> of the processes being handled. If the PAUSE were to shut down the > microprocessor for a second, it would stop everything. Packet > decoding, packet encoding, sensor input, control output, everything > would stop.
Well, not entirely. Packet receiving is a foreground task, and packets will still be buffered while it's paused. Keystrokes also get buffered, at least a little. But none of it is acted on until control gets back to the main loop. The bigger issue is that some of the buffers will block other tasks when they're in use, and it's expected that they'll be serviced in a timely manner. > We still need to get Scott to allow us to have a non-volatile outgoing > path configuration so we aren't writing to the memory all the time... > somebody get that man some Dr. Pepper, and a box of Twinkies! More likely it'd be using a pointer to a value in the script flash. Please, no Twinkies! I can't handle the calories like I could when I was 20. I'm developing a Starbucks habit, though. Scott
