Serial Communication w/ the oopic

Amperage wrote: Here is what comes to mind:

Are you sending the ASCII code '1'? This is not the the number 1. The decimal number for the ascii value '1' = 49. When you get the value of oSerial with the .Value property, you are getting the decimal number. Similarly if you were to echo that value back, unchanged, you'd get a '1', but if you were to send the number 1 back, you'd get a control code displayed, not a number.

DLC

: I've been having quite a bit of trouble getting the oopic : microcontroler to communicate with my computer. I have a LabView : program that sends a value, and the echo program provided with the : oopic compiler echos it properly (so im fairly sure that the problem : isnt on that end). The trouble comes when I try to make use of that : data.

: I've currently modified the Anounce program that comes with the oopic : to beep a specific tone when it revieves a specific value. Its not : working, and strangely enough when I add in the code to echo I get junk : back.

: I'm not very experienced with the oopic, and so have been very : frustrated by this problem.

: this is the code im using...

: 'This is the program that is in : 'the OOPic-R when it is shipped

: Dim A As New oFreq : Dim B As New oDio1 : Dim C As New oDio1 : Dim D As New oDio1 : Dim DataPass As New oSerial 'the serial port data : Dim PassValue As New oByte 'a holding value that stores serial : 'data

: Sub Main() : DataPass.Baud = cv9600 : DataPass.Operate = cvTrue : B.IOLine = 7 : C.IOLine = 6 : D.IOLine = 5 : B.Direction = cvOutput : C.Direction = cvOutput : D.Direction = cvOutput : B = 1 : C = 1 : D = 1 : A.Beep(60000,10) : A.Beep(61000,10) : A.Beep(63000,10) : B.Direction = cvInput : C.Direction = cvInput : D.Direction = cvInput : Do : If DataPass.Received = cvTrue Then : PassValue.Value = DataPass.Value : DataPass.Value = DataPass.Value 'the echo code : If PassValue = 1 Then : A.Beep(5000,5) : A.Beep(51000,5) : End If : If PassValue = 2 Then : A.Beep(47000,5) : A.Beep(57000,5) : End If : If PassValue = 3 Then : A.Beep(64000,5) : A.Beep(51000,5) : End If : End If : Loop : End Sub

Beware, I don't know nothing about OOPIC, I'll just give some tries and at least you'll teach me something. :)

What about flow control, stop bit and data bit? Maybe you need to force them to the values used on the other side?

I don't understand what are you using this single-bit lines for. If they are pins used for RS232, then I don't understand where they are associated with the DataPass object.

Are you sure that this is a safe operation? I suppose that proprierty "Value" is a two-way channel, but maybe you can't write to itself without using a temporary variable.

tentatamente, Cthulhu