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Re: Reading interupt pin as Standard IO

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
I second Mike's comment. I know the IFI loader's terminal window introduces a significant delay when there is continuous data coming in. Hyperterminal is much better.

I don't know how the Vex serial communication is implemented. It's likely that you're sending "on" and "off" messages faster than they can be transmitted, and that they're being buffered.
Exactly. Try printing the on/off messages only when the pin state changes.
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