[sdiy] I don't feel so stupid now...

[Ingo Debus]

patchell wrote:
>     Well, at least I now know it is not my code on the AVR that is the
> problem.  I verified that the Midi was really getting to the UART pin by
> using the Midi Thru connector going to another instrument (My
> Glockenspiel, in fact).  And while I was observing that the Midi was
> just fine, I looked over and noticed that the code was running on the
> AVR just fine as well.  But, alas, that was the last time.  I turned the
> power off and on again, and it was back to the same old thing.  Wiggling
> wires would make it work for a bit, so the conclusion is that there is
> either an intermittent short or open on the PC board (these were not
> great PC boards...these were the last boards I had the local PC board
> shop make about 3 years ago now I think).

I had a similar problem a while ago (and people from the list here 
helped me to solve it). It was even worse: the thing worked with some 
MIDI data sources and didn't with others. It turned out that I hadn't 
used the proper optocoupler. Which are you using?

Ingo