I am pretty excited today. I bought my Express kit several years ago but never put it together. After Halloween I found some motivation and got to work. I bought a Usb Dongle kit and put that together to get started and get my head around soldering electronics. After I had the Dongle together it was time to get to work on the Express. I got it all together fairly easy but ran into a few road blocks in getting it up and running.
After some help here I figured out that I needed to reflash my pic on my Express. I did that but I still could not get my dongle to work right. I guessed at this point that my Dongle Pic was not programmed so I ran and picked up a Breadboard and worked to flash the chip.
That leads me to last night where i had everything completed but I could not get a Data Link light to save my life. I checked everything multiple times with multiple cases, then after hours of beating my head I realized I had the Wireless Jumper incorrect. I now feel like I have come through a right of passage after that.
Anyway I did a little testing in Vixen 3 last night and everything is working and I am feeling super pumped!!!
We are having a office decorating contest for Christmas at work this year. I am know as the Christmas guy around here so I think I am going to sequence a song or two and setup a display here to get my feet wet this year. (And to win the contest!!) This has been a great learning process over the last month and I am having a blast.
So Thank you all for this site and all your shared knowledge that I have been using as a resource to learn all this stuff!!!
