Arduino on Firmata

Shared .tox Components
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Hi Rob,

I’ve rebuild the firmata component - it will be published with an upcoming build but if you like give it a try:
firmata.tox (9.2 KB)

Best
Markus

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Wow hey Markus!

Good to hear from you, 'll give it a spin.

thnx!!

Rob

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Hi guys,

I did some testing and I run into a couple of things.

1 Both with the palette and the new tox file I can not store the pinmodes, they are initialised by the board when it connects tot TD isn’t it? Can this be avoided? (perhaps in the Arduino sketch?) it is a hassle when implemented in an installation.
2 I need to switch on and off both the "Report digital and analog pins"a couple of times before they start responding.
3 Once disconnected, the Uno does not respond anymore after reattaching and resetting or restarting TD, a full reboot is required.

I’ll do some more testing and come back later, any comments are welcome.

Rob R.

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Hey @rot8ion,

thanks for checking through this a bit. The new component is suppose to save the pinmodes and upload them when a board connects - I’ll double check why this is not happening for you.

I’ll investigate your other issues but have not experienced them like this.
Can I ask what TouchDesigner version you are on atm?

Best
Markus

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The build I am on is 2020.20625

Thnx for looking into it!

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Hi Markus,

Any progress so far?

Best,

Rob

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Hi @rot8ion,

hm - so I tested here with a Arduino Duemilanove. The Pin Modes and Pin States are saved in the component and on connection of a board are written to the board.
The Reporting works for me as well…
I remember having an UNO, will try to find it at the office next time i’m there.

Sorry for the long response time…
Cheers
Markus

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Hi Markus,

Thanks for the reply. If another Arduino board does the trick I am more than happy to buy one. A little research shows that a Duemilanove is hard to get since they were produced in 2009. I am doing some research tot find out the difference with an Uno, and why pin states are not written to the board I have. Maybe another, more recent, Arduino will also work? Help with that is still more than welcome! :).

Best,
Rob

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Hi @rot8ion,

same here - ordered an UNO to see why it’s behaving differently!
One thing I had to do for the Duemilanove was install a separate driver - also might hint to different behavior when disconnecting.

Best
Markus

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Hi @rot8ion,

soooo - got a UNO today and phewww - lot’s of debugging and we are looking into issues connected to the Serial DAT. Please stay tuned…

The Duemilanove uses a different driver - so while some underlying issues are still present - it works for most cases hence I didn’t catch the error before.

Best
Markus

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Hey everyone,

at the Berlin Roundtable I just said I would upload the latest firmata component - neglecting the need for the Serial DAT fix which will come with the next official release - but that should be pretty shortly.

cheers
Markus

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