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    Default Proper Technique of Setting Config Values

    Hello,

    What is the proper technique for setting configuration values?
    The below works fine, but, being all in one line, it is hard to read vs the older style below it.


    #CONFIG
    __config _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_OFF & _MCLRE_OFF & _CP_OFF & _BOD_ON & _IESO_OFF & _FCMEN_OFF & _PWRTE_ON


    #ENDCONFIG


    '@ DEVICE PIC16F684
    '@ DEVICE INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT
    '@ DEVICE WDT_OFF
    '@ DEVICE MCLR_OFF
    '@ DEVICE BOD_ON
    '@ DEVICE IESO_OFF
    '@ DEVICE FCMEN_OFF
    '@ DEVICE PWRT_ON

    Thanks,

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    Default Re: Proper Technique of Setting Config Values

    Darrel showed me to do it this way in PBP, not PBP3 :
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    @MyConfig = _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_OFF & _PWRTE_ON  
    @MyConfig = MyConfig & _MCLRE_OFF & _BOR_OFF & _FCMEN_OFF & _IESO_OFF 
    @ __config  MyConfig
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    What is the proper technique for setting configuration values?
    The proper way is described in the manual and for a 16F part it IS the "one liner". Back in the day MELABS had their own assembler for which the @ DEVICE stuff you reference was used. PM is now obsolete and you need to use whatever Microchip dictates for their MPASM. The manual states:
    Microchip determines the form and syntax of the actual configuration directives, and they are not consistent for different families of PIC microcontrollers.
    So, with PBP3 and a 16F part you do it the one line way, for the 16F684:
    Code:
    #CONFIG
       __config _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT & _WDT_ON & _MCLRE_ON & _CP_OFF
    #ENDCONFIG
    Which, I suppose you could "extend" to what Arcangel is showing (not tested and IMHO more cluttered than the oneliner)
    Code:
    @MyConfig = _INTRC_OSC_NOCLKOUT
    @MyConfig = MyConfig & _WDT_ON
    @MyConfig = MyConfig & _MCLR_ON
    @MyConfig = MyConfig & _CP_OFF
    
    #CONFIG
       __config MyConfig
    #ENDCONFIG
    For 18F parts it's more like the way it was with the PM assembler:
    Code:
    #config
      CONFIG FOSC = HS
      CONFIG WDTEN = OFF
      CONFIG PWRT = ON
      CONFIG BOREN = OFF
      CONFIG PBADEN = OFF
      CONFIG MCLRE = OFF
      CONFIG LVP = OFF
      CONFIG DEBUG = OFF
      CONFIG XINST = OFF
    #endconfig
    /Henrik.

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    Reply: It IS more cluttered BUT for those who have both poor vision and do not use a wide
    screen monitor it allows you to string
    the configs across several lines . . .
    And it IS tested, I use it on a regular basis. I have PBP3 but use PBP2.6c mostly because I use simpler PICs
    and do not want to fritz with PBP3 s configs . . .
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    Well, I did ask but am disappointed.
    Yes, that alternate method is even more cluttered and confusing.
    Raises more rule questions than the awkward but more clearer one-liner.

    Not being as sophisticated as you all, I strive for consistency in formatting,
    hoping that anything "messy" has not been thought through yet by me.

    Thanks!

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    Default Re: Proper Technique of Setting Config Values

    Quote Originally Posted by Zebryk View Post
    Well, I did ask but am disappointed.
    Yes, that alternate method is even more cluttered and confusing.
    Raises more rule questions than the awkward but more clearer one-liner.

    Not being as sophisticated as you all, I strive for consistency in formatting,
    hoping that anything "messy" has not been thought through yet by me.

    Thanks!
    Well, you can always use the U2 Melabs programmer and the software that comes with it. It is very easy to use.

    http://store.melabs.com/prod/u2/U2.html

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    If you you use the programmer to set the fuses, how do you remember what they were 3 months later?

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