Programming Examples

Example 2 - Status Registers and Queues

340 PRINT TABXY(4,10);" ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^"

350PRINT TABXY(4,11);" +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+"

360PRINT TABXY(4,12);" : : : : : : : : :"

370PRINT TABXY(4,13);" +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+"

380PRINT TABXY(4,14);" PON URQ CME EXE DDE QYE RQC OPC"

390PRINT TABXY(40,12);"Standard Event Status Register"

400PRINT TABXY(4,16);"Last Command :"

410PRINT TABXY(4,17);"Last Error :"

420PRINT TABXY(4,18);"Output Queue :"

430!

440! Start the program loop and enable the interrupt for the errors

450!

460Ende=0

470GOSUB Pmm_srq

480ENABLE INTR 7;2

490!

500! The Central Loop

510!

520REPEAT

530INPUT "Command ? ",Inp$

540GOSUB Pmm_srq

550OUTPUT Att;Inp$

560PRINT TABXY(21,16);"

"

570PRINT TABXY(21,16);Inp$

580WAIT 1.0

590UNTIL Ende=1

600GOTO 1380

610!

620!----------------------------------------------------

630Pmm_srq: ! Interrupt Handling Subroutine to display the

640! status and the error and output queues

650!----------------------------------------------------

660!

670! Get the value for the Status Byte

680!

690Value=SPOLL(Att)

700!

710! Initialize and start the display of the registers

720!

730PRINT TABXY(21,17);"

"

740 PRINT TABXY(21,18);"

"

750 Ypos=3

760FOR Z=0 TO 1

770Bit=128

780Xpos=7

790!

800! Do it for each bit

810!

820REPEAT

830Quot=Value DIV Bit

840!

850! If the bit is set then display 1

860!

870IF Quot>0 THEN

880PRINT TABXY(Xpos,Ypos);"1"

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8156A specifications

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