Weird flicker

[mister_e]

can you reprogram it and tell what happen with the one who stop?

Board layout won't help, if you have access to a Schematic software, this would make things easier for us. or a scan of an hand-made one.

I usually start with schematic, then i observe the board layout, and then the code.. but it's me

[The Master]

I havnt got any scematic software yet. Im trying to get livewire though. I think i solved the random clicker prob. It seems that if i send chr(100) for 100% brightness the chips dont like it. I cant see why that would cause a problem but i changed the max to 99 and they dont go weird now.

I do still have a problem. Ive made a test app to send a few commands out and at one command everything sticks for a second. I think this might be to do with the app tho so hopefully ill have them all working soon :P

The chip that stopped responding was actually responding. The status light was flashing so i think it wasnt getting the right command or something. Oh well, nothing that a few late nights cant fix im sure

[mister_e]

what happen if you send 101?

[The Master]

If i send 101 in theory nothing should happen. 100 should mean its the brightest. 0 is obv off. 255 means data start and 254 means reset the address.

That program isnt quite finished. The idea is that each chip picks up 16 bytes of data. 1 chip handles the first 8 and the other handles the second lot of 8. Resetting the address should only happen if a button is being held down when the command goes out.

Ive got the lights running a test pattern now so ill see if they break

[mat janssen]

I dont see:
@ DEVICE PIC16F???,XT_OSC
@ DEVICE PIC16F???,HS_OSC
etc,ect.
in your code

[mister_e]

maybe i've misunderstood something but

                                if recpos=18 then
                                    if indata<100 then
                                        address=indata
                                        write 0, address
                                        for y=1 to 10
                                            high portb.6
                                            high portb.7
                                            pause 20
                                            low portb.6
                                            low portb.7
                                            pause 20
                                        next
                                        high portb.6
                                    else
                                        low portb.6
                                        for y=1 to 10
                                            high portb.7
                                            pause 20
                                            low portb.7
                                            pause 20
                                        next
                                        high portb.6
                                    endif
                                    recpos=16

[The Master]

All fuses are set in the programmer software. I did have problems with them but now ive set them correctly it works.

That section of code your looking at is to reset the address. It only runs if RecPos=18. RecPos is only set to 18 if chr(254) arrives. That check is so the address must be less than 100. Well, i dont think ill be making 100 boxes that each have 16 chanels. 1600 sets of lights a nice thought but a little out of my price range. Hehe

Edit: Those loops just make the lights flash either orange or red depending if the address was ok or not ok