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4jochen

Member since Aug 2014 • Last active Jul 2015
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I'm Joachim Wülbeck, engineer at WIZnet Europe GmbH the local branch office located in Germany but acting all EU.
For contact you can find me @ Twitter also.
And, private: interrested in Irish Fiddle playing and more a Geek type - staying young.

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  • in News
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    as bundle with the WIZ550io plug-in Ethernet module and adapter the PICO is also available in our e-sales.
    For all Europe, in Euro €:
    WIZnet.EU Shop Espruino Pico bundle kit
    best regards, Joachim

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    Thanks Gordon for the SPI I/F repair and setIP() command update in version 1.78.
    After reset all W5500 registers are 0x00 - OK.
    And, for DHCP with setIP(), the MAC is updated to 00:08:DC:01:02:03 by default if not specified before.
    The 00:08:DC = "WIZnet" and the 01:02:03 is just random to have a valid value here.
    Now, the W5500BoB is working too :-).

    Just one more strange effect - the MAC-Address looks scrambled after a direct change and then read-back.
    WEB IDE:

    >SPI2.setup({ mosi:B15, miso:B14, sck:B13 }) // for PICO + W5500 (Shim)
    =undefined
    >var eth = require("WIZnet").connect(SPI2, B10) // make the Ethernet object
    ={  }
    >eth.getIP() // just read out the start values out of W5500, expect all 0x00 here
    ={
      "ip": "0.0.0.0",
      "subnet": "0.0.0.0",
      "gateway": "0.0.0.0",
      "dns": "0.0.0.0",
      "mac": "00:00:00:00:00:00"
     } // OK, all empty, as expected
    >eth.setIP() // make DHCP
    > Send DHCP_DISCOVER
    > Receive DHCP_OFFER
    > Send DHCP_Request
    > Receive DHCP_ACK // success
    =true
    >eth.getIP() // read out new W5500 address register content
    ={
      "ip": "192.168.111.190", // received IP-Address
      "subnet": "255.255.255.0",
      "gateway": "192.168.111.1",
      "dns": "192.168.111.1",
      "mac": "00:08:dc:01:02:03" // here default address, ..01:02:03, OK.
     }
    >eth.setIP({ mac : "00:08:dc:1e:dc:3c" }) // change MAC-Address here
    =true
    >eth.getIP() // read out W5500 internal registers
    ={
      "ip": "192.168.111.190",
      "subnet": "255.255.255.0",
      "gateway": "192.168.111.1",
      "dns": "192.168.111.1",
      "mac": "00:08:8e:18:8e:2a" // it's different, strange ?!?!
     }
    >eth.setIP() // a new request to DHCP
    > Send DHCP_DISCOVER
    > Receive DHCP_OFFER
    > Send DHCP_Request
    > Receive DHCP_ACK // working OK
    =true
    >eth.getIP() // read out again
    ={
      "ip": "192.168.111.127", // new IP received from Server, OK
      "subnet": "255.255.255.0",
      "gateway": "192.168.111.1",
      "dns": "192.168.111.1",
      "mac": "00:08:8e:18:8e:2a" // still same strange MAC-Address, we can work with that anyway
     }
    >
    

    I need to check the source codes, but the MAC address is changed into the 'strange' one always in the same way. Also, if I add just +1 to my intended MAC the 'strange' version also become +1.
    => it's not random. I'm OK with that.
    I think something is wrong while Read or Write the MAC-Address register.

    Thanks and best regards, Joachim, WIZnet Europe GmbH

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    Hello Gordon, thanks for the answer.
    You can change MAC address at any time. It's just a 6 byte register in the W5500 chip. You can do that also at the WIZ550io Module, if you like to. Of cause not while you have an open=connected TCP Socket, but no problem beside that. A new ARP will be send with next socket opereation, and maybe a new IP address needed from the DHCP-Server, ...

    The Idea with using .setIP() command for the MAC-address change is good.
    I'll try that, maybe you're more quick at that anyway.
    Good luck with the bug fixing and create 1.78 then - best regards, Joachim.

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    Hello Gordon and Friends here,
    first af all I like to say Thanks to Gordon for the massive work doing. He is a one man company doing Hardware and Software all by him self. Let's support him as best as we can. Bugs can happen and Gordon will fix is soon. I'm sure.
    I started to add anpother W5500 Module to the Espruino Pico - and encountered same problem :-(
    Please see my setup here:
    Espruino Pico + W5500BoB + RJ45
    So, I downgraded my Pico to Firmware 1.75 and it works, but only 90%.
    Now, I have another Problem that the W5500BoB does not have a pre-programmed MAC-Addresss and IP setup.
    All is ..00:00:00.. and without MAC-address also DHCP can not work.
    The difference is, that the WIZ550io has a small PIC12 on board to pre-config the W5500 in a few ms (at startup) with unique MAC-address and a first static IP ++++
    So with WIZ550io Module it's no problem.
    But how to get the MAC address into the W5500 without that pre-setting ?
    The W5500BoB has only the W5500 chip, and that's empty at the start.
    And, I could not find any command for setting up the MAC-address.
    Solution:
    => I added code into the W5500 driver inside the Espruino's C code - but the 1.77 is not working ... see main topic is all about here. And I don't like to fork from 1.76 or even 1.75.
    I'm trapped for the next few day - I think.
    Please debug the 1.77 and help me to add MAC-address setup into Espruino FW.
    best regards, Joachim

  • in News
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    Thanks Gordon for the nice work on the "Internet I/F".
    The WIZnet WIZ550io Module is available from many sources in EU also.
    Mouser is B2B and very USA focused - TAX, transport....
    But, more and more shops adopt our Modules, but "free shipping" is very often not available.
    Please check: RS, TME, SOS, Lextronic, Watterott, ... or our shop.wiznet.eu

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    Hello Gordon,
    sorry I missed your many e-mails - shame on me.
    Yes, we have some (enough) Espruino Boards here and I will set up more tests tomorrow morning immediately.
    If you like we can send you some v1.1 modules tomorrow (with FedEx) - just send me your current postal address by e-mail - you will have them in hand asap.

    Thanks for your nice work on the Ethernet I/F using our Hardwired TCP/IP Chip / Module.
    We will keep track here and fight the Bug, best regards, Joachim.

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