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PIC RS232 Port Locks Up

 
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PIC RS232 Port Locks Up
PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 3:13 pm     Reply with quote

Hello all,

I have a problem sending data to the PIC rs232 port from an external application. If I try and send anything more than 3 or 4 bytes in a stream, the INT_RDA hangs up and the PIC won't accept any more data until it get's reset. Do I need to throttle the send rate? or choose another baud? It's already so slow (9600).

To see what I mean, here's a sample program for the PIC, I used the CCS SIOW macro utility to send multiple bytes over a 232 cable from my PC. (In SIOW choose the macro menu command and add a macro that sends multiple bytes) A 3 byte macro works fine, but a 10 byte macro hangs the PIC's serial port every time.

Any ideas?
Compiler version is 3.190
Here's the code:

Code:
#include <16F877A.h>
#device ICD=TRUE
#fuses HS,NOLVP,NOWDT,PUT
#use delay (clock=20000000)

#use rs232(baud=9600, xmit=PIN_C6, rcv=PIN_C7)

#define STATUS_LED   PIN_A5

int32 byteCount = 0;


#INT_RDA
void serial_isr()
{

   byteCount++;
   printf("%X ", getc());
   printf("%lu, ", byteCount);
}


void main()
{
   enable_interrupts(INT_RDA);
   enable_interrupts(GLOBAL);   
   printf("\r\nRunning serial interrupt test\r\n");

   while(TRUE)
   {
      output_low(STATUS_LED);
      delay_ms(500);
      output_high(STATUS_LED);
      delay_ms(500);
   }
}
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 3:59 pm     Reply with quote

You are only able to receive something like 3 or 4 characters? This sounds like a problem in the RS232 receive because the UART is only able to buffer 2 characters in the FIFO while receiving a 3rd character. After receiving this 3rd character the overrun error bit is set and you will get continous RDA interrupts until you reset this error flag. Very likely this is what causes your program to hang.

So what could cause this error? Your interrupt handler is taking too long!!
Code:
printf("%X ", getc());

Everytime you receive 1 character you want to send 3 characters. This is not gonna work....

Advice 1: Never use printf in your interrupt handlers. It takes too long.
Advice 2: Add the 'errors' parameter to your '#use rs232' command for automatic clearing of the overrun error bit.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:59 pm     Reply with quote

Thanks so much for the help. Now I understand the problem.

Cheers!
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