The PIC16(F)L88 STORY - nearly there ....
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:11 am
Hi Benj and Martin,
I didn't have to go to Microchip because it turned out that having realised that the problem was with the Rx LF88 (but the Tx LF88 was working OK), I made a minor change to exactly match the Rx with the Tx settings but it didn't seem to solve the problem. I now discover that it DID fix the problem because I transferred the chip to another project and realised it was not working correctly so I tried a new LF88 in the current project and it all worked fine - proving the LF88 CAN be programmed OK using the F88 in the device list.
If you see the attachments Martin (who kindly posted them for me originally) - or anyone who might know: I need to have 12 switch to LED signals (instead of the 6 I have been using up till now) which means I need to use Port 'B'. I am not using anything like LCD etc. on port B. I've had no trouble doing 13 switch/LED's in the earlier/more complicated methods I was using but I cant do it with these beautifully simple .fcf 's of Martins', which I would like to stick with. I tried simply inserting port B following A, then using the RS232 twice in the loop (once for port A then again for port B) and inserting a delay etc. but either they didn't simulate as intended or didn't work when programmed. Any assistance gratefully received
Cheers,
Chris
I didn't have to go to Microchip because it turned out that having realised that the problem was with the Rx LF88 (but the Tx LF88 was working OK), I made a minor change to exactly match the Rx with the Tx settings but it didn't seem to solve the problem. I now discover that it DID fix the problem because I transferred the chip to another project and realised it was not working correctly so I tried a new LF88 in the current project and it all worked fine - proving the LF88 CAN be programmed OK using the F88 in the device list.
If you see the attachments Martin (who kindly posted them for me originally) - or anyone who might know: I need to have 12 switch to LED signals (instead of the 6 I have been using up till now) which means I need to use Port 'B'. I am not using anything like LCD etc. on port B. I've had no trouble doing 13 switch/LED's in the earlier/more complicated methods I was using but I cant do it with these beautifully simple .fcf 's of Martins', which I would like to stick with. I tried simply inserting port B following A, then using the RS232 twice in the loop (once for port A then again for port B) and inserting a delay etc. but either they didn't simulate as intended or didn't work when programmed. Any assistance gratefully received
Cheers,
Chris