RTC Battery Back-Up

[gavo4]

Hi Leigh,

Just a quick question with regards to the RTC Battery Back-up.

I have inserted a 2032 Lithium battery in the Miac and I assume we can't keep calling a RTC Set-up Macro as it will keep defaulting the RTC Clock to the time we have set in the Macro. How can we call the RTC set-up once and not again so we don't overwrite the time each time the MIAC Switches off?

Regards,

Gavin

[LeighM]

Hi Gavin,
The RTC setting is usually done via a setup menu selected via the keypad.
Leigh

[gavo4]

Thanks Leigh!,

I have written the Time part of the RTC keypad working nicely, just the date side and I will run some tests..

Regards,

Gavin

[gavo4]

Thanks Leigh!,

Working nicely now - thanks again for the help!

Regards,

Gavin

[gavo4]

Hi Leigh,

I have the time working nicely, the date is an issue, I can't seem to get the last digit for the Year on my routine, somehow I have tried it a Million ways and still nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The routine is not very polished just playing about but somehow If I enter 10/01/19 in the key pad I can only get 10/01/1

Many Thanks...

Regards,

Gavin

[LeighM]

Hi Gavin,
You are getting on well
The simulation debugger is very useful for helping with these kind of problems.
If you set a breakpoint in your GET_DATE, run the simulation, when it stops on the breakpoint add DATE to the variable watch.
You can then edit the value of DATE to help see what is happening ...

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Then Step to the next icon and see how the DATE changes ...

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So this is the fix ...

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Hope that helps
Leigh

[gavo4]

Thanks Leigh,

The Simulation really, really helps!,

I still can't seem to see the 2?

I used the calculation in Date Set as:

DATE[5] = '5'
DATE[4] = '4'
DATE[3] = '3'
DATE[2] = '2'
DATE[1] = '1'
DATE[0] = '0'

I used the Calculation as

DATE[8] = 0
DATE[7] = DATE[5]
DATE[6] = DATE[4]
DATE[5] = '/'
DATE[4] = DATE[3]
DATE[3] = DATE[2]
DATE[2] = '/'
DATE[1] = DATE[1]
DATE[0] = DATE[0]


And attached is what I get

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[LeighM]

The RTC:SetDate string should only be 6 characters and without the '/'

[gavo4]

Hi Leigh,

I did do that?, perhaps I have miss-understood you?

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[LeighM]

Could you try it on the hardware now?
It could be that the RTC component does not simulate.
If hardware does not work, could you post your latest project file?

[gavo4]

on the Display I get when I run the code:

01/03/45

Regards,
'
Gavin

[LeighM]

Ah, I think that might just be the RTC component doing some checking,
i.e. there is no month 23

[gavo4]

Oops how embarrassing as I should've seen that...

thanks Leigh - all working!