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Rickard5

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Posted: 04:59pm 19 May 2022
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Ok this is going to sound strange but here goes I have 2 projects where I'm using the PM as an embedded controller, but I have one screen so what I'm having to do is go in to a terminal session and load and run which ever program I'm going to run, but ideally I would like to be able to put a physical switch so at boot up it it will autostart which ever program I want to run, is this possible ?

Thanks in advance
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Mixtel90

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Posted: 05:22pm 19 May 2022
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The PicoMite can run and chain programs stored in flash memory slots. It might be worth trying something like this:

Flash slot 1: autorun program
Flash slot 2 : program 1
Flash slot 3 : program 2

The autorun program is set with
OPTION AUTORUN 1
so it starts automatically. It contains something like:
If input is high then FLASH RUN 2 else FLASH RUN 3

If program 1 and program 2 terminate with FLASH RUN 1 they will go back to the start. If they terminate with FLASH CHAIN 1 then any variables they have set will remain and the autorun program can get the results. Be careful if you do either of these as the autorun program will make an immediate choice and run one of the programs.
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Rickard5

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Posted: 03:10am 24 May 2022
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Thanks Mick
I'll try that ;0
RICK
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Grogster

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Posted: 05:55am 24 May 2022
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