I'm trying to use hogCPU() to prevent two tasks writing to the same variable, but every time I call it my NXT hangs completely and I need to remove the battery to get it back again. I've included some sample code that illustrates the bug - not very useful code but it shows what I mean. I've tried using releaseCPU(), abortTimeslice() and EndTimeSlice() (which all seem to be the same thing) but no joy. Any ideas?

If you are going to try the code, link over your USB cable or you will descend into Bluetooth hell.

Gordon

For a quick fix, try changing the intrinsic definitions in the file robotCIntrinsic.c to

intrinsic void hogCPU() asm(opcdSystemFunctions, byte(sysFuncHogProcessor));
intrinsic void releaseCPU() asm(opcdSystemFunctions, byte(sysFuncFreeProcessor));
intrinsic void abortTimeslice() asm(opcdSystemFunctions, byte(sysFuncSwitchContext));

The current definitions somehow got the "sysFuncXXXX" constants garbled.

1. When using datalog NXT occasionally freezes the brick (completely, i.e. only battery power cycle helps). It seems as if the presence of Createdatalog() would increase the probability of the crash however I have not made too many attempts.

2. The datalog itself (comma separated values) contain two columns, of which the first is mostly constant and the second column contains the information I have intended to save.

3. It seems to me there's a new function called AddToDatalogEnhanced, quite poorly documented.

I've added a few entries to the bugtrace regarding to Release 1.10.