Hi Folks,

I am new to PIC programming and a new member of this list so please bear with me
if I am asking the wrong questions ;-)

I have written my first PIC program which is quite complex for a first attempt
(it is for a specific hobby related project). The program is written in PIC
Basic Pro (for the most part) as I felt out of my depth with the Microchip
language and I have programmed in BASIC before, although it was many years ago.
My program runs perfectly when using the demo version of 'PIC Simulator IDE' but
for some reason it will not run correctly in the chip/circuit.

The main program executes correctly as do two of three subroutines but the third
(and crucial) subroutine I cannot get to work at all. If I 'rem' out certain
lines I can get it to carry out the remainder of the subroutine but those key
lines will not perform. I have searched long and hard on numerous forums, the
PICList, the data sheets and the PBP manual but I am still getting nowhere. I
now have over 200 hours of my free time invested in this project and while I can
taste success it remains just out of reach which is becoming exceedingly
frustrating.

I have narrowed the problem down (by a process of elimination) to either the PBP
'Random' command and/or my method of 'sampling' the TMR0 timer. If I 'rem' out
those lines I can get the remainder of the subroutine to work.

I am hoping that someone on here can point me in the right direction as I am now
at a total loss as to what to try next. I have a sneaky feeling that the problem
is going to have a stupidly simple answer that I am just not spotting (probably
through inexperience) but any help would be greatly appreciated.

I know you are going to have to see the code in order to help but at this point
I do not know if it is common practice on here to post the code as part of the
question , to post the code to somewhere on the web and provide a link or to
post the code to the web page space provided to PICList members (and I could
find no answer to this in the FAQ). So I guess my first question is.....

where should I post the code in order to get an answer to this problem?

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Larry Green VE3YET

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