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buffalobillpatrick · 08-18-14, 01:08 PM

See 1st line of code. your 0x27 goes there.

Serial Monitor window is just fine for debug, but won't be available later when HP Controller is remote from your PC.

& if HP Controller hangs once in a while, when you power it off & connect to a PC then problem might not replicate in reasonable amount of time.

When I use to do Microcode & Power-On Self Test Diagnostic code for a living, I even added a circular Trace Buffer where code continuously traced it's path.

Every functions 1st line of code wrote it's ID into Trace Buffer & any other troublesome area like interrupt handlers.

Great aid for debug & intermittent errors.

And yes, computers, microprocessors, Arduinos, have intermittent errors.

08-18-14, 01:08 PM	#225
buffalobillpatrick Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Florissant, Colorado Posts: 599 Thanks: 814 Thanked 59 Times in 55 Posts	See 1st line of code. your 0x27 goes there. Serial Monitor window is just fine for debug, but won't be available later when HP Controller is remote from your PC. & if HP Controller hangs once in a while, when you power it off & connect to a PC then problem might not replicate in reasonable amount of time. When I use to do Microcode & Power-On Self Test Diagnostic code for a living, I even added a circular Trace Buffer where code continuously traced it's path. Every functions 1st line of code wrote it's ID into Trace Buffer & any other troublesome area like interrupt handlers. Great aid for debug & intermittent errors. And yes, computers, microprocessors, Arduinos, have intermittent errors. Last edited by buffalobillpatrick; 08-18-14 at 01:57 PM..