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Soft RS-232 baud rate 115200 not being generated correctly??

 
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Soft RS-232 baud rate 115200 not being generated correctly??
PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:28 pm     Reply with quote

I am using a PIC16F876 with 20mhz oscillator. For several years I've used PCW v3.045 and the following code has worked w/o problems:
#include <16f876.h>
#fuses HS,NOWDT,NOPUT,NOBROWNOUT, NOLVP, NODEBUG
#use fast_io(A)
#use fast_io(B)
#use fast_io(C)
#use delay (clock=20000000) //20mhz

// PortB OUT
#bit TXD = 6.4
// PortB IN
#bit RXD = 6.5
#use rs232(baud=115200, xmit=PIN_B4,rcv=PIN_B5)
void main() {
setup_adc_ports(NO_ANALOGS);
set_tris_a(0); //all out
set_tris_b(0xE1); // 1110 0001
set_tris_c(0xFB); // 1111 1011

printf("Initilization was successful!\r\n");
while (true)
printf("test\r\n");
}

We recently upgraded to PCWH v3.224 and the above code does not work correctly...specifically, nothing is getting printed out to the hyperterminal screen. If I lower the baud rate to 9600 and recompile, it works like I'd expect. As mentioned above, the same code with baud=115200 compiled on v3.045 works. I'm using a MAX3380E leveler/inverter chip. I've tried upgrading to v3.225, but same problem.

Any ideas? I suspect that the baud clock is not being generated correctly with this new compiler version.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:42 pm     Reply with quote

Quote:
We recently upgraded to PCWH v3.224

My records show that PCM vs. 3.224 came out on approximately
April 26, 2005. Vs. 3.225 came out on about May 27, 2005.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:48 pm     Reply with quote

PCM programmer wrote:
Quote:
We recently upgraded to PCWH v3.224

My records show that PCM vs. 3.224 came out on approximately
April 26, 2005. Vs. 3.225 came out on about May 27, 2005.

You r correct, we purchased it back in May, but didn't get around to actually testing out this feature until recently. Anyway, I'm not really sure what this has to do with the problem I posted.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:30 pm     Reply with quote

I just wanted everything to be accurate.

Anyway, I tested vs. 3.224, and the baud rate is incorrect. I was able
to make it work by changing the "baud" parameter in the #use rs232
statement to 109000. With a 20 MHz crystal, this generates a baud
rate of 115482 for a soft UART. This is only about 1% off, so it works
OK. I tested both transmit and receive with Hyperterminal.
Example:

Quote:
#include <16F877.H>
#fuses HS, NOWDT, NOPROTECT, BROWNOUT, PUT, NOLVP
#use delay(clock=20000000)

#use rs232(baud=109000, xmit=PIN_C6, rcv=PIN_C7, FORCE_SW)

void main()
{
char c;
printf("Start\n\r");

while(1)
{
putc(0x55); // Used to measure Tx baud rate

// c = getc();
// printf("%c", c);
}
}
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:20 am     Reply with quote

Thanks PCMProgrammer!

So how come this is not listed as a feature that was corrected in later versions on the changes page here: http://www.ccsinfo.com/versions.shtml ?

Do you know what version this was corrected in, if any at all?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:12 am     Reply with quote

russr wrote:
Thanks PCMProgrammer!

So how come this is not listed as a feature that was corrected in later versions on the changes page here: http://www.ccsinfo.com/versions.shtml ?

Do you know what version this was corrected in, if any at all?


Unfortunately, the list is about as comprehensive, as a three page telephone directory of the US...
For any single entry on the list, there are typically probably half a dozen other changes, and some (usually ones that perhaps only affect one processor, and were only themselves 'introduced' a version or two ago), never get mentioned.
There were posts here some time ago, about incorrect soft serial baud rates, and these then stopped, so it is presumably fixed. A quick test on a couple of rates for me, seems to give values that are OK, on the current versions.

Best Wishes
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:16 am     Reply with quote

I emailed their tech support and sent them my .LST file. I think they were able to confirm the problem as they are emailing me the latest version of the compiler.

I only hope the latest version does not introduce additional bugs.
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