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varadharaj
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| LCD gives only question marks... |
 Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:56 pm |
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Hi,
I am using pic16f877a with rtc for my project for switching the ac load by triggering Triac. The display is updating time and ac load working perfectly. It is working fine.
But sometimes the lcd is giving ???????????? marks in one row. It is not happening in switching the ac load...
Why it is happening? I am using DS1307 as a RTC with battery backup.
Thanks
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Mike Walne
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:23 am |
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Smells like EMC issue (or loose/bad connection).
ASCII code for ? is 0x3f, i.e. odd 0 & string of 1s.
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evan
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:48 am |
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| Check the signal timings, these displays often need delays to be added - it could be that you are "on the edge" and sometimes it fails. |
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gpsmikey
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:20 am |
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You might also look carefully at the spec sheet for the LCD you are using and see if there is a range of characters etc that will print as "?" - see if that would explain what you are seeing. Some displays show what they consider non-printable characters as question marks - if you are using a serial interface to the LCD and it loses track of where the start bit is, you can get a strange range of characters (and the pause between lines would get it back in sync again).
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gpsmikey
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:34 am |
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Well, that was entertaining - when I tried to post, all I got was some sort of php DEBUG error showing, but when I came back later, it shows it posted it a number of times (all I ever got was the debug error from the board). I did manage to delete the duplicates (I think)
[edit] still seeing that - what shows when I hit post is
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Is the Tuesday bit set ???? 
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varadharaj
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:36 am |
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Thanks for your quick replies. I am trying like this way.... I am using LCD.c from pcm compiler only. I am using rtc.c from ccsforum.
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void main()
{
ds1307_init();
lcd_init();
set_time(parameters);
while(1)
{
get_time(parameters);
printf(lcd_putc,parameters);
delay_ms(900);
}
}
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I have coded like above... How to change the delay to rectify that question mark problem in LCD. I am using 16x2 display???
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Ttelmah
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:16 pm |
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Well start by getting the syntax for your printf correct.
Syntax _required_ is:
printf(lcd_putc,"format string to print with",what you want to print);
You are lacking the format string to print 'parameters'. No wonder the code prints garbage....
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varadharaj
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Location: Salem
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:14 pm |
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@Ttelmah,
Sorry , I have confused you. I have given in your format only. For short i have written like that. The actual code is,
| Code: | void main()
{
char on_time = 10, off_time = 11;
set_tris_d(0x00);
output_d(0xff);
ds1307_init();
lcd_init();
set_time(parameters);
while(1)
{
lcd_gotoxy(1,1);
get_time(parameters);
printf(lcd_putc,"format",parameters);
if(time == on_time) // checking only hours
output_low(pin_d0); // low activated for opto coupler
if(time == off_time) // checking only hours
output_high(pin_d0);
delay_ms(900);
}
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:55 pm |
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Please read up on how to use a printf statement. This line from your code is not correct:
| Code: | | printf(lcd_putc,"format",parameters); |
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