SEROUT

[w0es]

I am a little confused. I am just starting to play with the GLIC-K and I have learned the hard way to start my code with a very minimum data. I programmed a 18x with just Serout 7, T2400, (20,1) to turn on the backlight. It didn't work.

But I changed it to Serout 7, N2400, (20,1) and it worked. Can someone please help me to understand what I was doing wrong.

73
Earl

 

[hippy]

This is probably due to losing / corrupting the first byte of data sent. Txxxx is an 'idle high' baud rate, Nxxxx is 'idle low'. When the PICAXE resets or powers-up it initialises as 'idle low' ( outputs at zero / 0V ). If using Txxxx you need to explicitly set the output HIGH then PAUSE for a while.

 

[w0es]

Thanks Hippy! I really appreciate this Forum.

73
Earl

 

[BeanieBots]

I've been caught out with the very same issue and setting the pin high fixed it.
Another thing to watch out for is trying to talk to the GLIC-K when it's busy. If you don't explicitly test the busy pin, then give it a good generous pause 50 between commands or more as described for some of the 'special' commands.