[rx.graParticipant]

Related to the last post, for the NCS318-6 board, I got turning the tubes off to work by adding an onOffMask() call to the 6 lines that build the Var32 in doIndication318_HW1.x.ino. And onOffMask() just returns TubeOFF (0x3C00) or TubeON (0xFFFF) depending on what I want.

It does the job, but is there any issue with this approach? I don’t know if that might keep power to the tubes in some way that could shorten their life/etc.

Var32|=(unsigned long)(SymbolArray[digits%10]&doEditBlink(5)&moveMask()&onOffMask())<<20; // s2

Thanks.

[rx.graParticipant]

Hmm… Can anyone help me figure out what to do to turn off the tubes on a NCS318-6 v1.2 board? I’m not seeing how to adapt the NCT818 code. Someone above seems to have got it working for his NCS314 board, which I presume could be similar to mine (not sure), but I’m not following what to change.

Here’s the doIndication file the 318 uses:
https://github.com/afch/NixeTubesShieldNCS318/blob/master/Firmware/Source%20code/Hardware%20Version%201.x%20(HW1.x)/NixieClockShield_NCS318/doIndication318_HW1.x.ino

Thanks for any help. I’m a programmer but have basically never dealt with low level stuff, so I’m not following what exactly does what here.

[rx.graParticipant]

This is the NixieClock_NCM109_FOR_NCT3XX_Series clock, so it’s an Arduino Mega 328P IIRC. I chose Arduino Mega from the tools boards menu, per the tutorial video here. I haven’t tried to upload anything but the clock firmware to the nixie clock, not knowing what the results might be and not wanting to screw up anything and be stuck with a clock that didn’t even show the time. But I can try.

What’s confusing me in part is that the serial monitor is showing the clock output, so it must be talking to the clock, it’s the same serial interface used for programming and for the monitor, isn’t it?

I tried a few of the other things in the list you pointed me to, like looking for !!! and removing that.

Could I need to pick another board? If so, what? Does the 328P not get set to Mega?

Thanks.

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