[PIC] getting 0x00 at end of string sent via uart on pic18f97j60

[dmsherazi]

hi , I am using TCP ip stack provided by microchip, I am using the pic net demo 2 board. When I send any string from the uart I receive 00 at strat of the string

Here is what i get when I send "New IP Address: " I would receive "New IP Address: [00]" on the terminal.

Here is the part where Uart is initialized.

// Configure USART
    TXSTA = 0x20;
    RCSTA = 0x90;
 // See if we can use the high baud rate setting
    #if ((GetPeripheralClock()+2*BAUD_RATE)/BAUD_RATE/4 - 1) <= 255
        SPBRG = (GetPeripheralClock()+2*BAUD_RATE)/BAUD_RATE/4 - 1;
        TXSTAbits.BRGH = 1;
    #else    // Use the low baud rate setting
        SPBRG = (GetPeripheralClock()+8*BAUD_RATE)/BAUD_RATE/16 - 1;
    #endif


    // Enable Interrupts
    RCONbits.IPEN = 1;        // Enable interrupt priorities
    INTCONbits.GIEH = 1;
    INTCONbits.GIEL = 1;
    INTCONbits.PEIE = 1; // enable peripheral interrupts.
    PIE1bits.RCIE   = 1; // enable USART receive interrupt
    IPR1bits.RCIP=0; // EUSART Receive Interrupt Priority 0 = Low priority

and this is the code to put the string on uart

void putrsUSART(const rom char *data)
	{
	  do
	  {  // Transmit a byte
	    while(BusyUSART());
	    putcUART(*data);
	  } while( *data++ );
	}

is there some thing that I am missing?

 

[jsbhalla88]

did you try to echo to check your code..???
you can try removing "const rom" from your function argument..

 

[Aussie Susan]

Move the loop test to the start of the loop.
The 'convention' is for C strings to be terminated by a NULL byte. While you are testing for that NULL value, you are doing that after you have sent it.
I would imagine that you are seeing the NULL byte being received by the PC and the terminal emulator program displaying that as "[00]" which could be its way of saying that it has received a byte that does not correspond to a displayable character and showing you the hex(??) value.
Susan