OWOUT Glitch

[retepsnikrep]

More testing reveals if I just change one Alias and then change the output the program works or doesn't.

ChargerMain var PORTA.6 'Charger Mains Relay Out (OWOUT Works)
low ChargerMain 'This Works
high ChargerMain 'This Works


ChargerMain var LATA.6 'Charger Mains Relay Out (OWOUT Fails if I do either of the next lines)
low ChargerMain 'This Fails
high ChargerMain 'This Fails

If I don't do HIGH or LOW OWOUT works.


It's not even the same PORT or BIT the DS18B20 sensor is connected to PORTC.4

I don't see any PIC internal connection or multiplexing/alternate functions etc between A.6 and C.4

[richard]

ChargerMain var LATA.6 'Charger Mains Relay Out (OWOUT Fails if I do either of the next lines)
low ChargerMain 'This Fails
high ChargerMain 'This Fails

not surprising at all. using pbp "high level" commands like HIGH,LOW is not allowable
with LATX registers . its in the manual

2.2.3 Use in High-Level Commands
The data-direction is set automatically for most of the PBP high-level commands. If the command sends output, the pin is set for output. If the command reads the digital state of the pin, the pin will be set to input. PBP does not set the data-direction back to its original state after such commands are executed.
Either the PORT.PIN designations or the aliases you have assigned may be used directly in PBP commands. For instance, there is no need to read a pin value to a variable before testing it. You can test an input pin directly with:
IF switch = 0 THEN ' Check state of switch pin
HIGH led1 ' LED on
PAUSE 500 ' Delay 500mS
LOW led1 ' LED off
ENDIF
I2CREAD PORTB.5, PORTB.4, $A0, location,[B_val]
Note the use of the HIGH and LOW commands in the preceding example. These are considered high-level commands because they do more than just set the bit in the PORTx register. They also set the data-direction to output.

[retepsnikrep]

But why does doing something wrong with PORTA LAT affect PORTC????

[richard]

it doesn't, LOW lata.6 turns the PLL OFF as with HIGH lata.6

porta address + 18 = trisa
lata address + 18 = osctune on that chip [it varies]

all pbp "high level" commands that set a pin direction use a fixed offset to get to the tris reg
it simply will not work correctly from a LATx offset

[retepsnikrep]

Thanks that explains it..

[richard]

using pbp "high level" commands with LATX registers is a great way to introduce hard to find bugs in your code
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