CONFIG DMXSLAVE/de

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Configures the DMX-512 slave.

 

 

Syntax

CONFIG DMXSLAVE = com, Channels=nchannels, DmxStart = nstart, Store=nstore

 

 

Remarks

com	The UART you want to use for the communication with the DMX-512 bus. This depends on the micro processor. In most cases this is COM1.
Channels	A numeric constant that defines the maximum number of channels you can receive. When you like to process all DMX data, you need to use 512 since 512 is the maximum. When you make a simple device a number of 8 would be sufficient.
DmxStart	The slave starting address. This is 1 by default. You will receive data starting at address 'Start'.
Store	The number of bytes you will receive and store.

 

You must chose the crystal/oscillator speed in a way that 250000 baud will give no errors. Typical 4, 8 and 16 MHz will work fine.

When you want to be sure, check the compiler report. It should have 0% error.

 

Since the DMX slave is running in interrupt mode on the background, you must ENABLE interrupts.

The serial interrupts used, is enabled by the CONFIG DMXSLAVE command.

 

So how does this work? When you configure the DMXSLAVE, it will receive data in interrupt mode. It will store the data into a byte arrays named _DMX_RECEIVED

The first byte stored into this array is the value for address 'DMXSTART' : the address you defined with DMXSTART.

The number of bytes stored in the array depends on the 'STORE' setting.

 

Example : Config Dmxslave = Com1 , Channels = 16 , DmxStart = 3 , Store = 1  

This will setup an array _DMX_RECEIVED that can hold 16 bytes. So the maximum value for STORE would be 16 too. In the example our address is 3, and we store only address 3.

We can dynamic change the DMXSTART address and the number of bytes to get !

For this purpose you can change the automatic generated internal variables _DMX_ADDRESS and _DMX_CHANNELS_TOGET

_DMX_ADDRESS defines the starting address. And _DMX_CHANNELS_TOGET defines the number of bytes to store after the address matches.

 

 

See also

NONE

 

 

Example

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' dmx-receive.bas
' (c) 1995-2009 MCS Electronics
' this sample demonstates receiving a DMX datastream in the background
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
'we use a chip with 2 UARTS so we can print some data
$regfile = "m162def.dat"
'you need to use a crystal that can generate a good 250 KHz baud
'For example 8 Mhz, 16 or 20 Mhz
$crystal = 8000000
'define the stack
$hwstack = 40
$swstack = 32
$framesize = 32
 
 
'these are the pins we use. COM1/UART1 is used for the DMX data
' TX RX
' COM1 PD.1 PD.0 DMX
' COM2 PB.3 PB.2 RS-232
 
 
Config Dmxslave = Com1 , Channels = 16 , DMXstart = 3 , Store = 1
'this will set up the code. an array named _dmx_channels will contain the data
'the channels will define the size. So when you want to receive data for 8 channels, you set it to 8.
'the maximum size is 512 for retrieving all data
'START defines the starting address. By default it is 1. Thus the array will be filled starting at address 3 in the example
'STORE defines how many bytes you want to store
'By default, 1 channel is read. But you can alter the variable _dmx_channelels_toget to specify how many bytes you want to receive
'So essential you need to chose how many bytes you like to receive. Most slaves only need 1 - 3 bytes. It would be a waste of space to define more channels then,
'Then you set the slave address with the variable : _dmx_address , which is also set by the optional [START]
'And finally you chose how many bytes you want to receive that start at the specified address. You do this by setting the _dmx_channels_toget variable.
'Example :
' Config Dmxslave = Com1 , Channels = 16 , Start = 300 , Store = 4
' this would store the bytes from address 300 - 303. the maximum would be 315 since channels is set to 16
' Config Dmxslave = Com1 , Channels = 8 , Start = 1 , Store = 8
' this would store the bytes from address 1 - 8. the maximum would be 8 since channels is set to 8
 
Config Com2 = 19200 , Synchrone = 0 , Parity = None , Stopbits = 1 , Databits = 8 , Clockpol = 0
 
 
Open "COM2:" For Binary As #1
Print #1 , "MCS DMX-512 test"
 
'since DMX data is received in an ISR routine, you must enable the global interrupts
Enable Interrupts
 
 
Dim J As Byte
Do
 If Inkey(#1) = 32 Then ' when you press the space bar
 For J = 1 To _dmx_channels ' show the data we received
 Print #1 , _dmx_received(j) ; " " ;
 Next
 Print #1,
 Elseif Inkey(#1) = 27 Then 'you ca dynamic change the start address and the channels
 Input #1 , "start " , _dmx_address
 Input #1 , "channels " , _dmx_channels_toget
 
 End If
Loop
 
'typical you would read a DIP switch and use the value as the address
 
 
End

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