On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:44:39 -0500, Matt Parker wrote:

>I'm looking for a software serial port I can run on the 16F87x which will
>allow me to change baud rates on the fly (well, not necessarily on the
>fly, though that would be nice, but if nothing else, at startup without
>recompiling).  The plan is to configure the baud rate (as well as parity
>and # of stop bits) by reading a set of dip switches on startup.
>
>I've read AN-555 (Microchip's application note on a software serial port),
>but it seems to depend on using the SET statement at compile-time for all
>of these options.  Does anyone know of existing code that allows the comm
>parameters to be set in variables?
>

I'd suggest putting your BRGH settings in a table of RETLWs and
indexing into the table with the DIP switch value.

Read the switches, get the appropriate BRGH value and write that value
to the register.


Regards, Bob

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