Unfortunately I don't think a polled, non-buffered routine
is going to work. Data arrives in large bursts at 1 second
intervals. I would prefer that an interrupt was used
and the result placed in a buffer for me to use when I am
ready.

Hamish

On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 05:23:57AM -0200, Jose Souto wrote:
> I can't belive people still need this stuff...
> MC & HNY
> JSouto
>
> Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> > I am searching for an RS-232 serial receive routine
> > which supports parity. The received data occurs in
> > short bursts at regular intervals, so some sort
> > of buffer is probably required also. The code in
> > MicroChip AN555 receives some characters OK but
> > loses over 50% of them for me. The data rate is
> > 9600, and the clock rate is 10MHz (PIC16F84).
> >
> > Myke's code at www.rentron.com does not support
> > parity, nor do some of the others I've seen on the
> > net. I did not have any luck extending them.
> >
> > Thanks for your assistance,
> > Hamish



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