reading SX ID

Chet

How do you read the ID field from the SX?·
Do you have to write into the program to disply it or is there another way to check it?

Thanks

Chet

Zoot

With the SX-Key connected:

Run -> Device -> Read

The ID will show up in the ID field middle right; if the chip is not "copy-protected" then the source (hex) will appear in the field at lower left (code can be saved to desktop). Even if copy protected, the 8 byte (character) ID can still be read.

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Guenther Daubach

Chet,

the ID field is "for reference only" - IOW you may assign a string of text to it with the "ID" directive in a souce code file, and you may later retrieve it like Zoot had described it. There is no way to directly read the ID string from within an SX application program.

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JonnyMac

If you need to retrieve an ID at run time you can always store it in a table and read it out. Since data in the SX can only be changed at programming time there is no [noparse][[/noparse]/littel] danger of the ID becoming corrupt.

Chet

Thanks gents. I will give it a try tomorrow.

Chet