I am new to the X2 however just wanted to make sure I understand some concepts prior to the project. This will be my mk II Aquarium controller.
As I want the PICAXE to communicate bi-directionally to my PC I had been worried about the serin command just locking up the PICAXE waiting for a message from the PC that may never arrive. I also want the PICAXE to connect to a LCD, provide timing functions for some outputs and have some user buttons
Now with program slots, I assume I can now partition the comms into another slot from the main program. I want the PC to send on/off commands to the PICaxe and the PICaxe to send A/D values and I/O status back to the PC via ZIGBEE.
So I could setup the PICaxe to just wait for a serin string and then send back data. Even if the serin never arrived it, it would not effect the operation of the programs running in other slots ?
Can a program in slot 1 stop/reset a program in another slot. ?
rob
Australia
As I want the PICAXE to communicate bi-directionally to my PC I had been worried about the serin command just locking up the PICAXE waiting for a message from the PC that may never arrive. I also want the PICAXE to connect to a LCD, provide timing functions for some outputs and have some user buttons
Now with program slots, I assume I can now partition the comms into another slot from the main program. I want the PC to send on/off commands to the PICaxe and the PICaxe to send A/D values and I/O status back to the PC via ZIGBEE.
So I could setup the PICaxe to just wait for a serin string and then send back data. Even if the serin never arrived it, it would not effect the operation of the programs running in other slots ?
Can a program in slot 1 stop/reset a program in another slot. ?
rob
Australia