Printf has just entirely failed to do anything

[B.Johnston]

Matt,

Sorry for leaving you confused.

The last step for success (in my eliminating the IFI> prompt freeze up while adding in printf's for my chosen variables) WAS the loading of the MASTER_V12.BIN from the 2006 default code.

You are absolutely correct when you mention that there is no explicit documentation of whether it's appropriate to try this.

But where is your sense of adventure.

The fact that IFI was doing FRC controller processor upgrades from ver 8520PICS to 8722PICS,

and Kevin Watson was releasing all kinds of code with instructions on how to load user programs written as enhancements for the 2006 base code onto 2005 processors.

Surely, if it were fatal to the processor somebody would have noticed by now that loading the MASTER_V12.BIN shouldnt be done on a 2005 controller.

Anyway it works, my 2005 controller is happily running MASTER_V12.BIN and both the FRC Default code and OUR 1114-1503-1680 Common base code that were teaching our programmers with.

Perhaps I should have actually read the IFI site for instructions on how to confirm which Master code we were running before I scrapped it, but I did save the bin file for posterity using device reader.

The only guessing going on was if it was v 10 or v11 not whether or not I fixed the freeze up at the IFI> stage.

Bruce

PS Jacob, I looked at your environment (8722PIC, lib & lkr) and you don't have the same printf freeze issue I had.

[JBotAlan]

Originally Posted by 1680Bruce

But where is your sense of adventure.
...
Surely, if it were fatal to the processor somebody would have noticed by now that loading the MASTER_V12.BIN shouldnt be done on a 2005 controller.

Hmm. I'm glad someone else did this experimentation. It would be an interesting experience, to say the least, describing to our team leader exactly why the most expensive component of the robot has become a paperweight.

Originally Posted by 1680Bruce

PS Jacob, I looked at your environment (8722PIC, lib & lkr) and you don't have the same printf freeze issue I had.

Thanks for trying. I really appreciate your help.

JBot

[Matt Krass]

Originally Posted by 1680Bruce

Anyway it works, my 2005 controller is happily running MASTER_V12.BIN and both the FRC Default code and OUR 1114-1503-1680 Common base code that were teaching our programmers with.

Originally Posted by JBotAlan

Hmm. I'm glad someone else did this experimentation. It would be an interesting experience, to say the least, describing to our team leader exactly why the most expensive component of the robot has become a paperweight.

Thanks for trying. I really appreciate your help.

JBot

Yeah I was definitely not up to that adventure Killing the RC my first year on 358 would have left a bad first impression

Thanks for the information, I've tucked it in with my 'useful things' section of the brain.