PICED Serial debug

Hi,

Just wondering how people are using PICED to debug logic code that actually depends on serial data being sent to it.

i.e.
ReadSerial(2, s, #13#10);
LowerCase(s);
if pos('on', s) = 1 then
begin
copy(ss, s, 4, 100);
WriteLn('ON : ', ss);
GA := StringToInt(ss);
SetLightingState(GA, ON);
WriteSerial(2, 'OK'#13#10);
end
else if pos('off', s) = 1 then
begin
copy(ss, s, 4, 100);
WriteLn('OFF : ', ss);
GA := StringToInt(ss);
SetLightingState(GA, OFF);
WriteSerial(2, 'OK'#13#10);
end
else if i <> 0 then
SetLightingState(32, ON);

Looking at the above code, which is a sample from the Examples Folder.

I need to write to the serial port, to have a particular GA turn on or OFF,
e.g. ON 32

But how do I simulate this with PICED???

Can someone please spell it out for me, it may be simple, and I'm just missing it ...

Cheers

 

Run hyperterminal or some other serial communications software on your computer. Connect one serial port to another using a cross-over cable (aka null modem cable). Send the commands from hyperterminal out one serial port and back into the other serial port to be read by PICED.

 

Thanks,

Was doing that already, but had a issue with the COM ports I was using.

Sorted that, and it works, exactly as you have described ... cheers

FYI - dont use Hyper Terminal
There is a great app called BillSerialMonitor

Check it out!