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Topic: Having trouble connecting with PN_Pulse1

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pichya Joined: Aug 6, 2013 Posts: 9	Posted: Aug 6, 2013 8:34 PM    Post subject: Having trouble connecting with PN_Pulse1 It just hangs on connecting the Pocket Neurobics Pulse Sensor. When I try to connect the device using the device wizard it just hangs on 'Waiting for the Device to respond.' My device manager shows the Pocket Sensor connected at COM3. In Manual selection mode, the Port dropdown menu doesn't give me the option to select COM3. Any suggestions to get this working. Also, the PN_Pulse1 settings tab is blank, is that right? Trying to just get the Pulse Sensor to display the
jarek Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 1073	Posted: Aug 6, 2013 9:05 PM    Post subject: Please try this test design: http://proatech.com/design/pn_pulse_1.bpd Make sure your device is connected, then load this design. You should see your serial port on the properties of the SerialPort element in this design.
pichya Joined: Aug 6, 2013 Posts: 9	Posted: Aug 6, 2013 9:18 PM    Post subject: Thanks Jarek. That worked. In the console window I am seeing the 'warning that the synch lost at 0 values:'. Is that normal part of the output?
jarek Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 1073	Posted: Aug 6, 2013 9:29 PM    Post subject: If you only see it at start then yes, it is fine and normal. If you see more synchronization errors later that might indicate a problem with device communication.
pichya Joined: Aug 6, 2013 Posts: 9	Posted: Aug 6, 2013 10:14 PM    Post subject: Okay, so that 'warning that the synch lost at 0 values' message is coming up quite a lot. Anything I can do to restore the sync?
jarek Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 1073	Posted: Aug 6, 2013 11:07 PM    Post subject: Make sure that the Baud property in the SerialPort element is set to 19200. I didn't set it correctly in the example design before. You may also re-download the design again, I uploaded a fixed version.
pichya Joined: Aug 6, 2013 Posts: 9	Posted: Aug 7, 2013 4:56 PM    Post subject: That updated version works. Thanks for the help!