Using Xbee Multiple_Decimal_Receive

GrantmcF

I'm using two Xbee modules and two propeller modules to talk to each other. I'm trying to pass two variables from one module to another. I can pass them and read them using serial pass through on the receiving side, but I can't save them as global variables. I have tried using Multiple Decimal Receive, but can't get it to work. Any suggestions?

Chris Savage

Hello,

How are you receiving the variables? If you receive them into global variables then you can probably save a step, but without seeing the code I couldn't guess where the issue might be. Can you post your code as an attachment (archive)?

GrantmcF

I figured it out. The problem was on my sending side. Multiple Decimal Receive uses the XBee object library and rxDec requires a comma or a carriage return from the sending side after the data is sent. I did not have either one on the sending side so it wasn't reading it properly. I was viewing it on the serial terminal with serial pass through which doesn't care about separators. This code works. FDs is full duplex serial, XBr is XBee object

Sending
FDs.str(string("!"))
FDs.dec(out_Temp)
FDs.str(string(","))
FDs.dec(out_Rh)
FDs.str(string(","))

Receiving

Pub cog_Rx | DataIn, Val1,Val2
'Receives data and posts it to global variables

Repeat
DataIn := XBr.RxTime(100) ' Wait for byte with timeout
If DataIn == "!" ' Check if delimiter
Val1 := XBr.RxDecTime(3000) ' Wait for 1st decimal value with timeout
Val2 := XBr.RxDecTime(3000) ' Wait for next decimal value with timeout
out_Temp:= Val1
out_Rh:= Val2