In the new standard, serial3 is used for communication between boards. It must be activated by setting the global boolean UseIntercard to true (Userconfiguration.h). At the end of every FSM cycle serial3 is checked on available data. If there is data, just one message will be processed each time (leaving available data for the next cycle). By processing the message, one of the global variables for intercard communication is set for just one cycle in the FSM loop. After one cycle all global strings are blanked. It is possible to send 4 different messages to another board; @CHAR01 followed by one character; @CHAR10, followed by max 10 characters; @INT001, followed by just one number and @INT003, followed by 3 numbers. When receiving an Intercard message, the following global strings are set for just one FSM cycle; IntercardChar01, IntercardChar10, IntercardInt001 and IntercardInt003 (depending on the "expected" Intercard message). While using this communication, be aware to check on the globals while running the cycles (it is easy to miss the message).

At the moment the software is in a test phase. A possible application of the Intercard protocol is project "Notification call systems". See under "Projects" for the full description or click here.

figure. simple Intercard communication.