I run ubuntu linux and have a timex USB watch. I have played around with libdlusb and am really happy that someone took the time to make it. My question though...
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donkyhotay2
Jul 3, 2007 4:25 am
After a few days of futile searching I did what I probably should have done in the first place and put the the FOSS concept to good use. I found a nice GPL...
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rayandanja
Jul 3, 2007 10:22 pm
Good job. I think this does belong here since it deals with libdlusb, which is not the normal stuff. Ray ... have ... development ... around ... make ... ...
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donkyhotay2
Jul 4, 2007 7:46 am
I assumed this group was primarily for development of watchapps. Also libdlusb isn't anywhere in the files sections of timexdatalinkusbdevelop, only in the...
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astro9672
Jul 5, 2007 7:31 pm
Hi, I am writing a GUI wrapper for libdlusb and I want to make sure that the user does not exceed the available memory space in the watch (and hopefully have a...
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tonsofquestions
Jul 5, 2007 10:11 pm
... Cool! I have a dual-boot with windows on my computer, and laziness has always kept me from learning how to use libdlusb, since I can always just sync a...
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tonsofquestions
Jul 5, 2007 10:13 pm
The post about libdlusb reminded me about some posts a while back about some people who were going to work on a compiler (and someone else on an interpreter)...
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lord_mike_the_great
lord_mike_th...
Jul 6, 2007 5:21 pm
... I was the interpreter guy... :-) I haven't totally given up, yet... am working on a design where the interpreter would be about 400 bytes, the code space...
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tonsofquestions
Jul 6, 2007 6:36 pm
Don't worry, there's no rush. I know I've been kind of lax in the projects I've bee working on. Partly because I've been busy, partly because I've been a...
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donkyhotay2
Jul 14, 2007 6:41 am
Someone just wrote a GUI for libdlusb and posted an announcement on the other timex data link USB group. Noticing it wasn't mentioned here I figured I'd repost...
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tonsofquestions
Jul 14, 2007 8:00 pm
Thanks. In the future, you don't need to pot on both forums. I'm fairly certain that everyone on the developer board is also subscribed to the other one,...
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rayandanja
Jul 17, 2007 12:30 pm
Well, it turns out to be a bit more difficult than I thought to use the i2c interface! But, with the help of Virtual Datalink (to disassemble the ROM), am...
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Paulo Marques
pauloemcasa
Jul 17, 2007 2:02 pm
Hi, Ray ... I think this is just an optimization: if the ROM always reads/writes to address 0, it makes sense to combine the code for powering up / send start...
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rayandanja
Jul 17, 2007 8:20 pm
Paulo, ... reads/writes to ... send ... It would make sense if done consistently... But, the Read and Write routines are read in the i2c address from a...
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Paulo Marques
pauloemcasa
Jul 18, 2007 10:12 am
... Hi, Ray ... Like Al Viro once said: "And folks, let's be honest. Sturgeon was an optimist. Way more than 90% of code is crap." ;) ... I guess the pin is...
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rayandanja
Jul 19, 2007 5:29 pm
I finally figured out how to read and write to another memory chip on the i2c bus. Fixing the i2cPowerOn routine wasn't enough. It only fixed the reading. ...
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rayandanja
Jul 22, 2007 3:23 pm
Finally got it going... I've just uploaded a photo of the watch communicating with a PCF8574 (8-bit I/O port). The PCF8574 is running at 5 V. So, I have a...
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ocandoefren
Jul 24, 2007 6:55 pm
Hi! Tons sorry for delay to anserw. i was looking for a proper description to be more specific about what i want. At the scheduled time, the watch will sound...
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tonsofquestions
Jul 26, 2007 12:46 am
I'm not sure why you're replying to this on the developer board. Moving it back....
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tonsofquestions
Aug 3, 2007 5:34 am
As I just posted on the main board, I got the Timex software building on my computer, after much hassle. Shame on Timex for using hard- coded paths (at all,...
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Tim
tc27407
Aug 19, 2007 11:55 pm
Could someone please tell me where I can find the lastest software for this watch? The Timex page is not working. Thank You, Tim...
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rayandanja
Aug 20, 2007 3:59 pm
I just when to the Timex site and browsed to here: http://assets.timex.com/developer/accept/index_download.html The links seem to work... Ray ... for...
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tonsofquestions
Aug 20, 2007 6:05 pm
Works for me, too. Also, please try to use the main board (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/timexdatalinkusbd) for questions of this type, we try and keep...
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Robert Freund
SigFreund
Aug 25, 2007 3:44 pm
If I have an existing Ap and want to add a state to it what are all of the steps I need to take. I am a bit confused on everything I must do to the existing...
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rayandanja
Aug 26, 2007 6:52 pm
Say you gave your program the 3 letter prefix "mar" using Timex's WristApp wizard... Use the Timex WristApp Builder and look at the "Source File Setup" tree...
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rayandanja
Aug 26, 2007 8:47 pm
PS: You have to click the "Create Build Scripts" button again after adding or removing a state. Ray ... instances ... select ... select "marnew.asm". ... ones...
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tonsofquestions
Aug 26, 2007 8:49 pm
Excellent descripption, Ray. Thanks. Just one extra bit to add: every time you change the source file tree window in the Wristapp Builder (such as when you add...
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tonsofquestions
Aug 27, 2007 11:53 pm
Just noticed this on sourceforge: Timex Data Link USB WristApp Builder http://sourceforge.net/projects/timex-dl-sdk/ No files listed yet, but it is fairly new,...
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Robert Freund
SigFreund
Aug 28, 2007 2:20 pm
Thanks for the great info. I have never programmed in a state machine and fully understanding who calls who and how has been a slow process. Sig ... every ......
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tonsofquestions
Aug 29, 2007 2:16 am
Well, if you have more problems, or conceptual issues, feel free to ask. We'll try to help and explain things as best we can....
