I hear you all ... great many thanks. Saved me many hours of chasing my
tail. Just wondered how many other gotcha ahead???

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Barr" <bob_barr@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: 27 July 2001 21:15
Subject: Re: [PIC]: Option reg


> Quentin wrote:
> >Zantos
> >That is just an iritating warning to tell you that the register is in
> >Bank1. I would not recommend it now, as you are still learning PIC's,
> >but later on once you are sure you are selecting the correct banks, you
> >can put in:
> >ERRORLEVEL -302
> >at the top of your code to switch this message off.
> >
>
> Rather than turning this warning off globally, I'd suggest switching it it
> on and off as you switch banks.
>
> Having the warning active will catch inadvertent operations with alternate
> bank registers.
>
> I try to avoid all warnings (if at all possible). This way I don't have to
> 'read past' warnings that I *know* are bogus. It's just too easy to miss a
> new warning in the midst of a bunch that you've seen dozens of times
before.
> (Please don't ask how I know this. :=) It was a long and painful lesson. A
> real 'Duh!' on my part.)
>
>     .
>     .
>     bsf    STATUS, RP0    ; alternate register bank
>     ERRORLEVEL -302
>     .
>     do any alternate bank register ops, warnings are supressed
>     .
>     bcf    STATUS, RP0    ; back to normal bank
>     ERRORLEVEL +302
>     .
>     .
>
>
> Just my $0.02, Bob
>
>
>
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