Serout to serial servo

[mackrackit]

One of your questions and maybe future questions is answered here.
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11116

your code.

If that is just the leg routine and you have more then I do not see a problem there. And with it only getting part way through it....

Kind of sounds like it good be a power supply problem causing a brown out. Can you monitor the voltage coming into the PIC? Maybe add if you do not have one a capacitor or two between VSS and VDD.

At this point a schematic, configs and the whole code might help us figure it out. I am guessing you did rewrite this as Joe suggested and loose the BS2 stuff?

[Archangel]

I am guessing you did rewrite this as Joe suggested and loose the BS2 stuff?

He didn't remove the include "BS2 stuff" and replace it with include "modedefs.bas" but he is using PBP nomenclature now. He is getting there.

[mackrackit]

I glossed over the part about being a trouble. Everything Joe said and I will add...
Pick a subject that you " think" you know. Then find someone that wants to learn it. Try teaching them or help them with a problem. You will quickly find out how much you really know. May not be as much as you thought.

For me this forum is a learning tool. So keep trying new things and share your problems.

[azmax100]

Hi,

Sorry for late reply.

I check the batteries in fact I fully charge it and try it again with additional
main: in the code but the problem remain the same.

Actually I am hacking an Isobot Robot.

Here's the video:

By the way thanks to all who answered to this forum.

[Archangel]

Hi,


Actually I am hacking an Isobot Robot.

Here's the video:

By the way thanks to all who answered to this forum.

Hey isn't that Michael Jackson ? looks like it's ready to do some Kung Foo . . ., teach that thing to moonwalk . . . What was the problem again? Oh yeah, servo stalls. Maybe it is losing the data connection when it goes into those antics, bad wire, bad connection . . . Try enabling WDT in case micro is locking up. You have a lot of PAUSE 1000 in your code. I would change them to for next loops, or better yet make a subroutine for next with say 0 to 100 pause 10 and when you move on to using interrupts your code will respond much faster. In thinking about it, I would move those serial routines to use HSEROUT and hardware serial routines, instead of all those bit banging serout2 commands.

[azmax100]

Joe S,

What do you mean WDT.Can you please elaborate more.

If i use the Hserout do I have to use Include BS2defs.bas.

[mackrackit]

WDT. Watch Dog Timer. This is one of the config settings. Look at the PICs data sheet.
You do not need the BS2 stuff with SEROUT2 or HSEROUT. In fact, being you still have that in you code might be causing some of the trouble. Not sure though.

[Archangel]

Joe S,

What do you mean WDT.Can you please elaborate more.

If i use the Hserout do I have to use Include BS2defs.bas.

http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=543
I strongly suggest everyone new to PICs read through all the posts in the FAQ section, really a lot of good things in there. WDT is what it it's name implies, it , like a watch dog, keeps an eye on your pic, and if allowed to time out, it resets it. After your code is perfect, turn it off if you like.

If i use the Hserout do I have to use Include BS2defs.bas.

I wouldn't put it in. It basically just redefines a bunch of stuff so you can use basic stamp syntax, it also includes modedefs.bas automatically, which you do not need to use hardware serial port either. You do need it (modedefs.bas) if using serout or serout2 and want to use the aliased baud notations like N9600 . . . instead of mode 396 . . . As far as BS2defs goes, I am assuming a 2 to 7 dollar PIC beats spending what . . . ? . . . 25 for a stamp ? I think you will not go back, so it's better to put that chapter behind you, with fond memories (of the money you spent), and get up to speed with PIC syntax. IMHO