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TassyJim

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Posted: 09:31pm 30 Sep 2014

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A couple of changes to MMEdit
I considered the changes big enough to up the version number to 3.5.0
The changes are also big enough to introduce a few bugs so please test it fully and report.
I haven't updated the help file yet but that should happen as soon as a few users have reported back.

You can now set it to do an auto-backup.
The time (in minutes) and the backup folder are set in 'Preferences"
A time of zero disables the backups.
A backup occurs if there have been any changes to the code since the last save or backup.

MMEdit now saves the last 10 connections to make it easier if you have a number of devices to play with.
You can now connect via TCPIP. I have had success by installing ser2net on my Linux box.
MMEdit runs happily under Wine and you can connect to 127.0.0.1 which seems to be a better connection than trying to get Wine to do the serial port redirection. You can also have the maximite on a different PC.

To test the TCPIP, you can connect to a 'test server' which is a micromite hanging of a Raspberry Pi.

All of the chat and file manager operations should work the same as if there is a direct connection.
I have only tested it in my local network so the usual real world delays might be interesting.

http://www.c-com.com.au/MMedit.htm

Jim

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Posted: 06:20am 01 Oct 2014

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Hi Jim

Installed and in use.

Like the Auto-Backup feature

Thanks for all the hard work. MMEdit is in daily and constant use here. I couldn't imagine programming in MMBasic without it.

Peter

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Posted: 07:25am 01 Oct 2014

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@Jim

great work! I use MMEdit almost daily for my Maximites. Big THX!
If I find any errors then I will report.

Michael

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Posted: 04:16pm 01 Oct 2014

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Great stuff Jim, I'll bet plenty of users will thank the auto-backup in future - I know I would have a couple of times in the past!

The TCPIP capability sounds interesting but I'll have to figure out what to do with it

Maybe we can use it with those ESP8266 WIFI modules somehow.

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Posted: 05:10pm 04 Oct 2014

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I found a silly bug which sometimes caused a crash when doing an autobackup.
I think the bug is squashed in this update.
Replace the tkn file in the attached ZIP or download from my website again.
2014-10-05_030928_MMedit.zip

http://www.c-com.com.au/MMedit.htm

Jim

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Posted: 02:34pm 09 Oct 2014

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Jim,

I finally managed to get MMedit2 (seemingly) installed in Porteus (my distro of choice)
(newbie that I am, I can't figure out how to run it)

I also have AxePad and it shows up on the main menu under 'programming'
(and works great)

Thank You for any Insight .....

Synergetic

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Posted: 05:51pm 11 Oct 2014

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TassyJim said A couple of changes to MMEdit
I considered the changes big enough to up the version number to 3.5.0
The changes are also big enough to introduce a few bugs so please test it fully and report.
I haven't updated the help file yet but that should happen as soon as a few users have reported back.

You can now set it to do an auto-backup.
The time (in minutes) and the backup folder are set in 'Preferences"
A time of zero disables the backups.
A backup occurs if there have been any changes to the code since the last save or backup.

MMEdit now saves the last 10 connections to make it easier if you have a number of devices to play with.
You can now connect via TCPIP. I have had success by installing ser2net on my Linux box.
MMEdit runs happily under Wine and you can connect to 127.0.0.1 which seems to be a better connection than trying to get Wine to do the serial port redirection. You can also have the maximite on a different PC.

To test the TCPIP, you can connect to a 'test server' which is a micromite hanging of a Raspberry Pi.

All of the chat and file manager operations should work the same as if there is a direct connection.
I have only tested it in my local network so the usual real world delays might be interesting.

http://www.c-com.com.au/MMedit.htm

Jim

Jim,
My DuinoMite Mega and my Mini-MaxiMite both have Bluetooth SPP for serial connectivity. ( HC-06 BT modules)

I can connect to them as console using VT100 BlueTooth Terminals on ANDROID
But now would also like to be able to connect to them using MMedit from my PC over the Serial link via BlueTooth.
I can PAIR with the Device just fine on the PC over the serial and show in Device Manager as Standard Serial Ports over Bluetooth Link ( Com4 and Com6 )
IS it possibel currently to connect MMedit to these serial BT ports??

IF not is it possible to add this capability to MMEDIT ..

I beleive there need to be AT connect commands issued from MMedit to establish the connection over these serial BT ports??

Are you able to clarify if this is possible with MMedit?

Thanks in advance..

Paul

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Posted: 07:32pm 11 Oct 2014

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As far as I know, once Windows has paired with them, MMEdit or TeraTerm should be happy to communicate without any extra steps.

I think that one of the serial parts created is a control port and the other one for communications but I ignored them when I had a play and with W8.1 I was able to pair and create a serial port but I forget what I did to do it. I will have to have another play.
It depends a lot on the BT drivers.

Have you tried with either Teraterm or MMEdit?

Jim

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Posted: 07:56pm 11 Oct 2014

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I found another bug in the autosave routines.
The website has been updated with V3.5.2 which I hope) has fixed it properly this time.

As usual, you can use the attached TKN file instead of downloading the full program.
2014-10-12_055621_MMedit.zip

Jim

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Synergetic

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Posted: 12:22am 12 Oct 2014

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TassyJim said As far as I know, once Windows has paired with them, MMEdit or TeraTerm should be happy to communicate without any extra steps.

I think that one of the serial parts created is a control port and the other one for communications but I ignored them when I had a play and with W8.1 I was able to pair and create a serial port but I forget what I did to do it. I will have to have another play.
It depends a lot on the BT drivers.

Have you tried with either Teraterm or MMEdit?

Jim

Yea .. You are right ..

It seems to connect OK the First time but then gets hung on the second attempt ( after close and reopen maximite chat session) to
connect but fails. It appears to mess up the BT driver status/session and can not even remove the device to recover the BT session.
Just can not connect again after this occurs with out a POR on both sides

Synergetic

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Posted: 12:40am 12 Oct 2014

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Synergetic said

Just now had my Maximite chat session in MMedit hang "Not REsponding" after switching fro ASCII mode to VT Mode using the buttons on the dialogue menu.

TassyJim

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Posted: 12:16pm 12 Oct 2014

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Synergetic said
It seems to connect OK the First time but then gets hung on the second attempt ( after close and reopen maximite chat session) to
connect but fails. It appears to mess up the BT driver status/session and can not even remove the device to recover the BT session.
Just can not connect again after this occurs with out a POR on both sides

Have you tried with TeraTerm so we can see if it is Windows or possibly something I can fix?

I have used a HC-05 connected to the PC via a normal USB serial port and it behaved well.
(The HC06 can only do slave while the HC05 can do slave or master)

The only PC accessible to me with Bluetooth built in is not available for a week or two so I cannot do any testing until it returns.

Jim

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Posted: 12:21pm 12 Oct 2014

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hitsware said Jim,

I finally managed to get MMedit2 (seemingly) installed in Porteus (my distro of choice)
(newbie that I am, I can't figure out how to run it)

I also have AxePad and it shows up on the main menu under 'programming'
(and works great)

Thank You for any Insight .....

Once you have unzipped MMEDit2 into a location that allows executing from, find the executable with your file manager and (usually) double click on it.
You might have to change the permissions of the file to executable first.

I would strongly recommend trying MMEdit under Wine and ser2net.
Using the TCPIP option under connect in MMEdit works very well for me together with ser2net - much better than direct serial connections.

Jim

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Posted: 09:10am 13 Oct 2014

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> Once you have unzipped MMEDit2 into a location that
> allows executing from, find the executable with your
> file manager and (usually) double click on it.
> You might have to change the permissions of the file
> to executable first.

FWIW
Done.......Simply nothing happens.
I'll stick with MiniCom for now.
Trying to use Linux(pure) as much
as possible. (rather than Wine)
Thanks Again

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