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Hello,
I am very new to the Propeller, so newbie issues may be obvious here. I am trying to get a simple communication between two Propellers (a Propeller Demo Board and a PE Kit). I am using the FullDuplex Serial object to send a series of bytes from one Prop to the other and display using the Parallax Serial Terminal object. I’ve succeeded in most respects, but I’m having a frustrating time figuring out some extraneous (and or dropped) characters at the receiving Prop. My suspicion was improper buffering or timing. I’ve tried all kinds of insertion of delays on the sending and receiving sides to remedy the issue, but those attempts make the situation worse. The Transtest.spin and Rectest2.spin listings are attached. What I get on the Parallax Serial Terminal display are a sequence of Hello! lines and random lello! or Hello1 as shown below. Any hints or clues as to what I am missing are greatly appreciated.
RickHello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello1
Hello!
Hello1
Lello1
Hello!
Hello!
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