I tried that but when using the demo compiler for the 18 it gives me all kinds of errors with the chip statements and such from the sample source. Josh ... ...
I finally got to build up my picpac this evening. It passed the diagnostics, beeps nicely, and I can download - I tried downloading "decod1.hex" from the files...
Ah, got it working. I did my usual trick of forgetting to turn off power-save mode on my HT. My picpac has heard and decoded my PocketTracker! Not much other...
I'm looking for hints about getting my picpac set up well. It's been hooked up to my HT in my 10th floor office for about 45 minutes, listening to lots of APRS...
Chris, many of us have replaced R1 with a 22K instead of the 100K that comes with the kit. This allows for a wider voulme range. I had the same problems,...
Well, I tried changing R2 so both R1 and R2 are 100K, as outlined in message 241, and "flew in" a 100pF cap between pins 8 and 16 of the MX614. Still no joy. I...
I may just have to recognize that receiving packet inside my house doesn't work very well :-) I've now got my PICPAC and VX-5 sitting in a 10th floor office ...
Chris, if you refer back to my message I said to change R1 to a 22K and that should greatly improve the decode rate, it did for me. Jason KE4NYV www.ke4nyv.com...
Lucio wrote me and suggested increasing the bypass cap for the MX614 power to 0.1uF, and said that pins 5&6 *must* have a 100pF. I did those two things ...
I've just assembled/linked DECODE1 and can decode packets from the air and squirt them down the serial line however I can't seem to get UI-View (free version)...
This morning was in my postal office box my Pocketaprs and Picpac. Now it´s time to assemble them and to share my experience. 73 de Al, XE1NK - EA1DLD xe1nk...
Sorry guys, this jerk has been banned and removed. I review everyone that wants to join. I guess one might slip in under my nose now and then. Kind of hard...
I just got my picpac, put it together, and tested it successfully. But is i play with it, i understand that i have to learn myself programming - i was not...
Does anybody have a sample of decode1 convert to C yet? I'm trying to slowly learn how this thing works but I'm not having any luck with asm. I realize there...
Hi om! I am getting really desperated thanks to windows xp! My picpac is mounted and it reboots ok. But I cannot load any sw on it because on my terminal...
In windows XP (and XP home) Do as follows: (This walkthrough rename the COM1 to COM2) (Mine is Norwegian, I’ll do my best to translate the steps….) ...
If you need to selected com2 from com1 and you are using HyperTerminal. You must disconnect first. It is the little icon on the top that looks like a phone...
Thanks for your help and your fast response. I have solved the "Name port problem" and now I will try to load an hex on the picpac. 73 de Al, XE1NK ... rename...
James, I really appreciate your help. My problem was I could not see my COM2 on the screen though I have it on my computer and the BIOS has enabled it. Anyway,...
I know it looks a bit fancy but would this display work on a Pic-Pac? Cool blue would match some of my other equipment and having the backlight is a plus. The...
... Only if you changed the Pic-Pac to interface to the display and rewrote the software to write to the graphic display and to interface to the touch screen. ...
Hi om! I´ve just downloaded from file section the packet program written by Byon but I do not find any help file neither understand the diferrences from...
I haven't begun to program anything on the PicPac yet, but I was wondering about the bootloader. What if any provisions have to be made to a program for it to...
Would either of the following 2 display function in the PicPac with little or no modification? CFAH2004A-YMC-JP 20x4 STN Blue, Negative, Transmissive,...
Hi Josh, I assume you are looking at http://www.crystalfontz.com/ The first one looks like it would work fine. It probably would even screw into the existing...
Yes, I was looking at crystalfontz, sorry about that. Thank you for the info. I was hoping the 40x4 would hook right up so I could get more text on the...
I haven't looked at any of the links that were posted, but I can go ahead and assume any of the Graphic LCD's mentioned would be difficult to implement since...
Hello I am new here many thanks to the owner off this Board hello is there a version available which can read the GPS input data and send ax25 aprs beacon's ...