BS1 question

Blackbird455

Ok,

· Its been a year since I wrote any code, and I need some help stat!!!!!


· I want to make a BS1· run several lines of code then pause for 20 mins and run again, to no end.


· How?

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Blackbird455

You know what? I just had an idea, I am only using one output, so I can bounce 60000 pauses between the other pins till I need my "hot" pin.

There has to be a better way , right?



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PJAllen

You can PAUSE for 65535ms, one command max.
If you PAUSE 60000·20 1200 20 times, that'll be 20min.

FOR minutes = 0 to [color=red][s]1199[/s] 19  [/color][color=green]' 20X[/color]
PAUSE 60000                 [color=green]' 1 minute[/color]
NEXT

[noparse][[/noparse]"Hot pin"? What's that all about?· No, wait, DON'T tell me.]

Post Edit -- 1200 times

Where've you been, anyway?

Further Post Edit -- No, it's 20!· Let's see, 60000ms = 60sec = 1min.· So, minutes it should be, for 20 minutos the minutes VAR should be 19 (0 - 19 = 20X.)··Got the Verizon-Math guy's voice ringing in my head here.· Don't know why I panicked and multipled by 60 like that.· Terrible.· Sixty thousand milliseconds, dekaminutes, it's all too much.

Post Edited (PJ Allen) : 3/8/2009 2:34:39 PM GMT

Blackbird455

PJ, helpfull as always.......

· Well lets see,

· I am taking a BS1, ( b/c its the only chip that I have assembled currently) and making a trigger for a digital camera that is going upstairs in his house. I will have it take one pic every 60 seconds for the first few days.
Once I establish a likely pattern from 1440 pics a day, I will concentrate the shutter action for the peak times. Taking as many as 15 pics a minute.

Oh and the friends house has rear access that is secluded and so therefore I can access the camera without compromising my mission, so I can download it everyday.
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Post Edited By Moderator (Dave Andreae (Parallax)) : 3/10/2009 10:09:27 PM GMT

Mike2545

Blackbird455,
are you a UFO hunter or coastguard?

Nobody trying to wear you down here...

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Mike2545

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Post Edited (Mike2545) : 3/8/2009 5:38:56 AM GMT

Blackbird455

Neither.......what makes you ask that?

(Former DCE/SP R.A.I.D. Crewchief)



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luisr320

Hi. I'm not an expert so bear with me.
Try this:

' {$STAMP BS1}
' {$PBASIC 1.0}

SYMBOL minutes = B1          ' number of minutes

OUTPUT 0                           'Makes Pin 7 an Output pin the "hot" pin

START:                              'Loop label

    HIGH 0                          'Set Pin 7 to HIGH, and take a photo
    PAUSE 700                    'Wait for 0.7 seconds just to be sure the camera button is pressed long enough
    LOW 0                          'Set Pin 7 to LOW
    FOR minutes = 1 to 20   ' 20X
       PAUSE 60000             ' 1 minute
    NEXT
   GOTO START                  'loop from Start

END                                  'Not really necessary since the program will never leave the loop

Post Edited (luisr320) : 3/19/2009 2:34:47 AM GMT

PJAllen

You're digging up old Subjects.· It moved from here to

here -- http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=790507