L. Barta wrote :

> Hello,
> 
> I'm pretty new to PIC programming and I'm having some 
> problems. I'm using  PicBasic, CodeDesigner Lite, a
> Warp 13 programmer,...

I know nothing about anyone of those, but just a few
notes...

> and a Serial LCD display in my project which 
> works but not like  I'd like it to!
> Here is my code:
> 
> 'Ultrasonic Range Finder
> 
> Symbol TRISB = 134
> Symbol PortB = 6
> Poke TRISB,8
> Loop:
>  SerOut 2, T2400, (12)    'Send out Clear Screen
>  Low 0        'Make sure Initiate is low
>  Pause 10       'Wait 10 MS
>  High 0            'Now Initiate Range Finder
>  PulsIn 3, 0, W3      'Receive "Echo", put data in W3
>  Pause 150       'Wait .15 second
>  Low 0        'Bring initiate low
>  LET W2 = W3 * 10     'W3 times 10 equals W2
>  IF W2 = 0 Then Loop     'If no data in W2, go to loop
>  LET W0 = W2 / 178     'Divide W2 by 178, put answer in W0
>  Pause 10       'Wait a bit
>  SerOut 2, T2400, (12,2,#W0)   'Send what's in W0 out to 
> display******I've 
> also tried this (12,1,2,#B0,46,#B1)
> 
>  Pause 800       'Wait .8 second
>  GoTo Loop       'Do it all again
>  End

What is the data type of each variable ?
8-bit int ?
16-bit int ?
Or maybe ome kind of "float" ?
Does they have some default fdta type ?
That is, you don't have to declare them ?

/Jan-Erik.

> 

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