Data conversions

Wanted to do a temp probe using the 1822 but then got into a situation. The sample code provided to me does an Lcdout command with a dec(temperature) to display. According to the manual this is a decimal conversion from ascii. Then I wanted to be able to store data. Up to here I was ok. Write to eeprom. But I decided to use a serout command instead of LCDout which totally barfed when I tried to compile. I have tried to convert the data into something more friendly like a standard string but am unable to come up with any solution. Yes, I can just use the lcdout command but now it's turned into a challenge/learning experience. Any one have an idea of how to start to convert this into a standard string or how to get this to use the serout command? Even if it's not practical to program into the chip I'm interested from a learning perspective now.

Thanks much

Code:

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SerPin VAR PortA.0 ' Serial output pin
temperature    VAR    WORD            ' Temperature storage
count_remain    VAR    BYTE            ' Count remaining
count_per_c    VAR    BYTE            ' Count per degree C

DQ      VAR    PORTC.0                ' One-wire data pin

' Define LCD registers and bits
DEFINE  LCD_DREG        PORTD
DEFINE  LCD_DBIT        4
DEFINE  LCD_RSREG      PORTE
DEFINE  LCD_RSBIT      0
DEFINE  LCD_EREG        PORTE
DEFINE  LCD_EBIT        1

AA var byte
BB var byte
CC var byte
DD var byte


        ADCON1 = %00000111              ' Set PORTA and PORTE to digital
        Low PORTE.2                    ' LCD R/W line low (W)


mainloop:
        OWOUT DQ, 1, [$CC, $44] ' Start temperature conversion

        pause 2000

        OWOUT DQ, 1, [$CC, $BE]        ' Read the temperature
        OWIN DQ, 0, [temperature.LOWBYTE, temperature.HIGHBYTE]

        ' Calculate temperature in degrees C to 2 decimal places
        ' (not valid for negative temperature)
        temperature = temperature */ 1600
        LCDOUT $fe, 1, DEC (temperature / 100), ".", DEC2 temperature, " C"

        ' Calculate temperature in degrees F to 2 decimal places
        ' (not valid for negative temperature)
        temperature = (temperature */ 461) + 3200
        LCDOUT $fe, $c0, DEC (temperature / 100), ".", DEC2 temperature, " F"
       
serout serpin,N9600,{(temperature/100)] 'won't even compile             

GoTo mainloop                  ' Do it forever

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syntax error
{ != [
check your serout line

Wow, that sure makes me feel like a drone, I looked at that a hundred times.
Thanks

Ok, so that makes it compile but all I get is garbage out. The data is not compatible to that command so I still need to convert the data.
Anyone have any ideas?

Well, provided you've got baudrate, voltage levels and polarity all correct it looks like what's missing is the DEC modifier in serout command. Without the dEC modifier you're sending the data "as is" and not as ASCII text that you can read on a terminal.

Code:

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serout serpin,N9600,[DEC (temperature/100)]

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/Henrik.

Yes, that's true, but if you add dec to the serout command it doesn't compile

serout2 serpin,N9600,[DEC (temperature/100)] if possible

or

serout serpin,N9600,[#(temperature/100)]

or

might need to be
temp=temperature/100

serout serpin,N9600,[#temp]