we are concluding the end of our semester in class and i have not gotten as far as i would have liked. The information i have been following on different sight is inconsistant and doesnt work.I know it is not the make controller because i have tried two of them and they do the same thing. I know the problem is that the software we  have is inadequet to run the make controller and mchelper is not working.

     I ran into a wall of problems when the codes and comands i was sending would not make it respond. I was unable to run it with the programs and i found that some ports on the controller had continuous power even after manualy earasing the memory the ports should not have power unless i tell them to so they must be getting mixed signal.

     If i were to have more time on this project and grt the new program i would be able to make ot do what i wanted.

     after this christmas break i would like to imediatly start on making the make controller run stepper motors but i have run into a wall of problems. I am having trouble with the dc motor responding to my controlls and would like to be able to run a stepper motor and have controll but these problems are keeping me from it. i would like tofix these problems imediatly but i am havint trouble and i would like to maybe try the ethernet controlls instead of usb.

I just had succes using this site to run a dc motor!!!!!!!

http://www.makingthings.com/ref/firmware/html/group___motor_o_s_c.html

geting srarted!

     First i entered /appled/0/state and it made the ethernet port lights blink.

Look at these!!

make controller project ideas!

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/10/obiwan_the_curs.html

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/09/make_controller_project.html

http://www.jepstone.net/blog/2007/01/25/my-first-make-controller-project/

links to get started!

http://www.strifestrips.com/3dprinter

http://forums.makezine.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=2236

http://th.oughts.org/node/47

where to get your make controller!

http://www.makingthings.com/

http://www.hvwtech.com/products_view.asp?ProductID=652