Sending output instead of comment?

w00t_86 · 2011-01-11 19:46

Have a problem with regards to the SEROUT function of my Basic Stamp BS2sx. The problem is that now i am interfacing with a motor driver that controls 2 DC motors and takes in 4 inputs from my stamp. It takes in serial data and in the form of '1''f''4''/r'. The '1' indicates the 1st DC motor, the 'f' indicates the direction of the motor's rotation, the '4' indicates the percentage of the motor's output speed in the range of 0 to 9. The '/r' indicates the end of data.

The problem i have is that whenever i type in the ' key into the editor, it registers the next letters as comments instead of data that i have to send out. Would anyone have a solution to this?

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2011-01-11 20:06

Could you attach the PDF doc for your motor controller, please? I suspect there are several things wrong with that command string, but I don't want to speculate until I'm sure.

Thanks,
-Phil

w00t_86 · 2011-01-11 20:15

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

Could you attach the PDF doc for your motor controller, please? I suspect there are several things wrong with that command string, but I don't want to speculate until I'm sure.

Thanks,
-Phil

I've attached the PDF doc. Fingers crossed that i do have something that is actually compatible with my Basic Stamp.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2011-01-11 20:44

Okay, I see what's going on. The apostrophes are just single quotes and not part of the command. The '/r' is a carriage return. So your command string would look like this:

"1f4", 13

-Phil

w00t_86 · 2011-01-11 22:38

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
Okay, I see what's going on. The apostrophes are just single quotes and not part of the command. The '/r' is a carriage return. So your command string would look like this:
"1f4", 13
-Phil

Wow. It works really well! Thank you Phil!

Sending output instead of comment?

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