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PhenixRising
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Posted: 09:11pm 20 Jan 2024

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Frank N. Furter said I would like to thank everyone who has made this possible. Especially Peter and Geoff, of course.
Also to those who make this website possible and to all the great members who fill this site with life.
Especially to Volhout, who always makes great circuit suggestions or to Martin H. with his great programs.
Thanks also to all the others who share their time and knowledge here with everyone!

MMBASIC is one of the few things I enjoy in my life.

THANK YOU!!!

Frank

+1000 and let's not forget Gerry (disco) because the 100-pin ArmMiteH7 just totally rocks

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Posted: 04:34pm 21 Jan 2024

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When I downloaded it only vga

but downloaded again and only non vga ??

no options, I just clicked download
Edited 2024-01-22 02:43 by stanleyella

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Posted: 05:43pm 21 Jan 2024

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User error: mistakenly flashed the webmite version to a non-webmite
Edited 2024-01-22 03:49 by lizby

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stanleyella

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lizby said User error: mistakenly flashed the webmite version to a non-webmite

I just clicked download with manual and got vga so downloaded again and got non vga??

stanleyella

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Posted: 07:45pm 21 Jan 2024

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before there were vga and non vga in same download,,,weren't there?

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Posted: 07:59pm 21 Jan 2024

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stanleyella said before there were vga and non vga in same download,,,weren't there?

Peter's developmental releases have typically contained picomite, vga, and webmite versions. In the new release on Geoff's site, as with previous releases, they are on separate web pages for each variation.

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Posted: 10:03pm 22 Jan 2024

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Hi all,
Thanks for v5.08.00. A serious effort with lots of improvements and great manuals - well done!

I'm having an issue with 'OPTION LCDPANEL NOCONSOLE' not working as intended??
It turns off PRINT statements but not error messages.
I've tried turning it on (all PRINT and error messages go to both the LCD and console) and turning it off stops the PRINTs but not the errors.

It is a Silicon Chip PicoMite Backpack with a Webmite instead of a Pico with the LCD's LED connected to GP20 for BACKLIGHT control (it works).
I've tried the MISO jumper in or out. Its a 3.5" ILI9488.
I've even cut and pasted the command from the manual.

Here are my options copied from the console via Jim's MCC:

OPTION LCDPANEL NOCONSOLE
> option list
WebMite MMBasic Version 5.08.00
OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP18,GP19,GP16
OPTION SYSTEM I2C GP10,GP11
OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9488, LANDSCAPE,GP14,GP13,GP12,GP20
OPTION WIFI *******, **********, PICOE6614104037
OPTION TCP SERVER PORT 80
OPTION TOUCH GP15,GP17
GUI CALIBRATE 0, 4358, 2569, -1140, -1377
OPTION SDCARD GP21
OPTION AUDIO GP8,GP9', ON PWM CHANNEL 4
>

Any thoughts?

Cheers,

Andrew
Edited 2024-01-23 08:14 by Andrew_G

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Posted: 10:27pm 22 Jan 2024

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Errors always going to the screen is a recent feature added to allow errors to be seen on systems without a console.
Not aware of any way to turn it off.

Andrew_G
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Posted: 11:02pm 22 Jan 2024

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Thanks Phil,
I've not seen it before because my code was error free (but with other bugs) but I'm now porting code to a new project with OPTION EXPLICIT throwing up a lot of not-yet-defined variables.

I'm happy now that I know its an intended feature. I'll use it to advantage.

Cheers,

Andrew

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Posted: 11:18pm 22 Jan 2024

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OPTION LCDPANEL NOCONSOLE. seen that in others code. looked in manual.
using mmedit for picomite and vga version.
picomite flash code and mmedit terminal shows no scrolling
vga and screen scrolls lots of
what's OPTION LCDPANEL NOCONSOLE do? how did I live with out it for so long?

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Posted: 12:59am 24 Jan 2024

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Small update:
- All the manuals have been updated to Rev 2 which fixes the various errors noted by readers.
- In PicomiteCFunction.h fixed an error in the definition of CSubComplete.

You can get the updated files by re-downloading using the links in the first post in this thread. Note that you might need to clear your browser's cache first.

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amigawizard

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Posted: 06:19am 24 Jan 2024

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@ Peter

ping not working on the WebMite

was working on beta4
b5 RC2 RC4 V5.08.00
not pinging

had been using ping to check
intermittent lag on Telnet
and 7 seconds delay in response
after page idle

thanks ! for the work

Wayne !

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Posted: 09:32am 24 Jan 2024

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amigawizard said ping not working on the WebMite

Sorry about that. Now fixed courtesy of Peter, please redownload. The version number has stayed the same but clear your browser's cache first.

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Posted: 08:21am 25 Jan 2024

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Please note a minor update to the downloads.

As above, fixes ping on the WebMite
Fixes heartbeat on the WebMite when wifi is not connected
Performance improvements to BLIT used in framebuffers (all versions) and mode 2 (PicoMiteVGA)

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Posted: 08:56am 25 Jan 2024

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Hi Peter,

Please note that every individual download (i.e. Webmite) contains all 3 user manuals (Webmite + PicoVGA + PicoMite).

Volhout

PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS

Geoffg

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Volhout said Please note that every individual download (i.e. Webmite) contains all 3 user manuals (Webmite + PicoVGA + PicoMite).

Thanks. Fixed.

Geoff

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Posted: 04:24am 27 Jan 2024

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I installed the latest version of webmite (v 5.08.00)
after that, I wanted to install the complete wifi option as presented in the user manual (page 81)
I received this

> option list
WebMite MMBasic Version 5.08.00
> wifi option "xxxxxxx", "xxxxxxxxxx", "Pico1", "192.168.1.53", "255.255.255.0", "192.168.1.1"

Error: Invalid character: .
>

Note that the manual gives the MASK values in the example separated by "," and not by "."

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goc30 said the manual gives the MASK values in the example separated by "," and not by "."

Thanks for spotting that.

BUT, your command will still not work because the correct command is OPTION WIFI (not "wifi option").

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goc30

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Geoffg said

BUT, your command will still not work because the correct command is OPTION WIFI (not "wifi option").

Geoff

it is an translate error . I wrote good option

option wifi "xxxxx", "xxxxxxxx", "Pico1", "192.168.1.53", "255.255.255.0", "192.168.1.1"

robert.rozee
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Posted: 10:12am 27 Jan 2024

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goc30 said

Geoffg said BUT, your command will still not work because the correct command is OPTION WIFI (not "wifi option")

it is an translate error . I wrote good option

option wifi "xxxxx", "xxxxxxxx", "Pico1", "192.168.1.53", "255.255.255.0", "192.168.1.1"

just a minor observation - the above line that goc30 gives is some 88 characters long. this is too long to type on the command line on an 80-column terminal, which is especially important where folks insist on using a Very_Long_And_Complicated_Password_For_Security_Reasons.

it may be worth reviewing all the different OPTION options and working out how to split up the potentially long ones across several lines. for instance, with WIFI:

OPTION WIFI SSID "ap_ssid"
OPTION WIFI PWD "ap_password"
OPTION WIFI NAME "my_node_name"
OPTION WIFI ADDR "my_ip_address"
OPTION WIFI MASK "address_mask"
OPTION WIFI GWAY "gateway_addr"

another one, that has caused me problems personally:

OPTION LCDPANEL CONSOLE [font [, fc [, bc [, blight]]]

in the above case, it would be handy if LCD were accepted as an abbreviation for LCDPANEL, and CON were accepted as an abbreviation for CONSOLE.

and, of course, it would also make everyone's life so much easier if OPTIONs were stored in (and read from at boot time) a plain-text file such as "A:OPTIONS.TXT", where they could then just be edited with the built-in mmbasic editor!

cheers,
rob :-)
Edited 2024-01-27 20:16 by robert.rozee

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