Remote Technologies RPC-320 - Manual (Page 18)

SERIAL PORTS SECTION 4
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You can access C OM0 and COM 1 buffers in three w ays:
1. INP UT sta tement. This re moves a ll charac ters in
the buffer up to the term inator cha racter and puts
them into a variable.
When using the INPUT statement, program
execution is susp ended until a < cr> (Enter key) is
received. W hether this is a problem depends on
your particular application.
INPUT strips bit 7. This means ASCII characters
from 0 to 127 are rec eived.
2. GET function. Char acters ar e rem oved one at a
time as an ASCII value. A 0 is returned when the
buffer is e mpty. Use the C OM function to
determine if the buffer is empty or if a 0 is an
A S C II v al ue . U s e U In to select the serial port for
G E T.
If you don' t read the b uffer an d the buffer fills, all
subsequent characters are discarded.
3. COM$(n) retrieves all characters in the buffer,
including other control codes (except CR).
ACCESSING COM0 AND COM1
INPU T and GET functions retrieve data using the UIn
comm and. UI0 r outes inputs to C OM 0 while U I1 inputs
from the CO M1 port. PRINT outputs are set by the
UOn command. UO0 prints out COM0 while UO1
outputs COM1 using the PRIN T comm and. PR INT #1,
is an alternative way to print to COM 1.
The following show how UIn and U On work.
100 UI0 Set to COM0
110 INPUT A Get data from COM0 port
520 UI1 Switch to COM1 port
530 INPUT B Get data from COM1 port
800 REM P r in t t o C O M 0
810 P R I NT " T e m pe r at ur e : " , T
900 REM Print to COM 1
910 P R I N T #1 , " S e t p r e ss u re a t: " , C A
Power up default is set to COM 0.
DISABLING CONTROL-C
Program execution is terminated by entering a
< Cntl> < C> . To disable < Cntl> < C> so program
execution is not terminated, execute the following
statemen t:
DBY(38) = DBY(38) .OR. 1
COMMANDS
The following is a list of RPBASIC-52 commands used
for serial I/O. These commands and functions are
explained in the BASIC-52 Programm ing Manual and
RPBASIC-52 Software Supplement in this manua l.
Comm and Function
C L E AR C O M $ Clears serial input buffer
C O M $ Returns string from buffer
COM Returns number of characters
in buffer
C O N F I G BA U D Sets serial port parameters
GET Returns a character fr om the
serial buffer
I N P U T Receives string from port
LIST Outputs program listing
P R I N T Outputs data in various
form ats
PRINT #, Prints to a specified port
SPC Print out n number of spaces
STR String handling commands
TAB Tabs to predetermined
positions
UI0 Reroute inputs to COM0
UI1 Route inputs to COM1
UO0 Rerou te PRIN T statem ent to
C O M 0
UO1 Route P RINT statement to
C O M 1
U S I N G PRINT formatting statement
SERIAL PORT PIN OUT
Pin outs for J1 and J2 are shown below. Unused pins
are open.
J1 & N a m e Direction
J2 from card
3 Tx Out
4 RTS* In