[En-Nut-Discussion] Ethernut board order problem

[Kevin Rock]

Hi Harald,
   I got the board and had some very good luck too.  I thought the old board was dead.  So, once I got the new board's IP address on my network I tried the two SP Duo 2 s I have.  Looks like they both work.  But when I tried AVR Studio I got the same error with both of them.  I could not get the speed to write; it seemed stuck at 1.005 kHz.  Now that I had swapped boards, swapped cables, swapped programmers I should have found the weak link.  Still no luck.  Then I dug on the Ethernut CD and looked for the AVR Studio on it.  It was an earlier version than the one I had installed.  I made sure I had the installation files for the upgraded version because it takes forever to download on a dialup line.  Some day I hope they get fiber optics or wireless or some broadband Internet service where I live in Washington County, Oregon.  However, once I knew I could reinstall the new version I blew it away and installed the old version.  Hooked up a few LEDs to the old Ethernut board and tried to program it.  Yippee!  It worked!  The old board is not dead, the old programmer is not fried, and all the angst is now gone.  I may, or may not, upgrade to AVR Studio ?? from what is working.  As long as I can move forward with my project I don't care if I have the very latest versions installed as long as I can write firmware and load it.  
   Thank you very much,
      Kevin.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Harald Kipp <harald.kipp at egnite.de>
>Sent: Oct 29, 2008 2:15 AM
>To: "Ethernut User Chat (English)" <en-nut-discussion at egnite.de>
>Subject: Re: [En-Nut-Discussion] Ethernut board order problem
>
>Hi Kevin,
>
>Kevin Rock wrote:
>> I was told my Ethernut board I had ordered on the 9th of October was going to ship on the 11th of October and shipping would take 5 business days.  I have not received the board yet and have not received any replies from anyone at Ethernut over the last three days.  Are they still in business?  Does anyone know how to contact them about shipping problems?  
>
>Fortunately we are still in business. :-) Ute sent you the packet ID and 
>she just told me, that you finally received your board. Fine.
>
>Although off topic, let me explain the problem here. It may be of 
>general interest. We typically ship with DHL, which is actually the 
>former Deutsche Post and must not be mixed with DHL Express. Unlike the 
>latter or UPS/Fedex, DHL provides no full tracking. Instead the packet 
>is passed to the national post service of the destination country, where 
>it gets an ID. You need to contact the local post office in your country 
>with this ID, if the packet doesn't arrive in time or seems to be lost.
>
>If the packet can't be located, we can ask DHL to trace it. However, 
>this is again passed to the post office of the destination country and 
>may take many weeks or months until the result is returned to us. 
>Usually we ship a replacement without waiting for this. In many cases 
>customers ended up with two boards, either returning one or paying the 
>second afterwards.
>
>Anyway, only very few packets got lost. Shipping by DHL takes about 2 to 
>3 business days to most European countries, 1 week to the US, as in your 
>case and about 2 weeks elsewhere. From time to time the transfer is 
>delayed, which is out of our control. If you want to play safe, we also 
>offer express shipping with full tracking. Unfortunately the rates of 
>DHL Express, UPS and Fedex are very high in Germany, so it makes sense 
>only, if you are in urgent need, order for more than a few hundred bucks 
>or if you are located in a less well organized country.
>
>Also check our distributor list at
>http://egnite.de/index.php?id=53
>
>I hope you will have some fun with the board, which compensates the long 
>waiting time a bit,
>
>Harald
>
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