COUNT is not counting again

[jellis00]

FYI, there's a new DEFINE for that

DEFINE WRITE_INT 1

I don't see this DEFINE listed in Appendix B of the PICBASIC PRO manual, which supposedly lists all DEFINEs.
Can you explain how you would use this to replace the code statements Joe lists to mask interrupts while writing? Do you just precede the WRITE statement with DEFINE WRITE_INT1? After the WRITE, do you still have to re-enable the interrupt? I guess if you have to do all this, I don't see how it is any more efficient than using Joe's 4 statements.

[Bruce]

If DEFINE WRITE_INT isn't in your manual, then you probably have an older version of PBP
or an old manual before this new define option was added.

Newer versions of PBP include a check for this in the WRITE library. If you have DEFINE
WRITE_INT 1 declared, it automatically disables interrupts before the write, and re-enables
interrupts immediately after the write is complete.

It just saves you from having to remember to do it yourself.

[jellis00]

PROBLEM SOLVED ON THIS THREAD.

Thanks, Bruce, for clarification on DEFINE. I will use this in all future programs where I have write statements.

Joe S., the 0.01 uF capacitor definitely solved my switch bounce problem. The code now works perfectly and always counts exactly 15 pulses when it activates the external pulse to the valve solenoid.

Your guys are stupendous! I learned more in the interchanges during this thread about programming PIC MCUs than I have learned in weeks reading different sources.

Thanks again and keep up the good work!