xbee and prop chapter 4 tutorial

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I have a stupid newb question.

In the xbee tutorial by step lindsay in chapter 4, there is a program called "simple debug" for the prop in spin.

The program essentially transmits such that the receiving xbee counts up from one to 20.

It runs fine, but it doesn't loop.

Is it supposed to? I thought that was the purpose of the "repeat" statement.

If not, how would one write it so it repeats?

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Roger Lee

When you say "it runs fine", does that mean it counts from 1 to 20?

If so then the repeat loop is working as it should.

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Yes, it counts from 1 to 20. Then stops. What I was trying to do is have it repetitively count from one to 20, endlessly. (no reason, just a mental exercise to help me understand spin)

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Roger Lee

Sure, change this:

Pub Start | Counter
XB.start(XB_Rx, XB_Tx, 0, XB_Baud) ' Initialize comms for XBee

Delay (1000)                       ' one second delay
repeat Counter from 1 to 20        ' count up to 20

  ' Send to Base
  XB.str(string("Count is:"))      ' send string
  XB.dec(Counter)                  ' send decimal value
  XB.Tx(CR)                        ' send Carriage Return

  Delay(250)

To this:

Pub Start | Counter
XB.start(XB_Rx, XB_Tx, 0, XB_Baud) ' Initialize comms for XBee

Delay (1000)                       ' one second delay

[COLOR=Red]repeat      '  <---   insert this line[/COLOR]
    repeat Counter from 1 to 20        ' count up to 20

      ' Send to Base
      XB.str(string("Count is:"))      ' send string
      XB.dec(Counter)                  ' send decimal value
      XB.Tx(CR)                        ' send Carriage Return

      Delay(250)

fsb

Thanks!!!

That did the trick. I see the importance of proper indentation.

That helped alot

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