Help - Simplesi Site temp. disabled

[mikeprice]

Hi all

 

I run a Pi after school club on Mondays usign Scratch GPIO. I need the names of the variables that it uses to communicates (I can rememebr Redon etc). I tried to get onto the simplesi site - which I have been getting the kids to use for reference - and it was 'temporarily disabled' over the weekend. I have tried again this morning but still no access

 

Can anyone let me know what the variable names are please (mainly the motor ones - especially the ones that vary power)

 

and - any ideas why the site is down??

 

Thanks

 

Mike

[elsiegee40]

Hopefully not a result of this

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/171828-so-long-thanks-fish.html#post1472272

@SimpleSi?

[Steve21]

If you google it you can click on the Google cached sites if you know what page it was on Temporary fix at least

 

Random example - ScratchGPIO V8 development Version – Cymplecy (Simplesi)

 

Steve

[mikeprice]

If you google it you can click on the Google cached sites if you know what page it was on Temporary fix at least

 

Random example - ScratchGPIO V8 development Version – Cymplecy (Simplesi)

 

Steve

 

Hopefully not a result of this

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/171828-so-long-thanks-fish.html#post1472272

@SimpleSi?

 

Thanks to both

 

Google cached didn't help unfortunatly - can only get as far as the page before - but thanks for the idea

[SimpleSi]

DONT PANIC

 

I had a little forum on my site that's been spammed - me and hoster just sorting things out - hope to be back on in 30 mins and then I'll be back here

[SimpleSi]

Site backup

[SimpleSi]

@mikeprice

 

Just yell if you need more help than on my site

Are you using an AddOn board? Pibrella by any chance?

 

Simon

[mikeprice]

Yup - its Pibrella

 

Just doing some basic stuff with them after school - but I seem to have only got the 'very active' ones - so I'm going to get them to build cars - hence needing to vary the speed of the motors!

 

Thanks for the info

 

AND - THANKS for the site and resources/stuff - which is amazing

[SimpleSi]

Hopefully their is enough info on the Pibrella page for you - Its my favourite addon VFM board so it all should work - note - there was a major bug fix issued on Saturday to do with motors

 

The bug was motors would just stop responding (without any error message and everthing else would still work)

 

This was due to the way the underlying python library didn't like being turned off and on more than 380 times!

 

The bug has been bypassed by not actually switching them off when motor set to 0 - I effectively send out a very (very) long pulse instead that stays at 0 and never goes high

 

Simon

[mikeprice]

Hopefully their is enough info on the Pibrella page for you - Its my favourite addon VFM board so it all should work - note - there was a major bug fix issued on Saturday to do with motors

 

The bug was motors would just stop responding (without any error message and everthing else would still work)

 

This was due to the way the underlying python library didn't like being turned off and on more than 380 times!

 

The bug has been bypassed by not actually switching them off when motor set to 0 - I effectively send out a very (very) long pulse instead that stays at 0 and never goes high

 

Simon

 

Thanks - all sorted now!