First timer...building a remote controlled vehicle

[.n0rig.]

wtf...double post and I don't know why...READ BELOW

[.n0rig.]

That part I am good in, it is the if then and stuff that after I connect the chips to a power source....the transmitter is supposed to send the already set numbers to the receiver. When the receiver gets that info., it is supposed to use that information to control the in/out at the car so it can turn the motors on or off.

EDIT: WORKED PERFECTLY! NOW LET ME CENTER MY THING AROUND THAT...

This is what I did to test it with your code and it worked perfectly

Start:

PORTc.1 = 1 'turn communication pin high
TRAIN=$55         
MOVEMENT	VAR	BYTE[2]  'ARRAY VARIABLE
SERIN2 PORTC.1,396,[WAIT("9"),STR MOVEMENT\2]
direction = MOVEMENT[0]
turns = MOVEMENT[1]
if turns = 1 then
high porta.1
if turns = 2 then
high porta.5
else 
goto start
endif
endif
;goto checkdirection
goto start

BRILLIANT! I LOVE YOU! (just...I apreciate you )
Now to learn how to wire those buttons up so that they work when I press them down...I really don't know anything about that. Lets say I have porta.1 connected to a button that is also connected to ground pin (which is connect to ground...). In my code, will I be looking for a "0" or "1". *just thought of this: will I have to use the poke command to get the status of the pin (either low or high)*

Regards,

n0rig

[mackrackit]

Have one side of the button connected to 5 volts, the other to the PIC pin. Have a 10 k resistor connected to the same PIC pin and ground (zero).

When the button is pushed ( assuming it is NO ) the PIN pin will be forced HIGH, that is 1.

IF PORTA.1 = 1 THEN LABEL

Being this sounds like a school project, can you tell me why the below worked?

SERIN2 PORTC.1,396,[WAIT("9"),STR MOVEMENT\2]

[.n0rig.]

I am assuming that it "waited" to receive a digit of 9, then the array of 2 movement split the next 2 incoming bytes into the array.

That part worked if afterward I did a check on what digit was sent (in this case, a 1), and then if it was a 1, to turn the pin porta.1 high. This worked and turned an LED i had put there on. Buttttt, when I did the same thing with the following if then statements...it did not work:

;lets get moving!
checkdirection:
;forward and backwards
if direction = 0 then
goto checkturns 
if direction = 1 THEN 
goto forward
if direction = 2 then 
goto backward
endif
endif
endif

checkturns:
;forward and backwards
if turns = 0 then
goto start 

start_turn: 
if turns = 1 THEN 
goto turnleft
if turns = 2 then 
goto turnright
endif
endif
endif
goto start

;left and right turns
forward:
if turns = 0 then
goto forwardgo
if turns = 1 THEN 
goto forwardleft
if turns = 2 then
goto forwardright
endif
endif
endif

forwardgo:
high forwardl
high forwardr
pause 500
low forwardl
low forwardr

goto start

I am not sure why it would not work...