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Hi, (...) Yup, that does what I want, although I can't remember enough about forth internals to work out why it works. But it does seem to depend on the return stack having a particular structure, so I do wonder - what happens if the interrupt (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Alex, I'll have a good look at this and then post an article. I have a funny feeling you're doing it the hard way, but that's because I know the insides of the patient better than you do - I am Dr Frankenforth after all! Oh, and sorry for the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Matt, I see this all the time when I teach embedded C programming to desktop guys - it's an objectification of things at the wrong level. Maybe you could consider this: (setup-light-sensor 'PORT2) which expands to 3 1 SENSOR_TYPE 128 1 (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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If I wasn't in a hurry with so many things to do in the next two days, I would figure this out for myself. My apologies for such a simple question. We're wrapping a lot sensor input stuff at a higher level of abstraction than the raw pbForth words. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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It works! (after countless crashes and firmwire reloads that is ... :) By modifying the saved Instruction Pointer to point to a memory area which in turn contains the address of an "abort word", on the next execution of a word (either inside a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Hi, if you just want to stop your "own" program use the Forth word ABORT or ABORT" : TEST 1000 0 DO \ do something run-button-down? ABORT" Aborted by user!" LOOP ; or if you want what looks like a "reset" use COLD: run-button-down? IF (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ah I see... intriguing idea :) Rereading your original post it should have been quite clear what you wanted. Unfortunately (as far as I know) Mario is right, there doesn't seem to be a clean solution other than manipulating the return stack. I've (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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This feels vaguely similar to a question just recently posed, almost. I need a way to get out of a user program that intentionally defines an infinite loop. My best attempt so far at an exit word : exit POWER_OFF LCD_4TH LCD_REFRESH ; in the context (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I see. Tired of re-booting hey? :o)) There's no way already available that I know of. I think that Mr. Hempel is looking into this. Maybe if we play with the return stack... (...) The way Forth works is that it is running the program. If you (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Matt, I'll try to help. :o) First, you have to specify the type of sensor that is hooked on the port. You do that with: type port SENSOR_TYPE Let me know if you need to know the different values for 'type'. 3 is a light sensor. Ports are numbered (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi, (...) My questions were a bit ambiguous. I don't want to abort the routine running on the ISR; I want (from the ISR routine) to abort a currently running user routine - eg abort something started from the console. So, for example, if a program (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) With obvious mappings, of course. (...) Put another way, at no point does the red LED on the light sensor light up, and I consistently read the same value from the light sensor, regardless of whether I set the mode to RAW or percent value. In (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I want to expand the Scheme procedure (get-light-value <sym | num>) where <sym> is one of 'PORT1, 'PORT2, 'PORT3 and num is either 0, 1, or 2 to the FORTH code 128 <port> SENSOR_MODE <port> SENSOR_CLEAR <port> SENSOR_READ <port> SENSOR_VALUE So, if (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) This should be : IsISRFree? 'UserISR ['] NoOp = ; of course. (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) To remove your program from the UserISR just set 'UserISR to ['] NoOp - or even better: to the previously stored old value. (...) Yes, you just have to read the current value of 'UserISR. If no other program is hooked to the ISR this is the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi, Is there any way of ABORTing the current program from the ISR ? I want to attach a routine to 'UserISR and have it ABORT and then execute POWER_OFF when the off/on button is pressed. I would also like to know whether a user program or the idle (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: [ANN] pbForth Version 2.1.5 Release and IR Data Tutorial
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(...) Mario, I'm glad that this has fixed the problem. I hope that you are making good progress with pbForth and that you're enjoying yourself... Cheers, Ralph (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Ralph, I don't know if you remember, but I had problems with SAVE-SYSTEM (see msg# 508)... until now! Just to let you know, with pbForth V2.1.5 and (more likely) GUI V2.1.3, it works fine! Thanks Mario (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Stupid cut and paste error on my part. It's fixed now... Cheers, Ralph (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: [ANN] pbForth Version 2.1.5 Release and IR Data Tutorial
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Hi Ralph, I just tried the latest version and I can't setup the IR port (mine is USB). I get the following message: Error: can't read "portID": no such variable Works fine with the previous version. Thanks Mario (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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