OK I am having similar problems with my ED. I know it is late in the game, but I am trying to get everything at least up and running for a test this year.
Originally I could not get the PIC to program at all - I touched up all the solder joints, but noticed one of the pins on the SMD chip seems to be loose coming out of the chip itself not broke off though but I did fix the solder joint.
After touching up the solder joints I was able to program the PIC using the DMX firmware.
I inspected the traces closer under 30x power scope and noticed one trace appears to be broken, I believe is it is the 4th pin counter clockwise from pin 1. the trace goes under the chip so I do not know where to check for continuity of the trace too, which is the reason I started this thread You are not allowed to view links.
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LoginI checked the voltages per the post earlier -
3.3V regulator is producing 1.76V - my guess is this is bad but why would I get 3.3v on the Xtal assuming they get voltage from this regulator?
5V regulator is producing 5V
Both of the Xtal have 3.3V from pin 4 to pin 8 and 1.6v from pin 4 to pin 5 - so I think they are good.
When apply power to the ED the LED on the ED board itself turns on and stays lit
When I hook up a cat5 cable (straight and cross over) the green LED on the magic jack lights and stays lit and the yellow light on the magic jack will also flash. - both are bright.
If I make sequence in vixen the yellow light will occasionally flash but not enough to indicate real communication. When I hook up the ether port to my standard network switch the green light on the network switch and the ED are lit and the yellow light flashes like crazy with the network traffic, so I think this means it is able to communicate?
Do I have to do anything special on the PC?? I assigned a static IP address to the Ether connection and I pasted the Ether DMX plug in into Vixen.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I just about ready to give up on this ED...........