Sending a varible to a serial LCD

jjmonns

I have been having trouble sending a varible to the parallax serial LCD.· I am using the SX48 proto board with the internal 4mhz.· I am able to send a string but I can't send a number variable correctly.· It comes out as random characters such as a series of backslashes.· Any help?

Bean

jjmonns,
· You need to convert the variable into ASCII characters.
· Here is a routine to convert a Word variable into 5 ASCII digits.

Word_To_Digits  SUB 2
 
 
Word_To_Digits:
  tempW = __WPARAM12
  char = "0" 

  DO WHILE tempW >= 10000
    INC char
    tempW = tempW - 10000
  LOOP
  SendChar char
 
  char = "0"
  DO WHILE tempW >= 1000
    INC char
    tempW = tempW - 1000
  LOOP
  SendChar char
 
  char = "0"
  DO WHILE tempW >= 100
    INC char
    tempW = tempW - 100
  LOOP
  SendChar char
 
  char = "0"
  DO WHILE tempW >= 10
    INC char
    tempW = tempW - 10
  LOOP
  SendChar char
 
  char = "0" + tempW_LSB
  SendChar char
 
  RETURN

Bean.

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Post Edited (Bean (Hitt Consulting)) : 8/27/2006 6:52:45 PM GMT

jjmonns

Thanks for the help! I don't know how to make a variable a word with the SX. I was able to make it work with a byte and shortened it to work with that. Here is what I made:

byte_To_Digits:
tempW = __PARAM1
char = "0"
DO WHILE tempW >= 100
INC char
tempW = tempW - 100
LOOP
LCD_OUT char

char = "0"
DO WHILE tempW >= 10
INC char
tempW = tempW - 10
LOOP
LCD_OUT char

char = "0" + tempW
LCD_OUT char

RETURN