Remote Processing CAMBASIC - Manual (Page 153)

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START BIT
Tasking Statement
SYNTAX: START BIT task number [,task number ] . . .
PURPOSE: To enab le a BIT task tha t has prev iously been de fined with an ON BIT statement.
REMARK S: You can disable the task using the STOP BIT statement. The ST ART BIT statement will start the
last task that was declare d by the ON BIT statem ent.
If you use START BIT w ithout first defining the task with the ON BIT statement, CA MBASIC
cannot know whether a valid task exists. Attempting to start a nonexistent task will usually produce
nonsense err ors.
See the Multitasking Chapter for more information.
RELATED: BIT function and statement, ON BIT, STOP BIT
EXAMPLE: 10 ON BIT 0,0,0 GOSUB 60
20 START BIT 0
30 PRINT "waiting..."
40 DELAY .5
50 GOTO 30
60 IF BIT(0,0)=0 THEN PRINT "closed" ELSE
PRINT" open"
70 RETURN
ERROR: < Data out of range> – If task number > 7
< Data negative> – for task number