basic stamp editor debug capture

[dave_l]

The debug terminal window has a button on the bottom labelled 'capture'. The preferences 'debug port' tab has a 'capture directory' input box. Neither of these seem to be active - you can't enter a directory, and the capture button is greyed out.

Are these unimplimented functions, or is there some extra step needed to enable the debug capture function?

If it's unimplimented, how can one capture a stream of debug output data? (I also tried Hyperterminal text capture, but that didn't work either)

Thanks!

[Joe Ross]

What part of hyperterminal's capture didn't work? Did it not display the data, or did it just not capture it after it was displayed?

[Greg Ross]

Originally posted by dave_l
Are these unimplimented functions, or is there some extra step needed to enable the debug capture function?

I believe the former is the case.

(I also tried Hyperterminal text capture, but that didn't work either)

I believe this should work (although some of the screen formatting might not.) I too would like answers to Joe's questions. Also, have you used Hyperterminal to display debug info before? I believe you will need to set your com port parameters to 9600,N,8,1.

[rbayer]

A quick note on HyperTerminal: it probably won't work. HyperTerminal (and most other terminal emulation programs) set the DTR line as soon as you open the port. Unfortunately, this is how you signal the Basic Stamp that you are about to program it, so it will probably get rather confused.

I don't remember any options in HyperTerminal that let you disable this feature, but it may be there somewhere. Otherwise, you'll have to write your own program to do it. It's not overly complex, and I can help get you started if you're interested. I'd offer to write it myself, but RoboEmu 2.0 is already sucking the life out of me.

--Rob

[Rickertsen2]

I found a convenient serial VFD display that is quite handy for displaying info.