Switch sensor vs. switch PIC pin

[fratello]

Thank for reply !
The reading of temperature is ...chaotic ! Sometimes I want to see the temperature of outside, sometimes -the temperature of inside ! Without any rule !
So, I need one switch... OK, the ideea to use both sensor on the same bus it's good, but...i need to read the serial number of each sensor and keep this serials in eeprom ?! It is one simply way to do this with PBP commands ? I made once one termometer using 1-wire commands and I remember it's not so easy ...

[Archangel]

You could have your Main loop check the status of a switch, not in your sensor loop, if closed it jumps to a sub routine to check one and if open it goes to a different sub routine. the DS18B20 temp sensors never get switched, they are always on, so no noise problem.
In the sub routines use your owout / owin and jumps to display refresh routine with pertinent data.
You could even have the main loop read both sensors every loop and have your subs just display the variables your data is stored in.

[fratello]

So the second variant it's better ?!

[Archangel]

Hi Fratello,
Well your complaint was noise interfered with data when you switch the device in /out. If you leave it "in circuit" all the time it eliminates that possibility. By using a separate input to detect a switch the noise is confined there. You might also consider using a pin that has an interrupt available, so it changes in "real time", instead of waiting for a loop to get around to it.

[fratello]

So...This is correct ?

...
If portA.7= 1 then
valoare=temperature
semn=sign
else
valoare=temperature2
semn=sign2
Endif

Gosub Selectie
Gosub Display				' B for Common CATOD;without B for Common ANOD

Goto Main

'======================================================================================       
Selectie :

IF semn ="-" then					
    DIGIT_3="-"
    else
    DIGIT_3=" "
ENDIF
 
IF valoare DIG 2 = 0 THEN
    DIGIT_2 = " "
    ELSE
    DIGIT_2 = valoare dig 2
ENDIF

    DIGIT_1 = valoare dig 1
    DIGIT_0 = valoare dig 0

RETURN
'======================================================================================       
Display:					' For Common ANOD
for i=0 to 4
    TEMP = DIGIT_3 : gosub segments
    COMMON_3 = 1 : PAUSE 1 : COMMON_3 = 0

     
    TEMP = DIGIT_2 : GOSUB segments
    COMMON_2 = 1 : PAUSE 1 : COMMON_2 = 0
   
    TEMP = DIGIT_1 : GOSUB segments
    COMMON_1 = 1 : DP = 0 : PAUSE 1 : COMMON_1 = 0 : DP = 1
  
    TEMP = DIGIT_0 : GOSUB segments
    COMMON_0 = 1 : PAUSE 1 : COMMON_0 = 0
next i
RETURN

Thanks for support !

[fratello]

One of my DS18B20 it's about 4 meters from PIC. What is the smaller value of resistor used for this sensor ? Can I try with 1k ? Thanks !

[pedja089]

I have used 15m cable and pull up resistor 680 ohms. Resistor value depends greatly on the capacity of cable. And the capacity of the cable depends on the length.