[Camel85kv]

I wrote a Qbasic Dashboard program and it works well enough to share.

It

-detects packets
-saves the data into an array
-performs basic processing of the data
-displays data on screen
-cleanly handles COM port errors

Right now it is set up to read the OI, not the RC. Simply modify the "SELECT CASE 4" by changing it to "SELECT CAES packnum" in one of the subs to use the RC data instead. This is untested. There might be a bug with the PacketFrame!() Function.

If you simply load this program and run it, it may take two or three tries to connect. Just tell it to retry a few times. You should set Qbasic (or the compiled program) to run on compatibility mode for windows 98 if you are running XP. Windows XP does werid things to the COM port... To do this, right click on icon, properties, (etc).

If you use this code, please let me know and mention team 937. I don't check this board often, so email questions to kvogt {AT} everestkc.net.

-Kyle Vogt
-Team 937