Need help sending a hex serial output

HI Guys,

I'm trying to send out a hex serial output using an array. My hex is 4 digits (ex. 0000). Here is part of my program:

TRISA.2 = 1

A2 VAR TRISA.2
COM_CODE VAR Byte[16]
I VAR Byte

COM_CODE[0]=$0000

Loop:
IF A2==1 THEN
I=0
ENDIF
GOSUB Data_file
GOTO Loop

Data_file:
SEROUT2 PORTB.2,19697,[COM_CODE[I]]
Return

I'm using a 16f88 pic and I think i can only run 8 binary lines but i need to run 16. is there a line that i can use to make it run 16? Do I need to change the com_code var line also? I really need some help

Thanks

com_code is a byte variable, so it can only store one byte in each array segment:

like this for example:

COM_CODE[0]=$00
COM_CODE[1]=$00
COM_CODE[2]=$FF
COM_CODE[3]=$8E
COM_CODE[4]=$1A

and so on...


to send the whole array via serial use this line

SEROUT2 PORTB.2,19697,[STR COM_CODE\16]

(the \16 signifies that you want to send 16 bytes)

Do you want hex or ASCII hex?

Ioannis

I'm pretty sure that I want to send out an ASCII hex.

To send ascii 0 0 0 0 you would do this:

COM_CODE[0]="0"
COM_CODE[1]="0"
COM_CODE[2]="0"
COM_CODE[3]="0"

SEROUT2 PORTB.2,19697,[STR COM_CODE\4]

If you want ASCII Hex then every binary number in the range 0-9 should be added to 48 because ASCII 48 is character zero.

But what about after 9?

Well Melanie has posted a solution while back:

Code:

---

MyVar var word
' Variable containg 16-bit value
' MyVar's contents are destroyed on exit
MyData var byte (4)
' Four byte Array containing ASCII HEX result
' MSB is in MyData(3), LSB is in MyData(0)
CounterA var byte
' General Purpose Counter

For CounterA=0 to 3
MyData(CounterA)=MyVar&$0F
MyData(CounterA)=MyData(CounterA)+48
If MyData(CounterA)>57 then
MyData(CounterA)=MyData(CounterA)+7
endif
MyVar=MyVar>>4
Next CounterA

---

Hope this helps,
Ioannis

So instead of this...

SEROUT2 PORTB.2,19697,[COM_CODE[I]]

...you want to send four digits of HEX...

SEROUT2 PORTB.2,19697,[HEX4 COM_CODE[I]]

Hi Melanie.

Since he has an array, he needs a way to convert it before sending each array element.

The solution of in-situ conversion I think will not help him.

Also as kamikaze47 stated his array should be word instead of byte.

So the example of yours code I gave is really for byte and needs some modification.

Ioannis