Could it be some difference with the external circuit rather than the chip? Can you swap them over to see if the problem goes with the chip or stays with the circuit?
On 28/10/11 22:22, Markus Gaugusch wrote: > On Aug 8, Markus Gaugusch<mar...@gaugusch.at> wrote: > >> I'm using latest owfs 2.8p13 and have (among others) two DS2408 chips on my >> network. There is only one strange problem: For one of them, latches work >> fine, but for the other one, the latches are always zero. > > Some time has passed, but finally I found a solution (or rather: > workaround??): > I needed to do "echo 1> strobe" for the ds2408 which didn't set its latch > bits. > > Can any of the hardware gurus clarify why this is needed (especially: why > is this needed for one of my chips but not for the other?). > > I've just built a third board, with exactly the same behaviour (needs > strobe to make latch work). > > > Thanks :-) > Markus > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Owfs-developers mailing list > Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
