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Russ hensel: /* Make co_processing */

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 = What =
-This is part of the [[Instrumentino/Smart Terminal Challenge]].  In this part I am going to try to adapt the SmartTerminal ( PC/Python ) [[Python Smart Terminal]] to the ( microcontroller ) Controlino program [[Controlino Notes]].  The code for this extension is in '''ext_process_co.py'''.  This documentation is written as if you were writing '''ext_process_co.py''' starting with
+This is part of the [[Instrumentino/Smart Terminal Challenge]].  In this part I am going to try to adapt the SmartTerminal ( PC/Python ) [[Python Smart Terminal]] to the ( microcontroller ) Controlino program [[Controlino Notes]].  The code for this extension is in '''ext_process_co.py'''.  This documentation is written as if you were writing '''ext_process_co.py'''
- ''ext_process_gh.py''' as a sort of template ( copy and modify ).
+starting with ''ext_process_gh.py''' as a sort of template ( copy and modify ).  '''And as I try to bring this up to date I see that a lot has changed and this needs a top to bottom rewrite.  Email me if you need this information.'''
 = First Connection =

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-** defining a mode is not really needed but this way it is easy to turn on and off the Controlino settings.
+** defining a mode this way using a subroutine ... is not really the way I do it when this documentation was written .. it is badly out of date.  is not really needed but this way it is easy to turn on and off the Controlino settings.
 ** find         self.baudrate and add at end of baud rate section
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 = First Connection =
-For your first connection we will just try to establish a basic connection between the two programs ( Python and Arduino ), typically this involves matching the communications parameters.  Baud rate is, perhaps, the most basic.
+For your first connection we will just try to establish a basic connection between the two programs ( Python and Arduino ), typically this involves matching the communications parameters.  Baud rate is, perhaps, the most basic.  At this point we will not write any code, but just adjust the parameter program ( remember all this work is already done in the code at git hub, this is a recreation story ).
 Steps:

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 = What =
-This is part of the [[Instrumentino/Smart Terminal Challenge]].  In this part I am going to try to adapt the SmartTerminal ( PC/Python ) [[Python Smart Terminal]] to the ( microcontroller ) Controlino program [[Controlino Notes]].  The code for this extension is in '''ext_process_co.py'''.
+This is part of the [[Instrumentino/Smart Terminal Challenge]].  In this part I am going to try to adapt the SmartTerminal ( PC/Python ) [[Python Smart Terminal]] to the ( microcontroller ) Controlino program [[Controlino Notes]].  The code for this extension is in '''ext_process_co.py'''.  This documentation is written as if you were writing '''ext_process_co.py''' starting with
 = First Connection =

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 = Automation =
-== Make co_processing ==
+== Make '''ext_process_co.py''' ==
-Here we will automate the above.  This is done by creating a class called ControlinoProcessing in co_processing.py and inserting/editing the code.  To make this easier we will copy another processing unit of code.  Copy gh_processing.py and save as co_processing.py
+Here we will automate the above.  This is done by creating a class called ControlinoProcessing in ext_process_co.py and inserting/editing the code.  To make this easier we will copy another processing unit of code.  Copy ext_process_gh.py and save as ext_process_co.py
 == Edit Parameters ==

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 = First Connection =
-Here we will just try to establish a basic connection between the two programs, typically this involves matching the communications parameters.  Baud rate is, perhaps, the most basic.
+For your first connection we will just try to establish a basic connection between the two programs ( Python and Arduino ), typically this involves matching the communications parameters.  Baud rate is, perhaps, the most basic.
 Steps:
-* go to Controlino program find baudrate #define SERIAL0_BAUD		115200
+* go to Arduino Controlino program find baudrate #define SERIAL0_BAUD		19200
 * go to SmartTerminal parameters.py and define a new mode Controlino: ( this code is near the top of parameters.py and you will see a bunch of modes defined there, likely with several comented out, remember the lats value set is the one that wins.  Your code should then look something like:
 <pre>
-      self.mode              = "GreenHouse"  # add sensor processing, monitoring and logging for greenhouse sensors
+      # self.mode              = "GreenHouse"  # add sensor processing, monitoring and logging for greenhouse sensors
       # self.mode              = "IR"
       # self.mode              = "MotorDriver"  # special buttons, send arrays for motor controller arduino
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      if self.mode == "Controlino":
-         self.baudrate          =       19200
+         self.baudrate          =       19200   # match to the Arduino program
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	I am going to give directions using the same style of Tkinker coding that I have used, but other style can also work, you just have to make sure the widgets link to the correct code.		I am going to give directions using the same style of Tkinker coding that I have used, but other style can also work, you just have to make sure the widgets link to the correct code.
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