BASIC stamp manual v2.2

3: Using the BASIC Stamp Editor
BASIC Stamp Syntax and Reference Manual 2.2 • www.parallax.com • Page 51
The EEPROM map is shown in two scales. The main view is the detailed
EEPROM map, which displays the data in hexadecimal format in each
location. The condensed EEPROM map is the vertical region on the left
that shows a small-scale view of the entire EEPROM; the red square over it
corresponds to the scroll bar handle in the detailed EEPROM map and
indicates the portion of the EEPROM that is currently visible in the
detailed EEPROM map.
Checking the Display ASCII checkbox switches the detailed EEPROM
display from hexadecimal to ASCII. In this program, the textual data can
be read right off the EEPROM map when using this option.
Two important points to remember about this map are: 1) it only indicates
how your program will be downloaded to the BASIC Stamp module; it
does not "read" the BASIC Stamp memory, and 2) for all BS2 models, fixed
variables like B3 and W1 and any aliases do not show up on the memory
map as memory used. The editor ignores fixed variables when it arranges
automatically allocated variables in memory. Remember, fixed and
allocated variables can overlap.
The Debug Terminal window provides a convienent display for data
received from a BASIC Stamp during run-time, and also allows for the
transmission of characters from the PC keyboard to the BASIC Stamp. The
Debug Terminal is automatically opened and configured when a PBASIC
program, containing a DEBUG command, is downloaded. You can
manually open a Debug Terminal one of three ways: select
Run  Debug  New, press Ctrl+D on the keyboard, or click on the
Debug Terminal toolbar button. Up to four (4) Debug Terminals can be
open at once (on four different ports) and all can be left open while editing
and downloading source code.
Figure 3.14 below shows the demo program DEBUG_DEBUGIN.bs2 in the
edit pane, and the Debug Terminal that opens when this program is run.
THE DEBUG TERMINAL.
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HE EEPROM MAP.