Timer_plus_countdown check for timeout

CelticLord

I have spin code

If timer.showTimer > string("00:00:00.00 ")

that uses theTimer_plus_countdown to count down then check for time out so it can bail out of a methoud.
The comparison will not work and im baffled why.

tomcrawford

'cause spin doesn't directly support string data type.

Edit: I should have suggesting looking in OBEX using search key "string". EndEdit

JasonDorie

From the snippet you've posted, I'd guess that the timer.showTimer method is displaying the timer to the debug terminal. That's not the same thing as returning a value to the code. In addition, the internal representation of the timer will not be a sequence of printable characters, but a number. If you have access to that number, you can just compare to it directly, kind of like this:

  if timer.internalTime > 0
    'do something here

CelticLord

Ok it seems that showTimer cannot be used that way. To test the time you must use the registers.....
rdReg(reg) as in If (rdReg(1) > n) AND (rdReg(2) > n) AND (rdReg(3) > n)
rdReg(4) for Days
rdReg(3) for Hrs
rdReg(2) for Min
rdReg(1) for Sec
rdReg(0) for ms