Problem with DATA in PBP

[Archilochus]

Hi kacho,
I don't know if "DATA" can be used to write a string like that.
Maybe try:
DATA @100,72,79,76,65,32,71,69,78,84,69 ;ASCII values for " HOLA GENTE "
(hope I got the ASCII codes right).

Arch

< EDIT >
Hmmm... the manual says "DATA" can handle strings - strange.
< EndEDIT >

[NavMicroSystems]

Arch,

DATA can handle strings, and kacho's code example is ok.

The problem must be with his loader.

I don't know this loader, so I cant tell wether or not there are options like

- write code only
- write data only
- write code and data

so far it looks like there has just no data been written.

Let's wait for kacho to get back with his results from the test I have suggested.

[Archilochus]

Hi Ralph,
Yup - noticed that once I took a peek at the PBP manual (that's why I added the < EDIT > line to my original post).

Now only if we could assign strings to arrays :-)

Arch

[NavMicroSystems]

This

is a workaround to assign (static) strings to arrays

[DynamoBen]

The bootloader doesn't seem to program the onboard EEProm. I'm not entirely sure that it is supposed to.

Post to the forum on the sparkfun site...sparky is pretty good about responding to posts.

[Dave]

dynamoben, I have used strings with data statements before w/16f88 processors without any problems. Here ia a line of code I have used with a current project: INTRO DATA @0,10,13,"WHITBOX3.BAS (05/19/2005)",10,13,0
The word "intro" is the data location pointer for the program. I quess I'm only saying that the statement you had used is good.....

Dave Purola,
N8NTA

[DynamoBen]

I'm not suggesting that the DATA statement won't work for that chip. I know DATA will work. However Screamer will not program the onboard eeprom (in my expirence). I'm currently working on a project with screamer and a 16F876A. When I program via the loader is doesn't reprogram my onboard EEProm values, I end up having to use a conventional programming method.