LCD BARgraphs

[crematory]

Hi Acetronics

I had the same problem, when you use the macro, be careful about the letters upper and lower case thingy, I mean Blocks and blocks are different when you use MPASM. Darrel wrote blocks in LCDbar_INC file in the difintions, so you have to use blocks, not Blocks in the macro, the same applies for lines and boxed. This worked fine for me.

For example:

' In LCDbar_INC file you will find the following definitions that darrel wrote:
ASM
lines = 0x10000001                            ; Define the Styles
boxed = 0x10000002
blocks = 0x10000003
ENDASM
' No need to change them nay way...

In your code, you will use this macro:
;  BARgraph   Value, Row, Col, Width, Range, Style
@ BARgraph  _VOL_L,   2,   0,    20,   255, Blocks    ' Doesn't work

;  BARgraph   Value, Row, Col, Width, Range, Style
@ BARgraph  _VOL_L,   2,   0,    20,   255, blocks    ' Works fine

In order to change to Blocks, Lines, and Boxed. Instead of block, lines, and boxed, you have to change the following in LCDBar_INC file:

ASM
Lines = 0x10000001                            ; Define the Styles
Boxed = 0x10000002
Blocks = 0x10000003
ENDASM

And this too:

    if ((Style >= Lines) & (Style <= Blocks)) ; Is Style a valid constant ?
        MOVE?CB    Style, _BAR_style
    else                                      ; NO, treat it like a variable
        MOVE?BB    Style, _BAR_style
    endif

After that you can use Blocks, Lines, and Boxed in your code macro.