wrote:=20 Tracy will have the final say, as he wrote the code, but most = likely: NOP =3D No Operation. or Non Operational. Uh for the life of me I = can not recall when I started using that notation, but if you flag part = of a schematic, or assembly code, with NOP it is pretty universal = comment among geeks (EE's).=20 At least it isn't flashing "Fubar". :) Once I "inherited" some = assembly code on a project which had never been commented = (debug/maintenance nightmare). Thankfully the previous engineer had a = hard copy with his hand written Chinese notation along side the code. = Excited as I started to recognize a pattern of hand written characters = by the sections of code I couldn't figure out. Thankfully another = engineer explained what "fubar" looked like in Chinese.=20 Tom -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha!=20 Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at = Yahoo! Games.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C7C726.70F07540 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Yeah, I think the NOP issue is poised = to drive me=20 crazy. I checked the grounds and serial connections todayand all = checked=20 ok, hooked it all back up and low and behold NO Flashing. Taxi'ed = the=20 plane for the first time for a few minutes (really fun). Taxi'ed = back to=20 the hangar and started to run the Auto Program with what seemed to be = some=20 succes and got about a third the way through when I started to = worry about=20 the engine getting too hot (I wish the H2O temp was displayed in the = program=20 mode), so I shut down Auto Program and the H2O was reading 233, so I am = glad I=20 shut down.

Let it cool a bit and started to = restart and NOW=20 the dang thing was flashing between NOP and the tach reading = again. =20 GEEEESH.

Chris

BTW, did I mention I TAXI'ED for the = first time=20 today <g>

----- Original Message -----

From:=20 Tracy=20 Crook

To: Rotary motors in = aircraft

Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 = 4:21 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: EM2 = NOP flashing=20 w/RPM and a couple of other questions

Hi all, finally back from CO where we finally got the cabin = plumbing=20 OKed by the inspector (and got the thing basically finished).

Tom is correct, NOP means Non Operational or Inoperative. = In this=20 case it means the EC2 is not commuicating with the EM2. Either = the two=20 serial wires between them are not connected properly or an ungrounded=20 condition or wiring error has blown one of the serial=20 connections. The Auto Program mode will not work in this=20 condition.

Tracy (still bleary after non-stop drive from=20 Colorado)

On 7/14/07, thomas=20 walter <roundrocktom@yahoo.com>=20 wrote:=20

Tracy will have the final say, as he wrote the code, but most=20 likely:

NOP =3D No Operation. or Non Operational. Uh = for the=20 life of me I can not recall when I started using that notation, but = if you=20 flag part of a schematic, or assembly code, with NOP it is = pretty=20 universal comment among geeks (EE's).

At least it isn't flashing "Fubar". :) Once I = "inherited"=20 some assembly code on a project which had never been commented=20 (debug/maintenance nightmare). Thankfully the previous engineer had = a hard=20 copy with his hand written Chinese notation along side the = code.=20 Excited as I started to recognize a pattern of hand written = characters by=20 the sections of code I couldn't figure out. Thankfully another=20 engineer explained what "fubar" looked like in Chinese.

Tom

Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha!
Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for = today's=20 economy) at Yahoo! Games.=20

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