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Problem with wrapping lcd_putc

 
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ercarlitosg



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Problem with wrapping lcd_putc
PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:51 am     Reply with quote

Hello,

I am using now a PIC16F877A and the flex_lcd driver. I am using the lcd to display a text when received one of the 14 commands that I receive from the serial port. Parsing and receiving the code isn't a problem, it works prefect.

The problem is displaying the text in the LCD. In the 14 commands I have to run some functions (disable keyboard and serial input, show the text, delay 3 seconds, reset serial input variables and display another text). Copying and pasting this into every command section is a monstrous task!!.

So I decided to make a wrapper to the run these functions. Here it is

Code:

void muestra_mensaje(char data) {
    disable_input();

    /* Limpia pantalla */
    lcd_putc("\f");

    lcd_putc(data);
   
    send_ok();
}


The problem is in lcd_putc(data);. It doesn't display the message.

Thanks for your answers
PCM programmer



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:47 am     Reply with quote

Show us how you call the function. Post some code, including variable
declarations and initializations, that calls muestra_mensaje().
My suspicion is that you think 'char data' is a pointer and that somehow
lcd_putc() will work with a string pointer inside muestra_mensaje().
Ttelmah



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:07 am     Reply with quote

As written, it'll only display one character. The single character 'data'.

I'd guess he actually wants to pass it a char array (string):
Code:

void muestra_mensaje(char * data)
{
    disable_input();

    /* Limpia pantalla */
    printf(lcd_putc,"\f%s",data);
   
    send_ok();
}   
ercarlitosg



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 4:59 am     Reply with quote

Thanks for your answers.

Here is some examples of how I call that function:
Code:

muestra_mensaje("HI");
muestra_mensaje("\nHI");


So that code doesn't work if I don't want to clear the screen.

Thanks
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:45 pm     Reply with quote

Quote:
So that code doesn't work if I don't want to clear the screen.

But you can edit Ttelmah's code and remove the \f from the printf
so it becomes this:
Code:

printf(lcd_putc,"%s",data);


Also, you need to add the line shown in bold below, or it won't compile.
With the added #device statement, it displays this in MPLAB vs. 8.92 simulator:
Quote:
HI

Test program:
Quote:

#include <18F4620.h>
#device PASS_STRINGS=IN_RAM
#fuses INTRC_IO, NOWDT
#use delay(clock=4M)
#use rs232(baud=9600, UART1, ERRORS)

void lcd_putc(char c)
{
putc(c);
}


void muestra_mensaje(char * data)
{
// disable_input();

printf(lcd_putc,"\f%s",data);

// send_ok();
}


//===================================
void main()
{
muestra_mensaje("HI");

while(TRUE);
}
Ttelmah



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:57 pm     Reply with quote

Yes. I only added the \f, because he had it in his original code.....
ercarlitosg



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:58 am     Reply with quote

Sorry for my bad response. I don't know why I put that.

I refer that the code didn't worked with a constant string, but with the last response of PCM programmer It worked.

Many thanks for your help and sorry for my expression.
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