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stanleyella Guru  Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2527 |
Thanks for the advice. I am having one error after another. Latest is the display isn't configured but it does the touch, filled circles and read sd card for ili9341 ok and is supposed to remember the gp setup. I tried OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP18, GP19, GP16 OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341, P, GP15, GP14, GP13 but get > RUN [6] Option SYSTEM SPI GP18, GP19, GP16 Error : Invalid option I rechecked my wiring and it matches and the display works but not in my program. I don't know what to do next. If I could see the basic in the circles demo that works I could copy that to work on. |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5035 |
Not sure if this is the right thread name, it seems a bit derailed. Anyway, there are 2 versions of picomite. The normal version supports LCD. The VGA version supports a vga monitor. The VGA software does not support option system spi. Check your version. PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10198 |
You can't set the OPTION LCDPANEL in a program. You just set it once at the command line -PLEASE READ THE MANUAL |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2527 |
Yes matherp, did set up in terminal and said it's supposed to be stored and I can type gui test lcdpanel in teraterm and get filled circle demo. If I don't use OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP18, GP19, GP16 OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341, P, GP15, GP14, GP13 in my code it gives error lcd not configured when it sees the PIXEL command ???. using mmedit v4 and PicoMite firmware V5.07.04 I don't find the error messages helpful and I don't see answers in the manual as helpful as otherwise I would have read data working. No use saying it's like glbasic if I've never used glbasic and I looked up glbasic read data and that's vague. I expected a learning curve but that it was basic but the errors. This thread was about me learning mmbasic variables and I'm enlightened, thanks. if I use OPTION DEFAULT INTEGER I still got to dim all variables or get not declared error. |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2527 |
If I have the OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP18, GP19, GP16 OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341, P, GP15, GP14, GP13 set up in teraterm and the lcd and touch and sd card work then do I need to tell my code the display values? it's not clear for me. Why do I get lcd not configured error when it sees pixel x,y,colour if it is configured and works? I can't see any explanations of error messages. I got the display drawing circles in front of me... why can't I code that? |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3348 |
Works for me. > new > option default integer > i=1234 > ?i 1234 > Perhaps you also have OPTION EXPLICIT. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3348 |
This is what the manual says: .gif) I'm not sure how you can blame it for your repeated efforts to use "READ DATA ..." as the form of the command despite having had the problem pointed out several times. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10198 |
Have you also set OPTION EXPLICIT? This forces all variables to be "explicitly" declared Have you anywhere got the line OPTION RESET?  |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2527 |
> RUN [121] Pixel oldspx(temp)+spw,oldspy(temp)+spht,BK Error : Display not configured > Pixel 100,100,RGB(white) works in teraterm > option list OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP18,GP19,GP16 OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341, LANDSCAPE,GP15,GP14,GP13 OPTION TOUCH GP12,GP11 GUI CALIBRATE 0, 3878, 3882, -881, -647 OPTION SDCARD GP22 mycode which gives error > RUN [120] Pixel oldspx(temp)+spw,oldspy(temp)+spht,BK Error : Display not configured > OPTION BASE 0 ' 0 based arrays OPTION DEFAULT NONE ' Don't assume a type for variables OPTION EXPLICIT OPTION DEFAULT INTEGER 'OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341, OR, DC, RESET, CS 'OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP18, GP19, GP16 'OPTION SDCARD GP22 'OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341, P, GP15, GP14, GP13 'OPTION TOUCH GP12, GP11 dim sp1(255),sp2(255),cannon(119),missile(15),dx(7),dy(7),spx(7),spy(7) dim oldspx(7),oldspy(7) dim ptr,bk,wh,bl,gr,cy,re,ma,ye,br,hiscore integer dim spw,spht,temp,frame,frame_count integer for ptr=0 to 255 read sp1(ptr) next ptr for ptr=0 to 255 read sp2(ptr) next ptr for ptr=0 to 119 read cannon(ptr) next ptr for ptr=0 to 15 read missile(ptr) next ptr hiscore=0 'white, black,blue, green, cyan, red, magenta, yellow, brown, white, orange, pink, gold, salmon, beige, lightgrey and grey (orUSA spelling gray/lightgray). 'CONST bk = RGB(BLack) 'const wh = rgb(white) 'const bl = rgb(blue) 'const gr = rgb(green) 'const cy = rgb(cyan) 'const re = rgb(red) 'const ma = rgb(magenta) 'const ye = rgb(yellow) 'const br = rgb(brown) for temp=0 to 7 'set up start sprite positions and directions do dx(temp)=(int(rnd*8)+1)-4 'set up start sprite positions and directions loop until dx(temp)<>0 do dy(temp)=(int(rnd*8)+1)-4 loop until dy(temp)<>0 spx(temp)=104+((rnd*16)+1) spy(temp)=144+((rnd*16)+1) ' sprite_status(temp)=1 'activate sprite next do 'demo moving sprite for temp=0 to 7 ' if sprite_status(temp)=1 then 'is sprite active if spx(temp)>213 then 'check right edge dx(temp)= 0-dx(temp) end if if spx(temp)<8 then 'check left edge dx(temp)= 0-dx(temp) end if if spy(temp)>289 then 'check bottom edge dy(temp)= 0-dy(temp) end if if spy(temp)<32 then 'check top edge dy(temp)= 0-dy(temp) end if ' oldspx(temp)=spx(temp) oldspy(temp)=spy(temp) 'get last position for erase spx(temp)=spx(temp)+dx(temp) spy(temp)=spy(temp)+dy(temp) 'get new position for draw ' ' if sprite_status(temp)=1 then 'is sprite active if frame=0 then'which sprite to draw erase_sprite 'erase sprite at last position sprite1 'draw sprite1 at new position else erase_sprite 'erase sprite at last position sprite2 'draw sprite2 at new position end if ' end if ' end if next temp ' frame_count=frame_count+1 'when to change sprite if frame_count=5 then frame=not frame frame_count=0 end if loop ' sub sprite1 ptr=0 for spht=0 to 15 for spw=0 to 15 pixel spx(temp)+spw,spy(temp)+spht,sp1(ptr) ptr=ptr+1 next spw next spht end sub ' sub sprite2 ptr=0 for spht=0 to 15 for spw=0 to 15 pixel spx(temp)+spw,spy(temp)+spht,sp2(ptr) ptr=ptr+1 next spw next spht end sub ' sub erase_sprite 'fills window background colour for spht=0 to 15 for spw=0 to 15 pixel oldspx(temp)+spw,oldspy(temp)+spht,BK next spw next spht end sub 'sprite1 data wh,bl,bl,bl,bl,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bl,bl,bl,bl,wh data bk,bl,re,re,re,bl,bl,bk,bk,bl,bl,re,re,re,bl,bk data bk,bk,bk,bl,re,wh,bl,bk,bk,bl,wh,re,bl,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bl,re,wh,bl,bk,bk,bl,wh,re,bl,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bl,wh,bl,bk,bk,bl,wh,bl,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bl,bl,bk,bk,bl,bl,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,ye,bk,bk,ye,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk data bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk data bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk data ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bl,ye data ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye data ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye data bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk data bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk 'sprite2 data bl,bl,bl,bl,bl,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bl,bl,bl,bl,bl data bk,bl,re,re,re,bl,bl,bk,bk,bl,bl,re,re,re,bl,bk data bk,bk,bl,wh,wh,re,bl,bk,bk,bl,re,wh,wh,bl,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bl,re,wh,bl,bk,bk,bl,wh,re,bl,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bl,wh,bl,bk,bk,bl,wh,bl,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bl,bl,bk,bk,bl,bl,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk 'cannon data bk,bk,bk,bk,bk,wh,wh,bk,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,bk,ye,cy,cy,ye,bk,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,ye,cy,wh,wh,cy,ye,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,ye,cy,cy,cy,cy,ye,bk,bk,bk data bk,bk,ye,ye,cy,wh,wh,cy,ye,ye,bk,bk data bk,bk,ye,cy,cy,cy,cy,cy,cy,ye,bk,bk data bk,ye,bl,bl,bl,re,re,bl,bl,bl,ye,bk data ye,ye,bl,bl,bl,re,re,bl,bl,bl,ye,ye data bk,bk,ye,re,re,re,re,re,re,ye,bk,bk data bk,bk,bk,ye,ma,ma,ma,ma,ye,bk,bk,bk 'missile data wh,wh,re,re,ye,ye,wh,wh,wh,wh,ye,ye,re,re,wh,wh |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10198 |
Just run your code with your options and no errors. There is something else you are doing and/or not aware of. Try re-loading MMbasic then OPTION RESET and also try the latest beta |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7829 |
Forget the rest of the program. Isolate what's happening with your display first. Write a very simple program to put some text on the screen: TEXT 10,10,"TEST" If you don't understand that then READ THE MANUAL. Don't assume anything. Play with the values. Add the extra options. See how they work. Once that works you can start to consider parts of your program, but if it doesn't work you *have* to fix it before you do anything else. There's no point in continuing if you can't access the screen. The only options you need to set up to start with are for system SPI and the display (entered *once* at the command line). If you need to change the display you have to use OPTION LCDPANEL DISABLE before you can enter new values. Once you can write to the screen you can set up Touch, if you are going to want it. Once again, get it working properly before adding any more code whatsoever. Always work like this. Test small bits of your program so that you know they work before integrating them into the whole. Trying to run the whole thing from ground zero is pointless - and you'll get a very sore head from banging it against the wall in frustration! It's useful to write the bits as SUBs and FUNCTIONs. You can test the complete blocks then. EDIT: It seems Peter has tested it and got in while I was typing. I'm too slow. lol Edited 2022-08-07 05:56 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2527 |
TEXT 10,10,"TEST" works in teraterm ie prints TEST on lcd Pixel 10,10,rgb(white) works cls works box 10,10,30,30,2,rgb(blue),rgb(red) works if I try cls box 10,10,30,30,2,rgb(blue),rgb(red) using mmedit I get > RUN [1] CLS Error : Display not configured > so mmedit is not working? set to picomite. stick to teraterm? |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3348 |
If you are connected to the serial port in Teraterm, you may not be able to access it from MMEdit. Try closing Teraterm before trying MMEdit. From what TassyJim had said earlier, you had been accessing his online MMBasic device. Could you still be connected to that? ~ Edited 2022-08-07 06:52 by lizby PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6268 |
Yes. He trying to use my test "micromite without any display" Different device, different configuration. "Just because you have a black cat it doesn't mean all cats are black!" Jim Don't worry, you are not he first person who has tried to run non-existent LCd's on the test server Edited 2022-08-07 07:04 by TassyJim VK7JH MMedit |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10198 |
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vegipete Guru Joined: 29/01/2013 Location: CanadaPosts: 1128 |
Here's a different way about it, if the SD card is configured and working: ' Requires "glyphs.bmp" to be saved on SD card in active directory OPTION BASE 0 ' 0 based arrays OPTION DEFAULT INTEGER cls blit load 1,"glyphs.bmp", 0,0,16,16 ' alien 1 blit load 2,"glyphs.bmp",16,0,16,16 ' alien 2 blit load 3,"glyphs.bmp",32,0,12,10 ' cannon blit load 4,"glyphs.bmp",44,0, 2, 8 ' missile cx = 100 : cy = 150 : blit write 3,cx,cy cdx = 1 ' cannon motion ax = 20 : ay = 15 : aa = 1 : blit write aa,ax,ay adx! = 1.1 : ady! = 1.9 ' alien motion settick 500,animate,1 do box cx,cy,16,16,0,0,0 ' erase cannon at old position cx = cx + cdx ' move cannon blit write 3,cx,cy ' draw cannon at new location if cx > 200 or cx < 50 then cdx = -cdx ' change direction box ax,ay,16,16,0,0,0 ' erase alien at old position ax = ax + adx! : ay = ay + ady! ' move alien blit write aa,ax,ay ' draw alien at new location if ax > 220 or ax < 10 then adx! = -adx! if ay > 132 or ay < 10 then ady! = -ady! pause 10 ' wait a bit loop ' change alien animation frame sub animate aa = 1 + (aa=1) ' toggle alien animation frame end sub end Here is the required image file. Unzip the "glyphs.bmp" file to an SD card where you can see it with the FILES command. I created the BMP file using a CMM2 by drawing the 4 sprites packed together and saving the resulting image. The four "blit load" commands extract exactly the correct region of this graphic file, also known as a "sprite sheet." A better method of generating the sprite sheet would be to use something like "paint.net" on a PC to make the BMP file. Visit Vegipete's *Mite Library for cool programs. |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2527 |
I noticed chat- vegipete in mmedit but not a clue. I spent a while typing code into teraterm and F1 to save but where it went ? can't get it back, teraterm is imho terrible to use. I can't use it for writing a program. Could I use notepad++ or geany as an editor cos mmedit is not working? I have a feeling it doesn't work with rpi 2040 as a system. Attempts at pasting code to teraterm result in duplicates and missing code, it's terrible to use. It's annoying that I can't see why my code doesn't work and nobody can point out why. Is it that rpi pico and mmbasic is buggy? It's not a "mite" yet. If I could use an editor in win and save/run the files to the rpi pico via teraterm if that's the way. no way I could live with teraterm for coding. |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2527 |
@vegipete - interesting code how to copy and paste it? would box be a fast way of erasing? nice the blit can be a bmp on sd card, could it be loaded/read from data? where's a bmp editor when you need one. |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3348 |
It's not that MMEdit is not working, it's that it's not connected to your PicoMite but to TassyJim's online MMBasic device which doesn't have an LCD. TeraTerm is a terminal, not an editor. You could use it to type into the MMBasic editor, but has has been said previously, it's best used with an editor such as Notepad++ or Geany. Then you copy your code, press F10 (Autosave) in Teraterm and paste in your code and terminate it with Ctrl+z. Then you can RUN or EDIT. Or if you have and SD card working, SAVE it. You're as wrong as can be. You haven't learned how to use it yet. (Though I myself prefer Notepad++ and TeraTerm). You're not doing it in the way that has been suggested. Everyone posting here has been telling you why what you are doing isn't working for you. You don't appear to either read the manual or what people have posted. It's not that MMBasic on the Pico is buggy. One of the most important things for a programmer to learn is that if something goes wrong and you can't figure out why, it's probably an error on your part. For beginners, it's probably ten thousand to one that it's the programmer's fault. Maybe if you're quite experienced it's down to one thousand to one (speaking of a programming language which is pretty well developed). You can do that as explained above and as previously explained. I don't even know what you mean when you speak of "teraterm for coding". PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6268 |
One last try. The best feature of the maximie family is the built-in editor. It is rare to be ably to program on the device. But if you prefer to edit on the PC: Make sure Teraterm is not running. In MMEdit menu Select 'Connect - New' In the pop up window, select 'serial port' 'find port' a list of currently available com ports will appear. select your picomite (which was com13 at one stage) select a baud rate in the right hand pull-down box. 115200 is a good choice but it doesn't matter for the picomite. Click on OK Click on save Your window title bar should now show the com port and baud rate. On the advanced menu, make sure a tick is beside "auto run on load" Now if you press the right hand button (run and go) and you have done every thing right, You program will be uploaded to the picomite and run after loading. Now the bad news. MMEdit will open a terminal for you to use It's a crap terminal but you don't seem interested on using MMEdit V5 which has a much better terminal. Still not as good as Teraterm. You can't get away from terminals. VK7JH MMedit |
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