Serout/Serout2 on pin RC6

[Dave]

Ioannis, Obviously none of you are reading the data sheets for the processors you are trying to program... Set RCSTA.7 to 0 and the port is all yours...

Dave Purola,
N8NTA

[skimask]

Ioannis, Obviously none of you are reading the data sheets for the processors you are trying to program... Set RCSTA.7 to 0 and the port is all yours...
Dave Purola,
N8NTA

Or are they?
Post #6 above...

TXSTA=2 and RCSTA=0 did not help.

[Ioannis]

Thanks all. It is weird that it will not work setting the SPEN to 0. I did try it and did not get any positive result. If anyone can try it on its own I'd be obliged.

Ioannis

[mackrackit]

Ioannis, Obviously none of you are reading the data sheets for the processors you are trying to program... Set RCSTA.7 to 0 and the port is all yours...

What!!! Read the data sheet!!! That is just asking tooo much

Anywho, that is why I suggested
TXSTA = %00000000

being we are dealing with the transmit part/pin..

bit 5 is all that, I thought, needed set to zero.

Ioannis,
When I get home this weekend I am going to play with this.

[Ioannis]

Thanks Dave. It is not in TXSTA but in RCSTA, bit 7 where the UART is enabled/disaled. But as I stated before, once it is enebled and there are even 1 Hserout command somewhere in the program, I cannot gain control of the port pin. May be I got a defective chip, maybe there is a ghost around. I cannot explain it.

Before posting usually the manual/data sheet is really dusted good. In vein...

I will try tomorrow with different system (MCU/PC/Programs).

Ioannis

[Ioannis]

I am a little embarrased. I feel like Goofy. Anyway. The problem was the Decimal/Hexadeciml numbers I got confussed.

Mister-e has involved to this! His utility shows the numbers in Decimal, while the copy variables has a mix of decimal/hex numbers.

All is working OK now. Sorry for the lost time.

Ioannis

P.S. I Attache the test code for On the fly Baud Rate changing.

[mackrackit]

I am a little embarrased. I feel like Goofy.

Me too.

To switch from hardware to software

'# 16F877A 
DEFINE OSC 20
X   VAR BYTE
START:X = X + 1
HIGH PORTD.2 :PAUSE 250:LOW PORTD.2:PAUSE 250' HEARTBEAT
RCSTA=$90:TXSTA=$24:SPBRG=129:HSEROUT ["HSER ",DEC X,13,10]
PAUSE 250:RCSTA=$0:SEROUT2 PORTC.6,84,["SER ",DEC X,13,10]
GOTO START