Hi All,
I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction to get my cascaded 2nd MAX7219 chip functioning.
here's my problem.
When i cascade the 2nd chip from the first one, nothing happens 
both max7219 chips are sharing the clock and load pins and the data in on the 2nd chip is connected to the data out of the first.
I know the second chip is working correctly because if i share the same data in pin both displays show the same thing which is correct.
I'm running the sample code from the LedControl Library (see below)
Has anyone else experienced this same issue?
Thanks in advance. 
//We always have to include the library
#include "LedControl.h"
/*
Now we need a LedControl to work with.
***** These pin numbers will probably not work with your hardware *****
pin 12 is connected to the DataIn
pin 11 is connected to the CLK
pin 10 is connected to LOAD
***** Please set the number of devices you have *****
But the maximum default of 8 MAX72XX wil also work.
*/
LedControl lc=LedControl(12,11,10,2);
/* we always wait a bit between updates of the display */
unsigned long delaytime=50;
/*
This time we have more than one device.
But all of them have to be initialized
individually.
*/
void setup() {
//we have already set the number of devices when we created the LedControl
int devices=lc.getDeviceCount();
//we have to init all devices in a loop
for(int address=0;address<devices;address++) {
/*The MAX72XX is in power-saving mode on startup*/
lc.shutdown(address,false);
/* Set the brightness to a medium values */
lc.setIntensity(address,8);
/* and clear the display */
lc.clearDisplay(address);
}
}
void loop() {
//read the number cascaded devices
int devices=lc.getDeviceCount();
//we have to init all devices in a loop
for(int row=0;row<8;row++) {
for(int col=0;col<8;col++) {
for(int address=0;address<devices;address++) {
delay(delaytime);
lc.setLed(address,row,col,true);
delay(delaytime);
lc.setLed(address,row,col,false);
}
}
}
}
