sertxd and terminal

[Benjie]

despite my age I'm still trying to learn:
I wrote the simple sertxd code example of pag. 219 of manual 2.

#picaxe 08m2
#terminal 4800
#no_data
main:
for b1=1 to 2
    sertxd("the value of b1 is ",#b1,13,10)
    b1=b1+1
next b1

Using debug I see the b1 increasing its value in binary while in the terminal I see everything in groups of 3 decimal numbers.
How can I display the "xxxxx" text of the sertxd?
What is wrong?
thanks

 

[Aries]

Have a look at your terminal settings. There are display options for RX for ASCII, decimal and hex. You need ASCII to be ticked.

Incidentally why is your loop b1 = 1 to 2, with b1 being incremented inside the loop as well?

 

[Benjie]

thanks. I am still overlooking many little details. It was 5 years that I was away from picas programming and at my age (77) is still possible to learn but it is harder to remember. Thanks again.

 

[Aries]

I'm only 67 but I hope that in ten years time I will still be learning and making (I don't know about remembering).