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I'm having major problems trying to get the TX program to do what I want it to, namely TX after a timing loop executes. Just for information, if I comment out the timing loop the program TX's no problem and sends and receives a test WORD.

Here's the setup:

Code:

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INTCON = %00001000  ' Enable port change wakeup from sleep

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Code:

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WPU = %00010000    ' pull-up on for GPIO.4 (external pull-up already on GPIO.3)

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It's GPIO.4 we're looking at here. That's the pin that will receive the input from a 555 timer / potential divider using an ldr to detect that it's dark and therefore TX the days count over.

Code:

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OPTION_REG = %00001111 'Watch_Dog_Timer ON with a 128 prescaler

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Here's the main body of the program. it's a little bit of a mess because I've commented out the GPIO.3 COUNTS part of the program and also added then commented out INTCON.0 = 0 in various places to try and get it to do the timer loop / COUNT then TX.

Code:

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IF GPIO.3= 1 AND GPIO.4= 1 THEN ' Nothing has happened so SLEEP
      E_OUT=0      ' Disable transmitter
      INTCON.0 = 0  ' No Inputs detected or it's still light so clear int on change flag
      @ SLEEP      ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz indefinatly
      @ NOP        ' Do nothing for 1st instruction on wake-up
  ELSE 
  'IF  GPIO.3=0 THEN GOSUB COUNTS 'Bird detected at box - GOTO LABEL COUNTS 
  IF  GPIO.4=0 THEN DARK  'It's got dark? or just cloudy - GOTO LABEL DARK
  ENDIF   
  GOTO MAIN          'Back to sleep / continue counting
   
   
 'COUNTS:
    '  VISITS = VISITS +1 'Bird at box so increment counter
    '  INTCON.0 = 0      ' Clear int on change flag
  'RETURN                ' Then back to sleep....
   
      DARK:
     
      'INTCON.0 = 0    ' Clear int on change flag
                      ' It could be night time...It might only be a cloud though... 
                      ' so back to sleep / wake / sleep for half an hour..zwzwzw

      COUNTER=0        ' clear before entry
WHILE COUNTER < 2      ' 4.608sec Loop time (Loop for 30 mins = 781)
    @ SLEEP
    COUNTER=COUNTER+1
    'IF  GPIO.3= 0  THEN COUNTS 'Bird at box (it's not dark) so continue counting
WEND   
             
    if  GPIO.4= 0  then ENCODE  ' It really ia dark so carry on and transmit VISITS
   
    'IF  GPIO.4= 1  THEN Main  '(changed from return) It's not dark after all so carry_on_sleeping_counting
   
Encode: 
    E_OUT=1    ' Turn transmitter on
    pauseus 25  ' Let transmitter settle
    DAT_OUT = %10101001
 
    'INTCON.0 = 0  ' Clear int on change flag
     
    'Build checksum of 2 data bytes
    CHK_SUM = (DAT_OUT * 2)   
   
Transmit:
    'LET VISITS = VISITS / 2  'Just VISITS too not from the box
    LET VISITS = 300 'Test data number
    SEROUT2 D_OUT,BAUD,[PreAmble,Synch,DAT_OUT,DAT_OUT,CHK_SUM,VISITS.highbyte,VISITS.lowbyte]
    PAUSE GUARD ' 5mS guard time gives decoder time to respond,calculate,change,etc.
    INTCON.0 = 0  ' Clear int on change flag - moved here from above
    GOTO Main
       
    END

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I think the problem maybe that the COUNTER loop never gets completed because the IOC which comes from GPIO.4 isn't reset and the counter loop is using @SLEEP but never gets that far.

Any ideas greatfully received.

Dave

What happens if the @SLEEP below is commented?

Code:

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WHILE COUNTER < 2      ' 4.608sec Loop time (Loop for 30 mins = 781)
    @ SLEEP
    COUNTER=COUNTER+1
    'IF  GPIO.3= 0  THEN COUNTS 'Bird at box (it's not dark) so continue counting
WEND

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Quote:

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What happens if the @SLEEP below is commented?

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It TX's straight away and the led on the Pickit1 (receiver) flashes three times (as intended). There is no 5 sec delay from the timing loop though.

It's as if the timing loop COUNT is just being bypassed, have I set it up right?

Dave

If I press and hold down push button GP4 on the transmitter, the receiver flashes the led continually. I would have thought / was expecting that when the push button on GPIO.4 was pressed and held down you would get a four / five second delay before the receiver received anything and started to flash.

Tonights silly question:

How does setting the OPTION reg and WDT then become associated with the loop COUNTER? The WDT has a period of 18ms so setting the bits 111 gives 128*18ms =2.304secs the COUNTER loop should run twice giving a delay of 4.608secs right? But if the program doesn't read COUNTER as being associated with the WDT it's going to count to two in a flash and it will appear that the TX sends the data instantly(which is what is happening). Should the WDT and COUNTER be 'joined' via a 'SYMBOL statement in the program under SYMBOL? or something like this?

Dave

Just guessing as I have not done this before...

Code:

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WHILE COUNTER <= 2      ' 4.608sec Loop time (Loop for 30 mins = 781)
    INTCON.0 = 0
    @ SLEEP
    COUNTER=COUNTER+1
    'IF  GPIO.3= 0  THEN COUNTS 'Bird at box (it's not dark) so continue counting
WEND

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I hope someone else will jump in on this...

Hi mackrackit,

I've made the changes and the Transmitter lights the it's reference led about once every nine seconds but doesn't transmit at all (doesn't seem to get that far).

I still can't get my head around how the WDT associates with the loop COUNTER, plus the more I read on this it seems that if the WDT isn't reset back to zero before it reaches FF+1 (I think) it then reboots the program which makes sense....Mmm, more reading and thinking to do, interesting though.

Dave

First let me say, this is an awesome thread. I have been meaning to read it from the beginning, but I am a slow reader.

LEDave, WDT in the snippet you just posted works like this:
Assuming PBP knows you are using the WDT, clear WD is sprinkled around the program for you to keep from resetting the chip. But to get to these, the program must run.

@sleep basically stops the program and the chip just, well sleeps. Because of this, the WDT never gets cleared. The WD can wake up the PIC, so when WDT overflows, the PIC wakes up and resumes where it left off. So this is how the WDT is associated with the counter.

Hope this helps

Bert,
will this make it work as expected?

Code:

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WHILE COUNTER <= 2      ' 4.608sec Loop time (Loop for 30 mins = 781)
      INTCON.0 = 0
    @ SLEEP
    CLEARWDT
    COUNTER=COUNTER+1
    'IF  GPIO.3= 0  THEN COUNTS 'Bird at box (it's not dark) so continue counting
WEND

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Dave, sorry for being only clear as mud with my explaination. I ment to say : because of this, the WD never gets cleared WHILE SLEEPING. When the pic is asleep, WDT overflows thus waking up the PIC.

I tried to quickly look over the program a few posts up, but I don't have a good feel for it yet. I don't think adding the CLRWDT will help only because when the pic wakes, it should be a long time (~2sec) before the next overflow.

I did notice when @SLEEP is used elsewhere in the program, the line following is @NOP. Maybe this is needed to give the pic a chance to get the sleep from its eyes? I would try using @NOP right after the @SLEEP and see if this works.

I have never used any of the power saving modes before, but if the pic needs a nop upon waking up, it may be ignoring the counter=counter+1. Therefore the while is never satisified.

In any event,if the NOP is needed, adding CLRWDT may solve the problem, we just won't know why it did.

Hi Bert

Thanks for your input and welcome to the thread. I was heading towards the CLRWDT after reading this (quite an interesting website):

http://www.hobbyprojects.com/pic_tut...utorial13.html

Well here's the section of code as it stands:

Code:

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DARK: 
      'INTCON.0 = 0    ' Clear int on change flag
                      ' It could be night time...It might only be a cloud though... 
                      ' so back to sleep / wake / sleep for half an hour..zwzwzw
     
      COUNTER=0        ' clear before entry
WHILE COUNTER <= 2    ' 4.608sec Loop time (Loop for 30 mins = 781)
    INTCON.0 = 0      ' Clear int on change flag
    @ SLEEP
    @ NOP
    CLEARWDT
    COUNTER=COUNTER+1
    'IF  GPIO.3= 0  THEN COUNTS 'Bird at box (it's not dark) so continue counting
WEND   
                 
    if  GPIO.4= 0  then ENCODE  ' It really ia dark so carry on and transmit VISITS
   
    'IF  GPIO.4= 1  THEN Main  '(changed from return) It's not dark after all so carry_on_sleeping_counting
   
Encode: 
    E_OUT=1    ' Turn transmitter on

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What happens now is when the push button on GPIO.4 is pressed (and held down) After a count of 9 seconds approx (I was expecting a count of two to give half that time) the TX board led lights but still nothing is transmitted.

The program still doesn't seem to get to encode and transmit, frustrating, any other thoughts?

Dave

Bert

As an aside to the problem, earlier on in the program we have:

Code:

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Main:   
    ' Read port to clear missmatch, if with no buttons pressed, then
    ' clear int-on-change flag & snooze until wake up on change. This
    ' conserves battery power on the demo board with 3V coin cell.
   
  IF GPIO.3= 1 AND GPIO.4= 1 THEN ' Nothing has happened so SLEEP
      E_OUT=0      ' Disable transmitter
      INTCON.0 = 0  ' No Inputs detected or it's still light so clear int on change flag
      @ SLEEP      ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz indefinatly
      @ NOP        ' Do nothing for 1st instruction on wake-up
  ELSE 
  'IF  GPIO.3=0 THEN GOSUB COUNTS 'Bird detected at box - GOTO LABEL COUNTS 
  IF  GPIO.4=0 THEN DARK  'It's got dark? or just cloudy - GOTO LABEL DARK
  ENDIF   
  GOTO MAIN          'Back to sleep / continue counting

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Does this mean that using a WDT and a SLEEP command to save power are kind of mutually exclusive? The SLEEP command turns the PIC off (saving power) then the WDT turns the PIC back on again 4.6seconds later in our case? The above code would keep looping on and off until a button is pressed or the 3v cell goes flat?

Dave

Have spent several interesting but largely fruitless hours trying to make some progress with the program.

However if I jump passed the COUNTER / WDT routine the TX & RX work fine which is good to know.

Here's the code for it:

Code:

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      COUNTER=0        ' clear before entry
WHILE COUNTER <= 2    ' 4.608sec Loop time (Loop for 30 mins = 781)
    INTCON.0 = 0      ' Clear int on change flag
    @ SLEEP
    @ NOP
    CLEARWDT
    COUNTER=COUNTER+1

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One thought does occur to me though, at the start of the program the PIC is placed into SLEEP mode, only to be woken on INTERRUPT.

Code below.

Code:

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IF GPIO.3= 1 AND GPIO.4= 1 THEN ' Nothing has happened so SLEEP
      E_OUT=0      ' Disable transmitter
      INTCON.0 = 0  ' No Inputs detected or it's still light so clear int on change flag
      @ SLEEP      ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz indefinatly
      @ NOP        ' Do nothing for 1st instruction on wake-up
      CLEARWDT
  ELSE 
  'IF  GPIO.3=0 THEN GOSUB COUNTS 'Bird detected at box - GOTO LABEL COUNTS 
  IF  GPIO.4=0 THEN  encode 'DARK 'Encode 'DARK  'It's got dark? or just cloudy - GOTO LABEL DARK

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However, GPIO.4 must be pressed and held down (simulating night time) which causes the wake up from SLEEP interrupt, the program then moves down to the COUNTER / WDT loop. I think I might have found a problem here though. For the COUNTER / WDT loop to work and give a 4.6sec test delay the PIC must go into SLEEP mode, if GPIO.4 is continually held down simulating night time and hence causing an INTERRUPT from SLEEP (continually, even resetting the interrupt won't help as button continually pressed) then my thinking says the COUNTER /WDT loop will never work because the PIC is always being woken up.

A bit garbled I know, sorry, but am I onto something.

Dave

I'm having a problem getting the rfpic transmitter to Tx when I want it to. I've set up an ON INTERRUPT with DISABLE - RESUME - ENABLE and have the INTCON & IOC set at:

Code:

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INTCON = %00001000 & IOC = %00011000

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What happens is, when buttons GPIO3/4 are pressed (and released)the RFEN led after a 5sec delay briefly flashes but no data is sent. If GPIO.3/4 are pressed and held down after 10 secs the RFEN led lights up the five seconds later (button still held down) data is Tx'd, the button is then released and five seconds later the RFEN led goes out.

What I'd like is for the buttons GPIO.3/4 to be pressed, ON INTERRUPT runs then five seconds later after the delay loop the data is Tx'd. Does anyone have any idea on what's going wrong?

Code:

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@ __config _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_OFF & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF
 
    DEFINE OSC 4
    DEFINE OSCCAL_1K 1
    DEFINE NO_CLRWDT 1   
 
    SYMBOL D_OUT = GPIO.2 ' RF serial data output
    SYMBOL E_OUT = GPIO.5 ' RF transmitter enable output
 
    ON INTERRUPT GOTO  Delay
 
    DAT_OUT  VAR BYTE  ' Holds 8-bit data byte
    CHK_SUM  VAR BYTE  ' Holds calculated checksum of outbound data
    VISITS  VAR WORD  ' Loop variable (300 for test)
    I        VAR word  ' Delay Loop Count value 
    BAUD    VAR WORD  ' Holds baud rate
 
    ' Constants
    PreAmble CON $A5    ' 10100101 preamble
    Synch    CON "~"    ' 01111110 synch byte
    N4800    CON 188    ' 4800 bps
    N2400    CON 16780  ' 2400 bps
    GUARD    CON 5      ' 5mS guard time pause
 
 
    ' hardware init
    GPIO = 0            ' Everything off on boot
    ' GPIO.2=data out, GPIO.5=RF enable, GPIO.3,4 = Bird_visit_count / It's dark..maybe
    TRISIO = %00011011  '
    ANSEL = 0          ' Disable A/D
    INTCON = %00001000  ' Enable port change wakeup from sleep
    WPU = %00010000    ' pull-up on for GPIO.4 (external pull-up already on GPIO.3)
    IOC = %00011000    ' Wakeup on change enabled for GPIO.3,4
    VRCON = 0          ' Disable internal Vref
    CMCON = 7          ' Disable comparators
    OPTION_REG = 0      ' Pull-ups on
 
    D_OUT = 0          ' Idles low for inverted serial output
    E_OUT = 0          ' Enable for RF transmitter=0 (transmiter off)
    BAUD = N2400        ' Set baud rate here
 
Main:
    ' Read port to clear missmatch, if with no buttons pressed, then
    ' clear int-on-change flag & snooze until wake up on change. This
    ' conserves battery power on the demo board with 3V coin cell.
    IF GPIO.3= 1 AND GPIO.4= 1 THEN ' Nothing has happened so SLEEP
      E_OUT=0      ' Disable transmitter
      INTCON.0 = 0  ' No Inputs detected or it's still light so clear int on change flag
    @ SLEEP          ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz indefinatly / Waiting for IOC
    @ NOP
    'ON INTERRUPT starts / returns here with Button_press: goes to LABEL - "DELAY":
 
ENDIF
Encode:
 E_OUT=1    ' Turn transmitter on
    pauseus 25  ' Let transmitter settle
    DAT_OUT = %10101001
 
    'Build checksum of 2 data bytes
    CHK_SUM = (DAT_OUT * 2)
 
Transmit:
  'LET VISITS = VISITS / 2  'Just VISITS too not from the box
    LET VISITS = 300 'Test data number
    SEROUT2 D_OUT,BAUD,[PreAmble,Synch,DAT_OUT,DAT_OUT,CHK_SUM,VISITS.highbyte,VISITS.lowbyte]
    PAUSE GUARD ' 5mS guard time gives decoder time to respond,calculate,change,etc.
    GOTO Main
 
disable
 
Delay:
FOR I = 1 TO 5
    PAUSe 1000
nEXT I
INTCON.0 = 0
resume : enable
goto Main

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Dave

I think change this to the number that represents
the mode referenced by this. I "think" baud is
1 byte trying to hold 5 byte ASCII word.

Code:

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BAUD = N2400        ' Set baud rate here

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I am not home right now, so I cannot check, does
this PIC have interrupts? On the pins you want them?
Finally "On Interrupt" is like asking you teen to
clean his room, he will, someday.
Use DT_INTS for fast reliable interrupts, maybe will not fit a 675.

Attachment 5485

Quote:

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does
this PIC have interrupts? On the pins you want them?

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Hi Joe, from the data sheet (pasted above) so yes IOC on pins I need.

I've changed BAUD to:

Code:

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BAUD = 16780        ' Set baud rate here

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Program does same as before though - Also if @SLEEP is commented out as
mackrackit suggested earlier, the rfpic transmits pretty much transmits on button press.

Quote:

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Use DT_INTS for fast reliable interrupts, maybe will not fit a 675.

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I'll have a look into DT_INTS later today, thanks for the pointer.

PS: Sorry for pasting Data sheet info into the thread instead of as an attachment, not sure what I did wrong there.

Dave

Yes, I told you to use DISABLE-ENABLE-RESUME... I thought you were playing with ONINTERUPPT.

Looks like you are still using Bruce's code as a base, so lets go back to it and modify it some.

But first you may want to try Bruce's code as he wrote it to make sure your hardware is working correctly.

Code:

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'****************************************************************
'*  Name    : rfPIC_TX.BAS                                      *
'*  Author  : B. Reynolds                                      *
'*  Notice  : Copyright (c) 2007 Reynolds Electronics          *
'*          : All Rights Reserved                              *
'*  Date    : 10/09/2007                                        *
'*  Version : 1.0                                              *
'*  Notes  : 2-BIT Encoder for remote control with the        *
'*          : rfPIC12F675 on Microchip rfPIC demo board        *
'****************************************************************
@ DEVICE PIC12F675,MCLR_OFF,INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT,WDT_OFF,BOD_OFF
@ DEVICE PWRT_ON,PROTECT_OFF
   
    ' With rfRXD0420 module installed in PICkit 1 board;
    ' SW1 toggles LED D6 on PICkit 1 board
    ' SW2 toggles LED D7 on PICkit 1 board
    DEFINE OSC 4
    DEFINE NO_CLRWDT 1
    DEFINE OSCCAL_1K 1
   
    SYMBOL D_OUT = GPIO.2 ' RF serial data output
    SYMBOL E_OUT = GPIO.5 ' RF transmitter enable output
   
    DAT_OUT VAR BYTE    ' Holds 8-bit data byte
    LOOPS  VAR BYTE    ' Loop var
    CHK_SUM VAR BYTE    ' Holds calculated checksum of outbound data
    BAUD    VAR WORD    ' Holds baud rate
   
    ' Constants
    PreAmble CON $A5    ' 10100101 preamble
    Synch    CON "~"    ' 01111110 synch byte
    N4800    CON 188    ' 4800 bps
    N2400    CON 16780  ' 2400 bps
    GUARD    CON 5      ' 5mS guard time pause
   
    ' hardware init
    GPIO = 0            ' Everything off on boot
    ' GPIO.2=data out, GPIO.5=RF enable, GPIO.3,4=SW1/SW2 switch inputs (rfPIC board)
    TRISIO = %00011011  '
    ANSEL = 0          ' Disable A/D
    INTCON = %00001000  ' Enable port change wakeup from sleep
    WPU = %00010000    ' pull-up on for GPIO.4 (external pull-up already on GPIO.3)
    IOC = %00011000    ' Wakeup on change enabled for GPIO.3,4
    VRCON = 0          ' Disable internal Vref
    CMCON = 7          ' Disable comparators
    OPTION_REG = 0      ' Pull-ups on
   
    D_OUT = 0          ' Idles low for inverted serial output
    E_OUT = 0          ' Enable for RF transmitter=0 (transmiter off)
    BAUD = N2400        ' Set baud rate here
   
Main:   
    ' Read port to clear missmatch, if with no buttons pressed, then
    ' clear int-on-change flag & snooze until wake up on change. This
    ' conserves battery power on the demo board with 3V coin cell.
    IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN ' pins will be 0 only when buttons are pressed
    E_OUT=0        ' Disable transmitter
    INTCON.0 = 0    ' No buttons down, so clear int on change flag
    @ SLEEP        ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz
    @ NOP          ' Do nothing for 1st instruction on wake-up
    ENDIF
    E_OUT=1          ' Enable transmitter (+ lights RFEN LED on demo board)
    PAUSEUS 25      ' Allow RF stage to stabilize
   
    ' Button pressed (or being held down), so keep going 
' Here is where you want to put the 5 second loop
Delay:
FOR I = 1 TO 5
    PAUSe 1000
NEXT I
'Then check the buttons again
IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN

'Look for ENDIF near the end. 
'If button are still pressed then it goes to ENCODE
'If not, go back to MAIN and the INTERRUPT ON CHANGE will be reset
Encode: 
    ' Only DAT_OUT bits 1 and 2 are used. We add a few 1's in bit
    ' positions 0,3,5,7 to balance out the data packet being sent.
    DAT_OUT = %10101001
    ' Get data on button inputs & invert 0's to 1's
    DAT_OUT.0[1]=~GPIO.3
    DAT_OUT.0[2]=~GPIO.4
    INTCON.0 = 0  ' Clear int on change flag
     
    ' Build checksum of 2 data bytes
    CHK_SUM = (DAT_OUT * 2)
   
Transmit:
    SEROUT2 D_OUT,BAUD,[PreAmble,Synch,DAT_OUT,DAT_OUT,CHK_SUM]
    PAUSE GUARD ' 5mS guard time gives decoder time to respond,calculate,change,etc.

    ENDIF
    GOTO Main
       
    END

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Hi mackrackit

Quote:

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Yes, I told you to use DISABLE-ENABLE-RESUME... I thought you were playing with ONINTERUPPT.

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I did and I am still hoping to get it working: Post #893 above has ON INTERRUPT -DISABLE-ENABLE-RESUME in the code.

Thanks for the TX program, I had to change:

Code:

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@DEVICEPIC12F675,MCLR_OFF,INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT,WDT_OFF,BOD_OFF
@ DEVICE PWRT_ON,PROTECT_OFF

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To:

Code:

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@ __config _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_OFF & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF & _BODEN_OFF & _PWRTE_ON

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To make the program compile, are the above changes ok?

So what happened when I ran it? Well the RFEN led lit for five seconds immediately either button was pressed but nothing was transmitted. I then commented out the delay loop, the RFEN led lit when buttons pressed then went off when button released - still no data sent.

I see where you're coming from with the IF - THEN with the program then going onto the ENDIF statement.

I made a small change adding:

Code:

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IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN goto  Main
 if (GPIO.3=0) OR (GPIO.4=0) THEN 'Look for ENDIF

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The result was the RFEN led lit for five seconds immediately either button was pressed but nothing was transmitted (as before) however, when the delay loop was commented out data was trnsmitted.

It seems to me that the delay loop is killing the data transfer. What do you think?

Quote:

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But first you may want to try Bruce's code as he wrote it to make sure your hardware is working correctly.

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I've saved Bruce's original code as Tx - Rx Master, works a treat.

Dave

A breakthrough, I think....

I moved the delay loop to run right after the IOC from @SLEEP. So what happens now is if GPIO.3/4 are held down, after 5sec delay data is Tx'd. If GPIO.3/4 are pressed and released within 5secs PIC goes back to @SLEEP.

mackrackit, idea why moving the delay loop 'made a difference' to my mind it should have worked where you put it too.

Code:

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IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN ' pins will be 0 only when buttons are pressed
    E_OUT=0        ' Disable transmitter
    INTCON.0 = 0    ' No buttons down, so clear int on change flag
    @ SLEEP        ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz
    @ NOP          ' Do nothing for 1st instruction on wake-up
    FOR I = 1 TO 5
      PAUSe 1000
      NEXT I
    ENDIF
    E_OUT=1          ' Enable transmitter (+ lights RFEN LED on demo board)
    PAUSEUS 25      ' Allow RF stage to stabilize
 
'Then check the buttons again
 IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN  Main 'Button not pressed or pressed then released
 if (GPIO.3=0) OR  (GPIO.4=0) THEN      'Carry on to ENDIF & Tx DATA

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Dave

Quote:

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Originally Posted by LEDave

Attachment 5485



Hi Joe, from the data sheet (pasted above) so yes IOC on pins I need.

I've changed BAUD to:

Code:

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BAUD = 16780        ' Set baud rate here

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Program does same as before though - Also if @SLEEP is commented out as
mackrackit suggested earlier, the rfpic transmits pretty much transmits on button press.



I'll have a look into DT_INTS later today, thanks for the pointer.

PS: Sorry for pasting Data sheet info into the thread instead of as an attachment, not sure what I did wrong there.

Dave

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OK, now at home I see why it would work Baud = n2400, because n2400 is set as a symbol in modedefs.bas as 4 (mode 4 ) so its a variable aliasing a constant. Explains Why it Should work. 16780 is a serout2 mode . . . does it work with serout ?
Edit:
Oh My Bad, you are using serout2.

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mackrackit, idea why moving the delay loop 'made a difference' to my mind it should have worked where you put it too.

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I am really missing something or there is something else in your code...
I do not see why you had to move the delay. Your way the delay should be jumped over when a button is pressed...

Made a mistake, please ignore this post,Dave.

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I am really missing something or there is something else in your code...

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Hi mackrackit

I reloaded your code and the rfpic worked exactly as before, namely:

The RFEN led lit for five seconds immediately either button was pressed but nothing was transmitted.

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I do not see why you had to move the delay. Your way the delay should be jumped over when a button is pressed...

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Mm, I thought (hoped) the PIC would go to SLEEP then IOC would wake it and the program would run from where it went to SLEEP, so the next thing it would do was run the delay loop...? ON INTERRUPT is on hold right now until we get the delay loop to work with the rfpic tx-ing after the delay. I'm not using ON INTERRUPT RIGHT now.

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IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN ' pins will be 0 only when buttons are pressed
    E_OUT=0        ' Disable transmitter
    INTCON.0 = 0    ' No buttons down, so clear int on change flag
    @ SLEEP        ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz
    @ NOP          ' Do nothing for 1st instruction on wake-up
    FOR I = 1 TO 5
      PAUSe 1000
      NEXT I
    ENDIF
    E_OUT=1          ' Enable transmitter (+ lights RFEN LED on demo board)
    PAUSEUS 25      ' Allow RF stage to stabilize
 
'Then check the buttons again
 IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN  Main 'Button not pressed or pressed then released
 if (GPIO.3=0) OR  (GPIO.4=0) THEN      'Carry on to ENDIF & Tx DATA

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Dave

Jumping in again, possibly completely off base here. But, is there any kind of max time between when you enable the tx, and when you send it data? Because all I see different about moving the delay loop is then enable is moved after it.

As a side note, why not change the for loop to something much bigger like 1 to 250, then make the pause time of 20. This won't help the current problem, but when you are back to on interrupt you will not be trapped in the pause for near as long.

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Jumping in again, possibly completely off base here. But, is there any kind of max time between when you enable the tx, and when you send it data? Because all I see different about moving the delay loop is then enable is moved after it.

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Hi cncmachineguy, I suspect timing has a lot to do with it (although I don't kow enough to say or point to why).

Plenty of head scratching going on here.

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As a side note, why not change the for loop to something much bigger like 1 to 250, then make the pause time of 20. This won't help the current problem, but when you are back to on interrupt you will not be trapped in the pause for near as long..

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Yes, pauses for too long are bad news for what I'm aiming at with this project.

Dave

In my code try moving

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E_OUT=1          ' Enable transmitter (+ lights RFEN LED on demo board)
    PAUSEUS 25      ' Allow RF stage to stabilize

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to the beginning of the
Encode:
block...

Search this document for "RFEN"..
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/e...doc/70091a.pdf

I moved the code.

What happens is:

1/ If a button is pressed and released RFEN briefly flashes after the 5sec delay (no data is Tx'd).

2/ If a button is continually pressed, nothing happens at all (RFEN doesn't light / no data is Tx'd.

Dave

How is the voltage on the power supply/battery?

I hope Bruce stops in and sees this as I am lost...

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How is the voltage on the power supply/battery?

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I'm using a power supply set at 4.66v.

For some reason my attachments are appearing here 'inline' rather than at the page bottom, sorry.

The comment about dataask going high caught my eye. Maybe our timing is off a touch (not sure if or why) with the RFEN coming on and us missing data-ask going high (there is no technical reason why anything I've just typed is remotely true) Just my gut....aka....Agent Gibbs style...!

Attachment 5503

Dave

Sorry guys, I will have to just keep following. I'm stumpted.

Can you post your entire program as it stands now?

(There's no way my feeble mind can remember all changes through a 23 page thread.)

Two versions to look at really Demon. I've posted two, it might help you see 'something' because although very similar, what they both do is subtley different things.

The first one does this on button presses:

1/ If a button is pressed and released RFEN briefly flashes after the 5sec delay (no data is Tx'd).

2/ If a button is continually pressed, nothing happens at all (RFEN doesn't light / no data is Tx'd.

Code:

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@ __config _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_OFF & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF & _BODEN_OFF & _PWRTE_ON
 
    ' With rfRXD0420 module installed in PICkit 1 board;
    ' SW1 toggles LED D6 on PICkit 1 board
    ' SW2 toggles LED D7 on PICkit 1 board
    DEFINE OSC 4
    DEFINE NO_CLRWDT 1
    DEFINE OSCCAL_1K 1
 
    SYMBOL D_OUT = GPIO.2 ' RF serial data output
    SYMBOL E_OUT = GPIO.5 ' RF transmitter enable output
 
    DAT_OUT VAR BYTE    ' Holds 8-bit data byte
    LOOPS  VAR BYTE    ' Loop var
    CHK_SUM VAR BYTE    ' Holds calculated checksum of outbound data
    BAUD    VAR WORD    ' Holds baud rate
    I      VAR BYTE
 
    ' Constants
    PreAmble CON $A5    ' 10100101 preamble
    Synch    CON "~"    ' 01111110 synch byte
    N4800    CON 188    ' 4800 bps
    N2400    CON 16780  ' 2400 bps
    GUARD    CON 5      ' 5mS guard time pause
 
    ' hardware init
    GPIO = 0            ' Everything off on boot
    ' GPIO.2=data out, GPIO.5=RF enable, GPIO.3,4=SW1/SW2 switch inputs (rfPIC board)
    TRISIO = %00011011  '
    ANSEL = 0          ' Disable A/D
    INTCON = %00001000  ' Enable port change wakeup from sleep
    WPU = %00010000    ' pull-up on for GPIO.4 (external pull-up already on GPIO.3)
    IOC = %00011000    ' Wakeup on change enabled for GPIO.3,4
    VRCON = 0          ' Disable internal Vref
    CMCON = 7          ' Disable comparators
    OPTION_REG = 0      ' Pull-ups on
 
    D_OUT = 0          ' Idles low for inverted serial output
    E_OUT = 0          ' Enable for RF transmitter=0 (transmiter off)
    BAUD = N2400        ' Set baud rate here
 
Main:   
    ' Read port to clear missmatch, if with no buttons pressed, then
    ' clear int-on-change flag & snooze until wake up on change. This
    ' conserves battery power on the demo board with 3V coin cell.
    IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN ' pins will be 0 only when buttons are pressed
    E_OUT=0        ' Disable transmitter
    INTCON.0 = 0    ' No buttons down, so clear int on change flag
    @ SLEEP        ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz
    @ NOP          ' Do nothing for 1st instruction on wake-up
    ENDIF
  ' E_OUT=1          ' Enable transmitter (+ lights RFEN LED on demo board)
  ' PAUSEUS 25      ' Allow RF stage to stabilize
 
' Button pressed (or being held down), so keep going 
' Here is where you want to put the 5 second loop
Delay:
FOR I = 1 TO 5
    PAUSe 1000
NEXT I
'Then check the buttons again
 IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN
'Look for ENDIF near the end. 
'If button are still pressed then it goes to ENCODE
'If not, go back to MAIN and the INTERRUPT ON CHANGE will be reset
Encode:
E_OUT=1          ' Enable transmitter (+ lights RFEN LED on demo board)
PAUSEUS 25      ' Allow RF stage to stabilize
    ' Only DAT_OUT bits 1 and 2 are used. We add a few 1's in bit
    ' positions 0,3,5,7 to balance out the data packet being sent.
    DAT_OUT = %10101001
    ' Get data on button inputs & invert 0's to 1's
    DAT_OUT.0[1]=~GPIO.3
    DAT_OUT.0[2]=~GPIO.4
    INTCON.0 = 0  ' Clear int on change flag
 
    ' Build checksum of 2 data bytes
    CHK_SUM = (DAT_OUT * 2)
 
Transmit:
    SEROUT2 D_OUT,BAUD,[PreAmble,Synch,DAT_OUT,DAT_OUT,CHK_SUM]
    PAUSE GUARD ' 5mS guard time gives decoder time to respond,calculate,change,etc.
    ENDIF
    GOTO Main
 
    END

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This one does this:

1/ Tx's the data after the button is continually held down for 5secs.

2/ The RFEN led briefly flashes (after 5secs) if either button is pressed and released.

Code:

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@ __config _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_OFF & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF & _BODEN_OFF & _PWRTE_ON
 
    ' With rfRXD0420 module installed in PICkit 1 board;
    ' SW1 toggles LED D6 on PICkit 1 board
    ' SW2 toggles LED D7 on PICkit 1 board
    DEFINE OSC 4
    DEFINE NO_CLRWDT 1
    DEFINE OSCCAL_1K 1
 
  ' ON INTERRUPT goto  Delay
 
    SYMBOL D_OUT = GPIO.2 ' RF serial data output
    SYMBOL E_OUT = GPIO.5 ' RF transmitter enable output
 
    DAT_OUT VAR BYTE    ' Holds 8-bit data byte
    LOOPS  VAR BYTE    ' Loop var
    CHK_SUM VAR BYTE    ' Holds calculated checksum of outbound data
    BAUD    VAR WORD    ' Holds baud rate
        I  VAR BYTE
 
        ' Constants
    PreAmble CON $A5    ' 10100101 preamble
    Synch    CON "~"    ' 01111110 synch byte
    N4800    CON 188    ' 4800 bps
    N2400    CON 16780  ' 2400 bps
    GUARD    CON 5      ' 5mS guard time pause
 
    ' hardware init
    GPIO = 0            ' Everything off on boot
    ' GPIO.2=data out, GPIO.5=RF enable, GPIO.3,4=SW1/SW2 switch inputs (rfPIC board)
    TRISIO = %00011011  '
    ANSEL = 0          ' Disable A/D
    INTCON = %00001000  ' Enable port change wakeup from sleep
    WPU = %00010000    ' pull-up on for GPIO.4 (external pull-up already on GPIO.3)
    IOC = %00011000    ' Wakeup on change enabled for GPIO.3,4
    VRCON = 0          ' Disable internal Vref
    CMCON = 7          ' Disable comparators
    OPTION_REG = 0      ' Pull-ups on
 
    D_OUT = 0          ' Idles low for inverted serial output
    E_OUT = 0          ' Enable for RF transmitter=0 (transmiter off)
    BAUD = N2400        ' Set baud rate here
 
Main:   
    ' Read port to clear missmatch, if with no buttons pressed, then
    ' clear int-on-change flag & snooze until wake up on change. This
    ' conserves battery power on the demo board with 3V coin cell.
 
    IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN ' pins will be 0 only when buttons are pressed
    E_OUT=0        ' Disable transmitter
    INTCON.0 = 0    ' No buttons down, so clear int on change flag
    @ SLEEP        ' and start snoozin..zzzzzzzzzzz
    @ NOP          ' Do nothing for 1st instruction on wake-up
    FOR I = 1 TO 5
    PAUSe 1000
    NEXT I
    ENDIF
 
'Then check the buttons again
 
 IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN Encode 'Button pressed & released But carry on)
 if (GPIO.3=0) OR  (GPIO.4=0) THEN        'Carry on to ENDIF & Tx DATA
 
'Look for ENDIF near the end. 
'If button are still pressed then it goes to ENCODE
'If not, go back to MAIN and the INTERRUPT ON CHANGE will be reset
Encode:
 E_OUT=1          ' Enable transmitter (+ lights RFEN LED on demo board)
    PAUSEUS 25      ' Allow RF stage to stabilize 
    ' Only DAT_OUT bits 1 and 2 are used. We add a few 1's in bit
    ' positions 0,3,5,7 to balance out the data packet being sent.
    DAT_OUT = %10101001
    ' Get data on button inputs & invert 0's to 1's
    DAT_OUT.0[1]=~GPIO.3
    DAT_OUT.0[2]=~GPIO.4
    INTCON.0 = 0  ' Clear int on change flag
 
    ' Build checksum of 2 data bytes
    CHK_SUM = (DAT_OUT * 2)
 
Transmit:
    SEROUT2 D_OUT,BAUD,[PreAmble,Synch,DAT_OUT,DAT_OUT,CHK_SUM] 
    PAUSE GUARD ' 5mS guard time gives decoder time to respond,calculate,change,etc.
 
    ENDIF
    GOTO Main
 
    END

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Dave

I started by looking at your first code:

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'Then check the buttons again
 IF (GPIO.3=1) AND (GPIO.4=1) THEN
'Look for ENDIF near the end. 
'If button are still pressed then it goes to ENCODE
'If not, go back to MAIN and the INTERRUPT ON CHANGE will be reset
Encode:
E_OUT=1          ' Enable transmitter (+ lights RFEN LED on demo board)
PAUSEUS 25      ' Allow RF stage to stabilize
    ' Only DAT_OUT bits 1 and 2 are used. We add a few 1's in bit
    ' positions 0,3,5,7 to balance out the data packet being sent.
    DAT_OUT = %10101001
    ' Get data on button inputs & invert 0's to 1's
    DAT_OUT.0[1]=~GPIO.3
    DAT_OUT.0[2]=~GPIO.4
    INTCON.0 = 0  ' Clear int on change flag
 
    ' Build checksum of 2 data bytes
    CHK_SUM = (DAT_OUT * 2)
 
Transmit:
    SEROUT2 D_OUT,BAUD,[PreAmble,Synch,DAT_OUT,DAT_OUT,CHK_SUM]
    PAUSE GUARD ' 5mS guard time gives decoder time to respond,calculate,change,etc.
    ENDIF
    GOTO Main

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If GPIO.3 and GPIO.4 are both 1, then neither are being pressed when pull-up resistors are used.

Code:

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'If button are still pressed then it goes to ENCODE
'If not, go back to MAIN and the INTERRUPT ON CHANGE will be reset

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I read these comments backwards to what the code does.


Personally, the technique of using 1 for OFF and 0 for ON is extremely confusing; it makes trying to follow your code extremely difficult. I always use pull-down resistors and 0=OFF / 1=ON 'cause that's how binary works as well as power switches.

EDIT: Unless it's a requirement for Sleep mode to have current ON, and the interruption signals Wake.

Otherwise, if power consumption is an issue, I'd keep the line OFF, saving power, and only applying a bit of current to Wake.

Hi mackrackit / All

In Bruce's oringinal code, the rfpic (if no buttons are pressed) goes to SLEEP until a button is pressed then Encodes & Tx's straight away.

It seemed to me the data Tx is dependant on a button press occuring and staying pressed until the data is Tx'd. If a button is pressed then released the RFEN led flashes but no data is ever sent, hence our delay loop problem, the button is pressed then released by the time the loop has run the button press is history. The the only time data has ever Tx'd is when the button is actually pressed when the code gets to 'Transmit'.

I added LOW GPIO.4 to simulate a button press (staying pressed) result: The rfpic Tx'd no problem after the delay loop had run.

We now have a IOC that wakes up from sleep, then runs a delay loop, then Tx's the data. We've cracked it you cry.....hoorah! Well almost, problem is the rfpic locks into Tx mode (GPIO.4 is always low - Button is never released if you like).

Figure a way of GPIO.4 back to 'normal' and we're there, any thoughts. Bear in mind though that GPIO.4 must be 'low' to make the rfpic Tx.

Any ideas....?

Code:

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Transmit:
LOW GPIO.4
    SEROUT2 D_OUT,BAUD,[PreAmble,Synch,DAT_OUT,DAT_OUT,CHK_SUM]
    PAUSE GUARD ' 5mS guard time gives decoder time to respond,calculate,change,etc.

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Dave

Hi Demon

I hear what you're saying. By the time this project is finished a lot of changes will have been made to the set-up.

This is my first excursion into RF, with Tx - Rx programs that Bruce kindly posted up. Right now it's a learning curve for me.

Dave

I think I've sent everyone on a wild Goose chase (sorry):o.

Mackrackit's Tx code was working fine all along.

I now think It's the Rx program that holds the key. The reason I think this is becasue Bruce's Rx program (as I understand it) looks to reset if no data recieved within 65ms of button press ( that's why the data only ever Tx'd with a button actually pressed). Any timing loop throws out the 65ms data arrival, hence no flahing led.

I commented out a section of the Rx program and although not working perfectly, the Rx led now flashes after the time delay and data is sent.

What do we think? Am I on to something here?

Again apologies for the curved ball.

Dave

Well thats good to know, Thanks Dave!! So does that me the Tx side is done? Do we get to see the Rx side to chew on for a bit?

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Well thats good to know, Thanks Dave!! So does that me the Tx side is done?

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Hi Bert

Well no the Tx side still has work to be done. The delay loop problem has / had to be overcome to get the project code to do what I want it to. The GPIO.3 / 4 pins will need to be set as as Demon posted earlier, namely:

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I always use pull-down resistors and 0=OFF / 1=ON 'cause that's how binary works as well as power switches.

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Do we get to see the Rx side to chew on for a bit?

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I'll tidy it up and post it tomorrow. The big thing for me is that Mackrackit agree's I'm on the right track with my thinking regards Rx being the problem not the Tx side.

Dave

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Mackrackit's Tx code was working fine all along.

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But the other code (Bruce's) worked when my mod did not appear to ???

Yup, we need to see both ends.


But it does sound like you are on to something....

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But the other code (Bruce's) worked when my mod did not appear to ???

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It did / does. Bruce's code for the Tx - Rx on button press works a treat, it never misses a beat. The problem appears when we try and add in a time delay loop.

Here's Bruce's original Rx code (a button press on the transmitter = immediate led flash on Rx board).

Code:

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'****************************************************************
'*  Name    : rfPIC_RX.BAS                                      *
'*  Author  : B. Reynolds                                      *
'*  Notice  : Copyright (c) 2007 Reynolds Electronics          *
'*          : All Rights Reserved                              *
'*  Date    : 10/09/2007                                        *
'*  Version : 1.0 (Momentary decoder version)                  *
'*  Notes  : 2-Bit decoder for Microchip RF dev system        *
'*          : with rfRXD0420 module installed in PICkit 1 board *
'*  PIC    :  PIC16F684 Originally PIC16F676!!!                                      *
'****************************************************************
@ __config _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_OFF & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF & _PWRTE_ON
    DEFINE OSC 4
    DEFINE NO_CLRWDT 1      ' Watchdog timer is disabled, so we don't need to reset it
    DEFINE INTHAND RESET_VT ' Interrupt on Timer1 overflow to reset outputs in 65.5mS
                            ' if no serial data received in this time period
    SYMBOL  D_IN = PORTC.1  ' data input pin
    SYMBOL  TMR1IF = PIR1.0 ' Timer1 overflow interrupt flag (reset in int handler)
    SYMBOL  TMR1IE = PIE1.0 ' Timer1 interrupt enable bit
 
    'Variables for saving state in interrupt handler
    wsave  VAR BYTE $5F system    ' Saves W
    ssave  VAR BYTE bank0 system  ' Saves STATUS
    psave  VAR BYTE bank0 system  ' Saves PCLATH
    fsave  VAR BYTE bank0 system  ' Saves FSR
 
    ' Working variables
    MATCH    VAR BYTE bank0 system ' Match variable
    DAT_OUTB  VAR BYTE  ' Holds decoded data for output
    DAT_IN1  VAR BYTE  ' 1st Data byte
    DAT_IN2  VAR BYTE  ' 2nd Data byte for verify
    CHK_SUM  VAR BYTE  ' Holds checksum received
    CheckSum  VAR BYTE  ' Computed checksum of all bytes received
    LOOPS    VAR BYTE  ' Loop var
 
    ' Constants
    Synch    CON "~"    ' 01111110 synch byte
    N2400    CON 16780  ' 2400 bps inverted
    N4800    CON 188    ' 4800 bps inverted
 
    ' hardware init
    PORTA = 0
    TRISA = %00111001  ' RA1 and RA2 are LED outputs
    PORTC = 0          ' Clear outputs on power-up
    TRISC = %00111110  ' RC1 = RF input
    IOC = 0            ' Interrupt on change disabled
    VRCON = 0          ' Comparator Vref disabled
    CMCON0 = 7          ' Disable comparators
    ANSEL = 0          ' disable A/D
    OPTION_REG = 128    ' Pull-ups off
 
    ' Setup Timer1 for resets after ~65.5mS
    T1CON = %00000000  ' Internal clock, 1:1 prescale, Timer1 off for now
    TMR1L = 0
    TMR1H = 0          ' Timer1 low & high bytes cleared
    TMR1IF = 0          ' Clear Timer1 overflow flag before enabling interrupt
    TMR1IE = 1          ' Enable Timer1 overflow interrupt
    INTCON = %11000000  ' Global & peripheral ints enabled
    MATCH = 0          ' Clear match count
    GOTO    MAIN        ' Jump over int handler
 
ASM  ; Timer1 overflow interrupt resets outputs when no valid key press
    ; is detected within ~65mS
RESET_VT
    movwf  wsave  ; Save W
    swapf  STATUS, W    ; Swap STATUS to W (swap avoids changing STATUS)
    clrf  STATUS  ; Clear STATUS
    movwf  ssave  ; Save swapped STATUS
    movf  PCLATH, W    ; Move PCLATH to W
    movwf  psave  ; Save PCLATH
    movf  FSR, W  ; Move FSR to W
    movwf  fsave        ; Save FSR
 
    ; Do interrupt stuff here
    bcf    T1CON,TMR1ON  ; Stop Timer1
    clrf  TMR1L        ; Clear low byte
    clrf  TMR1H        ; Clear high byte
    bcf    PIR1,TMR1IF  ; Clear Timer1 interrupt flag bit
    clrf  PORTA        ; Clear outputs on button release
    clrf  MATCH        ; Clear match variable
 
    ; Restore FSR, PCLATH, STATUS and W registers
    movf    fsave, W  ; retrieve FSR value
    movwf  FSR  ; Restore it to FSR
    movf    psave, W  ; Retrieve PCLATH value
    movwf  PCLATH  ; Restore it to PCLATH
    swapf  ssave, W    ; Get swapped STATUS value (swap to avoid changing STATUS)
    movwf  STATUS  ; Restore it to STATUS
    swapf  wsave, F  ; Swap the stored W value
    swapf  wsave, W  ; Restore it to W (swap to avoid changing STATUS)
    bsf    T1CON,TMR1ON ; Re-enable Timer1 before exiting interrupt handler
    retfie  ; Return from the interrupt
ENDASM
 
MAIN:
 
    ' Fire up Timer1 before entry to serial input routine
    T1CON.0 = 1
 
    ' at 4MHz Timer1 overflows in 65536 * 1uS (~65.5mS) if no Synch byte
    ' and serial data arrive on time. SERIN2 timeout & label options
    ' are useless with a noisy RF receiver output - as noise continually
    ' resets the timeout period causing it to hang forever.
 
    ' Wait for Synch byte, then get new inbound data & checksum
    SERIN2 D_IN,N2400,[WAIT(Synch),DAT_IN1,DAT_IN2,CHK_SUM]
 
    T1CON.0 = 0    ' Stop Timer1 once we've received data
    TMR1L = 0      ' Clear low byte
    TMR1H = 0      ' Clear high byte
 
    ' / **** Begin data validation **** /
 
    ' Calculate checksum by adding 2 data bytes together
    CheckSum = DAT_IN1 + DAT_IN2
 
    ' Test new checksum against one received in CHK_SUM
    IF CheckSum != CHK_SUM THEN MAIN ' Failed checksum, return
 
    ' Test data bytes for match
    IF (DAT_IN1) != (DAT_IN2) THEN MAIN ' Failed data comparison, return
 
    MATCH = MATCH + 1        ' We have a match so increment match count
    IF MATCH = 2 THEN DECODE ' Everything matched twice, we're good
    GOTO Main                ' Else do it all over
 
    ' Everything looking good - so place new data on outputs
DECODE:
    ' Place decoded values on port pins..
    PORTA = DAT_IN1 & %00000110
    DAT_IN1 = !DAT_IN2  ' Destroy the match
    MATCH = 0
    GOTO MAIN
 
    END

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And here's the 'chopped down' version which doesn't Rx on every Tx but DOES Rx after the timing loop on the Tx has run.

Code:

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@ __config _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_OFF & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF & _PWRTE_ON
    DEFINE OSC 4
    DEFINE NO_CLRWDT 1      ' Watchdog timer is disabled, so we don't need to reset it
 
    SYMBOL  D_IN = PORTC.1  ' data input pin
 
    ' Working variables
    MATCH    VAR BYTE bank0 system ' Match variable
    DAT_OUTB  VAR BYTE  ' Holds decoded data for output
    DAT_IN1  VAR BYTE  ' 1st Data byte
    DAT_IN2  VAR BYTE  ' 2nd Data byte for verify
    CHK_SUM  VAR BYTE  ' Holds checksum received
    CheckSum  VAR BYTE  ' Computed checksum of all bytes received
    LOOPS    VAR BYTE  ' Loop var
    VISITS    var word  ' Test BYTE with a value of 3 - DT
    X        VAR BYTE  ' Loop counter value Byte - DT
    Total    var byte
 
    ' Constants
    Synch    CON "~"    ' 01111110 synch byte
    N2400    CON 16780  ' 2400 bps inverted
    N4800    CON 188    ' 4800 bps inverted
 
    ' hardware init
    PORTA = 0
    TRISA = %00111001  ' RA1 and RA2 are LED outputs
    PORTC = 0          ' Clear outputs on power-up
    TRISC = %00101110  ' RC1 = RF input
    IOC = 0            ' Interrupt on change disabled
    VRCON = 0          ' Comparator Vref disabled
    CMCON0 = 7          ' Disable comparators
    ANSEL = 0          ' disable A/D
    OPTION_REG = 128    ' Pull-ups off
 
 
    INTCON =  %11000000 ' Global & peripheral ints enabled
    MATCH = 0          ' Clear match count
    GOTO    MAIN        ' Jump over int handler
 
MAIN:       
 
    ' Wait for Synch byte, then get new inbound data & checksum
    SERIN2 D_IN,N2400,[WAIT(Synch),DAT_IN1,DAT_IN2,CHK_SUM,VISITS.HIGHBYTE,VISITS.LOWBYTE]
 
    ' / **** Begin data validation **** /
 
    ' Calculate checksum by adding 2 data bytes together
    CheckSum = DAT_IN1 + DAT_IN2
 
    ' Test new checksum against one received in CHK_SUM
    IF CheckSum != CHK_SUM THEN MAIN ' Failed checksum, return
 
    ' Test data bytes for match
    IF (DAT_IN1) != (DAT_IN2) THEN MAIN ' Failed data comparison, return
 
  '  MATCH = MATCH + 1        ' We have a match so increment match count
  ' IF MATCH = 2 THEN DECODE ' Everything matched twice, we're good
  ' GOTO Main                ' Else do it all over
 
    ' Everything looking good - so place new data on outputs
DECODE:
 
    'DAT_IN1 = !DAT_IN2  ' Destroy the match
  ' MATCH = 0
 
    IF VISITS = 300 THEN  LED   
    GOTO MAIN
 
lED:
 
    for X = 1 to 3  'Test=7  or 600
    HIGH PORTA.1 
    PAUSE 500
    LOW PORTA.1
    pause 500
    next X
    GOTO MAIN
 
 
    END

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Dave

I use config fuse WTD_OFF and never had to use this:

Quote:

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DEFINE NO_CLRWDT 1 ' Watchdog timer is disabled, so we don't need to reset it

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(still looking over rest of code)