How do RCIF works?

[mister_e]

mmm, so is it working or not?

Assuming it's not working. Can you just forget the ICD idea and use compile-program button (NOT ICD). Then use the SerialCommunicator of MCS (F4)?

About now?

If not, what about if you change your main label just before the IF RCIF... line?

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Your CLROERR is still wrong, you wrote

DEFINE HSER_CLOERR  1           ' automatic clear overrun error

must be

DEFINE HSER_CLROERR  1           ' automatic clear overrun error

AND OOPS i just saw it's my mistake too on the link i gave.. mmm. BTW it was tested at that time... so i bet on the ICD thing. Keep us inform.

PS are you using the MAX232 circuit provide in the MCS help?

[koossa]

Yes, it looks like it is the ICD.
If I program it, it is working, so that make it a bit difficult if I want to debug a large project which are using HSERIN?

THX

[mister_e]

yeeehaaa! O.K so you can probably put some DISABLE DEBUG and ENABLE DEBUG in few place in your program OR use another structure in.

I mean, send some question or ideas with HSEROUT, then sit for an answer.

Just a thought... i'm not a big fan and user of any ICD. In fact, i can't remind when i used it for the last time... Sorry!

I'm sure somebody else will come up here with a better solution than mine anyways.

Good luck!

[koossa]

Thx Steve!!

[mister_e]

Another thought. You can even use the serial communicator (no ICD) and use an USART interrupt routine that will do something you ask.

Let's make things more clear by using an example.

Let's say i want to change a,b,c parameter while the program is running. With serial communicator i'll send a specific start character, then the parameter i want to change. let's say UUCHANGEA#120

in the interrupt routine i'll write something like

HSERIN [WAIT("CHANGE"),VarToBeChange,ValueToBeChange)
Select case VarToBeChange
    CASE "A" : a=ValueToBeChange
    CASE "B" : b=ValueToBeChange
    CASE "C" : c=ValueToBeChange
    END SELECT

By sending UUCHANGEA#120 , the a Variable is suppose to be equal to 120. Read the Serial Communicator help on that (under Transmit windows>> Parse control character) Really handy sometimes.

But be aware of the latency of your whole program... maybe a bigger amount of UU "Header" will be usefull. OR simply send something then wait fow the PIC question... as you wish.

HTH

[Ioannis]

Hi Steve.

The # sign in the sending message isn't it read by the ValueToBeChange variable?

Ioannis

Let's say i want to change a,b,c parameter while the program is running. With serial communicator i'll send a specific start character, then the parameter i want to change. let's say UUCHANGEA#120

in the interrupt routine i'll write something like

HSERIN [WAIT("CHANGE"),VarToBeChange,ValueToBeChange)
Select case VarToBeChange
    CASE "A" : a=ValueToBeChange
    CASE "B" : b=ValueToBeChange
    CASE "C" : c=ValueToBeChange
    END SELECT

[mister_e]

NOPE, it's a MCS feature. Look in the help file. The parse control character must be enable in the MCS serial communicator.