WIFI for all ataris over serial!

[christos]

Ok, I connected the esp01 using the usb2ttl adapter I used to program it and I opened it in arduino ide's serial monitor. I don't read anything. I don't see the blue led lighting up at all.
Many thanks for your help czietz!

[czietz]

That's weird. Even if you had flashed it wrong, you should still see the boot ROM output, i.e. some messages at 74880 bit/s. The last idea I have is to check whether the CH_PD pin is really high, i.e. connected to Vcc. Other iirc the ESP-01 module won't boot.

[christos]

OK, I was very very stupid... I connected RX to TX on the max232 but I should have connected it RX-RX.

It works now. Thank you for your help czietz and thanks for your work on the firmware and the software package.

[christos]

BTW, any idea on how I can set it to serial2 so that I can get higher speeds?

[czietz]

If you have loaded the HSMODEM driver for serial2, you should be able to select that from the STinG config in the control panel. I don't have it running right now, look for something like "ports". Probably there is a STinG howto somewhere explaining this more in detail.

[christos]

I guess it needs some searching because I wasn't able to configure it. Anyway, thanks for your help

[christos]

OK, I've had partial success in getting sting to use serial 2 by changing the route.tab to Ser.2/LAN. However when I try to open the connection I see the blue led of the esp lighting up but eventually the system ends with connection time out.
I think I am missing something since I am not that experienced with the mega. The falcon only has one serial port so things were kind of easier there..

[Atariosimus]

Hi christos you can see also what is possible and how to configure a megaste in this thread here.
https://forum.atari-home.de/index.php/t ... 7.140.html

I do testing it with 56700 baud in the moment and it works very reliable and stable.
I have done some checks with litchi and cab.

Next step is to increase the baud rate a little bit more to see how far we can go.

[christos]

Ok.. thanks for your research. Hopefully with google translate it will work

[Atariosimus]

Look at the pictures for easy understanding. In the moment I tried with 230400 baud. With telnet it is possible to set it back down to lower Baud.
So there is no fear to clear the firmware for new flash.

My impression is in the first testings that it is not so fast as hoped. I guess the Atari cannot solve so much datas and the calculation is lasting very long.

[christos]

Atariosimus, I managed to get 38400 and connect at both 57600 and 115200 on modem 2. Unfortunately the last two speeds are not stable and the system keeps losing connection. Still I had success.

On an unrelated note, I am really not sure what I had done wrong with my experiments because I had the same settings as you.. Anyway, thanks, I'll get back to you with any of my findings.

[Atariosimus]

Some helping hints for you

1) Did you change the rate in cpx modul?
2) Did you save the sting.prt?
3) Did you change the route.tab in the sting file?
4) 8Mhz or 16Mhz Mega Ste. I have done it with 8Mhz.
5) Check the Hsmod6 files of Harun Scheutzow
6) Did you do Autosort in the Auto Folder

Hope this check list helps you.

But anyway I feel no gain between 56700 and 230400. I set it back to 56700 in the moment.
May be the secret is in the hardware.

[christos]

Some helping hints for you

1) Did you change the rate in cpx modul?
2) Did you save the sting.prt?
3) Did you change the route.tab in the sting file?
4) 8Mhz or 16Mhz Mega Ste. I have done it with 8Mhz.
5) Check the Hsmod6 files of Harun Scheutzow
6) Did you do Autosort in the Auto Folder

Hope this check list helps you.

But anyway I feel no gain between 56700 and 230400. I set it back to 56700 in the moment.
May be the secret is in the hardware.

Any chance you could upload your setup here so that I can copy it to my machine?

[Atariosimus]

Hello Cristos here are the files

[Atariosimus]

Internet.zip

Hello Christos, hope the file helps you to investigate whats going wrong.
I saw your message late but not too late

The TCP.STX is different from the original. Czietz has done some fix in there but i don't know what he has changed.
But anyway this should not be the main problem. You can also take the original file.

You have to rename the files in AUTO with .prg

[christos]

Thank you very much. I think my problem is with the serial buffers.

[czietz]

The TCP.STX is different from the original. Czietz has done some fix in there but i don't know what he has changed.
But anyway this should not be the main problem. You can also take the original file.

Some servers use the "Type of Service" field in the IP header in a way that STinG's TCP.STX doesn't understand. It causes the connection never to become established. This is what I changed in TCP.STX v.1.41 that Atariosimus attached. I agree, though, that this is not the main problem. It only affects certain servers, notably ftp.lip6.fr. (Also, in some cases your Internet provider might modify that IP header field, therefore unintentionally fixing the problem for you.)

[christos]

Internet.zip

Hello Christos, hope the file helps you to investigate whats going wrong.
I saw your message late but not too late

The TCP.STX is different from the original. Czietz has done some fix in there but i don't know what he has changed.
But anyway this should not be the main problem. You can also take the original file.

You have to rename the files in AUTO with .prg

Your setup performs better than mine but it does have the same eventual problem. After awhile of downloading it gets progressively slower to respond until it stops responding altogether. I think the problem is on my mste. Anyway, thank you very much for your help.

Edit: Actually I spoke too soon. Internet works much better now! Only binary transfers have the issue. Maybe better software will fix it.

Edit 2: Czietz, how does wgetst.ttp work? I haven't managed to do anything with the wget parameters.

[Atariosimus]

Did you raise the baudrate to the max. If so what is your impression?

[christos]

Nope 57600 only. I get a max of 2k/s download.

[Atariosimus]

Edit 2: Czietz, how does wgetst.ttp work? I haven't managed to do anything with the wget parameters.

I tried it but failed.

Something might be wrong with my configuration or understanding in using this.
I tried it together with Sting but I couldn't step into the program.

May be the baudrate is to high. I used more than 19600 and the serialport 2.

[czietz]

STinG works with this firmware: https://www.chzsoft.de/site/hardware/co ... e-internet
wgetst works with this firmware: https://www.chzsoft.de/site/hardware/di ... it-esp8266

You cannot have both.

[Atariosimus]

Thank you. That's the issue.

Is it possible to combine the Firmware?

[czietz]

I have no intention of doing so because I fail to see the benefit. When using the STinG firmware, you don't need the special applications (like wifiset and wgetst) anymore.

[sashapont]

Is it possible to use it on FireBee?