blocks. It might also break something else since I only use part of the functions.
I really think Hans is the one who should look into this problem to determine whether it is a pduino or firmata bug.
I am really surprised that so few people have problems with this. Or maybe they do and simply cannot figure out where the problem comes from?
Ingo
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Roman Haefeli [mailto:reduzent@gmail.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 9. September 2011 10:49 An: Ingo Cc: 'olsen'; 'pd-list' Betreff: Re: AW: [PD] pduino rewrite
On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 10:03 +0200, Ingo wrote:
Hi Roman,
I just messed around with the rewrite and - as you mentioned - you
didn't
fix any of the bugs.
I even think I send you a mail about the digital pins 2 & 3 and provided
a
fix for it here at the forum. Of course it's still there!
About the other things:
The test patch has still no switches to turn on the pull up resistors.
in Natty the comport number for USB0 is 32 that's not available in the
choices 0 - 7. I think for Linux [devicename /dev/ttyUSB$1( would be a better choice. At least this option of naming should be mentioned
somewhere
in the test patch or help patch. (maybe I missed it somewhere?)
- help-patch: there is no such thing as "PullDown". It's only "PullUp".
It should be mentioned that pin 13 does not work for "Pull Up" due to
the
built in LED and resistor. There should also be a short explanation
about
PullUp resistors for beginners.
- help-patch: DIGITAL-INPUT should mention the PullUp resistors. I spent
a
lot of time at the beginning making lots of complicated cable
connections
because the help patch recommends connecting the pins to ground instead
of
simply switching on the PullUp resistors. At least as long as you are
not at
the very limit of your power supply.
Since I only use the digital and analogue ins I didn't look any further.
So
I can't say anything about the output stuff.
The digital pins 2 & 3 should really be fixed sometime soon. I was
hoping
you'd be getting some of these problems solved rather than putting a
grey
background to the help patch (lol).
Yo, it's very much a work in progress and yet the main goal was not loose any functionality by getting rid of the externals. I did not address any bugs yet, because I didn't experience any.
I only have a arduino Diecimila to test here. So, I ask you again: The problem you mentioned with pin 2 and 3, on which arduino board model do you experience it? Also, if the problem is located in the firmware and not in the [arduino] abstraction, I rather don't 'fix' it in the [arduino] abstraction.
Since you seem to have a strong interest on making it work for your situation, I suggest to give you commit privileges to that repository. You could send me your public key off-list and I would give you access to that repository.
Also, thanks for your other comments. Those are all valid points that need to be addressed.
(Actually, 'pduino rewrite' as thread was a bit too much a promise, it should have read 'please test and report back'.)
Roman