HP41 TULIP4041 update

[Craig Bladow]

(10-28-2024 09:54 AM)MeindertKuipers Wrote:  

(10-27-2024 07:44 PM)Craig Bladow Wrote:  

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  CDC Port 3 [HPIL] connected                                                   
  WARNING: No virtual HP-IL device connected, HP-IL loop may be open          
  PILBox mode changed to COFF / Controller OFF                                  
  PILBox mode changed to COFI / Controller OFF with IDY

The warning line seems out of place, given that pyILPER was just connected.

It is indeed a bit out of place, I thought about this. But the firmware is too quick and sees a serial port connection and issues the warning before it has seen the PILBox conncting. I might try a timer on the warning, but that is not very straightforward,

I suspected it was related to timing and agree that a delay solution may be more complicated than it is worth. If the software is aware of the state of HP-IL being connected or not connected then emitting a a connection statement when the HP-IL connection state changes may be a way to assure the user that the warning was just temporary.

Something like:

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  CDC Port 3 [HPIL] connected                                                   
  WARNING: No virtual HP-IL device connected, HP-IL loop may be open  
  HP-IL state changed to CONNECTED        
  PILBox mode changed to COFF / Controller OFF                                  
  PILBox mode changed to COFI / Controller OFF with IDY

Cheers,
Craig