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TheRidDler



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Wireless Communication Problem
PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:47 pm     Reply with quote
Hi all! I really love this forum, one learns quickly here Smile I have a small problem, i hope you can help me with this, as its my final year project and need to get this working or no degree :( Me and a friend wrote this code together specifically for our system.

This is our setup : We have a remote board with a GPS unit and a Radiometrix Transmitter. The board is controlled by a 18F252. The PIC takes the positional sentence from the GPS and transmits it to the local receiver board. The local board has a Radiometrix Receiver unit , 18F252 and a MAX232N. This board only relays the data to the PC so that a GUI can play with it.

When opening the console window however, absolutely nothing gets received. If possible could you guys that probably know a bit more about PIC coding than us please take a look at our code to see if you can maybe spot something that might be causing this? Thanks alot for all your help!

Remote (GPS) Board
Code:


#include <18F252.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#use delay(clock=20000000)
#fuses NOWDT,HS, NOPUT, NOPROTECT, NOBROWNOUT, NOLVP, NOCPD, NOWRT
#use rs232(baud=9600,stop=1,parity=N,rcv=PIN_B4,bits=8,stream=GPS,errors)              //data from GPS to PIC

char ToBeSend[128],EncodedData[256];

void encodeRF()
{
       //Encoding of data byte to manchester coding
       char Send1,Send2,txbyte;
       int8 encode=0, index=0;

       while (encode < 128){
       txbyte = ToBeSend[encode];
       encode++;

       if (bit_test(txbyte,7)) { bit_set(Send1,7), bit_clear(Send1,6); }
       else { bit_clear(Send1,7), bit_set(Send1,6); }
       if (bit_test(txbyte,6)) { bit_set(Send1,5), bit_clear(Send1,4); }
       else { bit_clear(Send1,5), bit_set(Send1,4); }
       if (bit_test(txbyte,5)) { bit_set(Send1,3), bit_clear(Send1,2); }
       else { bit_clear(Send1,3), bit_set(Send1,2); }
       if (bit_test(txbyte,4)) { bit_set(Send1,1), bit_clear(Send1,0); }
       else { bit_clear(Send1,1), bit_set(Send1,0); }
       if (bit_test(txbyte,3)) { bit_set(Send2,7), bit_clear(Send2,6); }
       else { bit_clear(Send2,7), bit_set(Send2,6); }
       if (bit_test(txbyte,2)) { bit_set(Send2,5), bit_clear(Send2,4); }
       else { bit_clear(Send2,5), bit_set(Send2,4); }
       if (bit_test(txbyte,1)) { bit_set(Send2,3), bit_clear(Send2,2); }
       else { bit_clear(Send2,3), bit_set(Send2,2); }
       if (bit_test(txbyte,0)) { bit_set(Send2,1), bit_clear(Send2,0); }
       else { bit_clear(Send2,1), bit_set(Send2,0); }

       EncodedData[index] = Send1;
       EncodedData[index+1] = Send2;
       index = index+2;
       }
}       
       
void Transmit(char IDUnit)
{
   
       int8 i = 0;

       set_tris_a(0x00);
       
       #use rs232(baud=57600,parity=N,bits=8,xmit=PIN_A0,RESTART_WDT,errors)// data from PIC to PC
       
       //delay_ms(40); //Give Relay Unit time to change TRX to RX mode

       delay_ms(5);

       for (i=0;i<200;i++) //Training sequence
         putc(0xAA);

       putc(0xFF);
       putc(0xFF);
       putc(0xCC);         //Header #1
       putc(0x33);         //Header #2
       putc(0x55);         //Header #3
       putc(IDUnit);       //ID of unit to be communicated to
       
       for (i=0; i<256; i++)//Data
         putc(EncodedData[i]);
       
       putc(0x00);         //Ending Sequence of transmition
       putc(0x00);

       for (i=0;i<128;i++)
      {           //clear the TX buffer for next transmission
         ToBeSend[i] = 0x00;
       }
}

#define GPS_BUFFER_SIZE   128         

char gps_buffer[GPS_BUFFER_SIZE];                                               // A place to store the string

char *GPS_GetField( int index )
{
   char *p = gps_buffer;         
   int count = 0;               

   while( *p )                  
   {
      if( *p++ == ',' )         
      {
         if( count++ == index )   
         {
            return p;         
         }
      }
   }
   
   return p;
}


long GPS_Min_To_Dec( char *p )
{
   long value;
   int  decimal;

   value = atol(p) + 3;                                                     // to round to the nearest minute
   decimal = value % 100;
   value -= decimal;
   value /= 10;
   value += decimal / 6;

   return value;
}

void Send_To_PC()
{
   int t;
   for(t=0;t<GPS_BUFFER_SIZE;t++)
      ToBeSend[t]=gps_buffer[t];
   encodeRF();
   Transmit(0xAA); 
}

void main()
{
   char ch;
   int checksum1, checksum2, index;

   set_tris_b( 0xFF );
   port_b_pullups( 1 );
   
   for(;;)
   {
      ch = getch(GPS);

      switch( ch )
      {
         case '\n':
         continue;
         
         case '$':
         index = checksum1 = checksum2 = 0;
         break;

         case '*':
         checksum2 = 1;
         break;

         case '\r':
            ch = gps_buffer[index-2];
            checksum2 = ((ch < 'A') ? (ch - '0') : (ch - 'A' + 10)) << 4;
         
            ch = gps_buffer[index-1];
            checksum2 += ((ch < 'A') ? (ch - '0') : (ch - 'A' + 10));
         
            if( checksum1 == checksum2  )
            {
               gps_buffer[index] = 0;

               // the first unique letter is R
               if( gps_buffer[3] == 'R' )
               {
                  Send_To_PC();
               }
             }

         default:
         if( checksum2 == 0 )
         {
            checksum1 ^= ch;
         }
         break;
      }
      
      if( index < GPS_BUFFER_SIZE - 1 )
      {
         gps_buffer[index++] = ch;
      }
   }
}


Local Reveiver Board
Code:


#include <18F252.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#use delay(clock=20000000)
#fuses NOWDT,HS, NOPUT, NOPROTECT, NOBROWNOUT, NOLVP, NOCPD, NOWRT

const char Address = 0xAA;

char Received[256],RFIndicator = 0x00,DecodedData[128];

int16 timeout = 0;

char decodeRF (char P1,P2)
{
      char value = 0x00;
      //Decoding of manchester encoded received information

      disable_interrupts(GLOBAL);

      if( bit_test(P2,0) && !bit_test(P2,1) ) { bit_clear ( value,0); }
      else if( !bit_test(P2,0) &&  bit_test(P2,1) ) { bit_set ( value,0); }
      else goto ERROR;
      if(  bit_test(P2,2) && !bit_test(P2,3) ) { bit_clear ( value,1); }
      else if( !bit_test(P2,2) &&  bit_test(P2,3) ) { bit_set ( value,1); }
      else goto ERROR;
      if(  bit_test(P2,4) && !bit_test(P2,5) ) { bit_clear ( value,2); }
      else if( !bit_test(P2,4) &&  bit_test(P2,5) ) { bit_set ( value,2); }
      else goto ERROR;
      if(  bit_test(P2,6) && !bit_test(P2,7) ) { bit_clear ( value,3); }
      else if( !bit_test(P2,6) &&  bit_test(P2,7) ) { bit_set ( value,3); }
      else goto ERROR;
      if(  bit_test(P1,0) && !bit_test(P1,1) ) { bit_clear ( value,4); }
      else if( !bit_test(P1,0) &&  bit_test(P1,1) ) { bit_set ( value,4); }
      else goto ERROR;
      if(  bit_test(P1,2) && !bit_test(P1,3) ) { bit_clear ( value,5); }
      else if( !bit_test(P1,2) &&  bit_test(P1,3) ) { bit_set ( value,5); }
      else goto ERROR;
      if(  bit_test(P1,4) && !bit_test(P1,5) ) { bit_clear ( value,6); }
      else if( !bit_test(P1,4) &&  bit_test(P1,5) ) { bit_set ( value,6); }
      else goto ERROR;
      if(  bit_test(P1,6) && !bit_test(P1,7) ) { bit_clear ( value,7); }
      else if( !bit_test(P1,6) &&  bit_test(P1,7) ) { bit_set ( value,7); }
      else goto ERROR;

      // value decoded
      return value;

      ERROR:
      return 'E';
}

void Send_To_GUI()
{
   int t;
   
   #use rs232(baud=57600,stop=1,parity=N,xmit=PIN_A0,rcv=PIN_A1,bits=8,errors)
   
    output_high(PIN_B3);
   
   for(t=0;t<128;t++)
      putc(DecodedData[t]);
}   

void Receive()
{
   int  counter = 0x00, position = 0x00;
   char Header[3] = {0x00,0x00,0x00};
   char Identifier = 0x00;
   int  RFtimeout = 20;

   for (counter=0;counter<128;counter++)
       Received[counter] = 0x00;

   counter = 0x00;

   #use rs232(baud=57600,stop=1,parity=N,rcv=PIN_C7,bits=8,RESTART_WDT,errors)

   //WAITING RX ROUTINE..
   set_timer3(0x0000);
   
   timeout = 0;
   
   enable_interrupts(int_TIMER3);
   enable_interrupts(global);

   WAIT:
   //WAITING RX  ROUTINE

         Header[0] = getchar();
   
         if(timeout > RFtimeout)
         {
            disable_interrupts(int_TIMER3);
            timeout = 0;
            RFIndicator = 0x01; //This is the timeout and well received indicator
            goto OUT;
         }
   
         if(Header[0] != 0xCC)
            goto WAIT;

         Header[1] = getchar();

         if(timeout > RFtimeout)
         {
            disable_interrupts(int_TIMER3);
            timeout = 0;
            RFIndicator = 0x01; //This is the timeout and well received indicator
            goto OUT;
         }
   
         if(Header[1] != 0x33)
            goto WAIT;

         Header[2] = getchar();
   
         if(timeout > RFtimeout)
         {
            disable_interrupts(int_TIMER3);
            timeout = 0;
            RFIndicator = 0x02; //This is the timeout and well received indicator
            goto OUT;
         }
   
         if(Header[2]!= 0x55)
            goto WAIT;

         Identifier = getchar();
   
         if(timeout > RFtimeout)
         {
            disable_interrupts(int_TIMER3);
            timeout = 0;
            RFIndicator = 0x03; //This is the timeout and well received indicator
            goto OUT;
         }
   
         if(Identifier != Address)
            goto WAIT;

         Identifier = 0x00;
   
         disable_interrupts(int_TIMER3);
   
         while(counter < 128)
            {
                Received[counter] = getchar();
                counter++;
            }
       
       counter = 0x00;

         while (counter < 64)
         {
           DecodedData[position] = decodeRF(Received[counter],Received[counter+1]);
           position++;
           counter = counter + 2;
         }

         RFIndicator = 0x00; //This is the timeout and well received indicator

         OUT:
            disable_interrupts(global);
}

void main()
{
   output_high(PIN_B2);
   while(1)
      {
         Receive();
         Send_To_GUI();
         output_low(PIN_B3);
      }
}      


Some Additional Info :
Remote Board -> GPS Receive(Pin B4), RF Xmit(Pin A0) [GPS=9600,RF=57600]
Local Receiver Board -> RF Receive(Pin C7), Max232 Xmit(Pin A0),Max232 Rcv (Pin A1), B2&B3 - LED's [RF=57600, Max232=57600]
Both run at 20Mhz.

Thnx again! Embarassed
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:39 am     Reply with quote
Is your for loop suppose to be empty?

Quote:
Code:

void main()
{
   char ch;
   int checksum1, checksum2, index;

   set_tris_b( 0xFF );
   port_b_pullups( 1 );
   
  for(;;)
   {
      ch = getch(GPS);
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:42 am     Reply with quote
Hey, thnx for the reply. Yes, that part of the code is working fine, the problem lies somewhere in the RF section... Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:16 pm     Reply with quote
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enable_interrupts(int_TIMER3);
enable_interrupts(global);

You're enabling interrupts, but you don't have an #INT_TIMER3
interrupt service routine. This means your program will crash
the first time it gets a Timer3 interrupt.


Quote:
set_tris_a(0x00);

You're setting the TRIS, but you haven't specified #use fast_io(a) mode.
The default mode of the compiler is "standard io" mode. In that mode
it sets the TRIS for you. Because the compiler is in standard i/o mode,
the library code and the CCS pin i/o functions will override your
set_tris_a(0x00) statement as required.


I didn't check the rest of your code because there's just too much of it.
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