How to use a timer function and monitor the inputs at the same time

Archiver

Can anybody help me, I'm having a problem, I want to have a function as
follows.

I want to start a project with a start button. I want the stamp to hold
an output high for an amount of time and then make it low again.
During this timing I want to be able to read the other button for e.g. a
emergency stop. I want to be able to stop the process before it reaches
the end.

When I use the pause command, I cannot control or read anything else!

Help!


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Archiver

At 01:33 PM 2/18/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Can anybody help me, I'm having a problem, I want to have a function as
>follows.
>
>I want to start a project with a start button. I want the stamp to hold
>an output high for an amount of time and then make it low again.
>During this timing I want to be able to read the other button for e.g. a
>emergency stop. I want to be able to stop the process before it reaches
>the end.
>
>When I use the pause command, I cannot control or read anything else!
>
>Help!
>
>Don't use PAUSE to "waste time", use a tight loop as follows:

Loop:
' Do whatever you wish to here, and add dummy instructions, as required
GOTO Loop

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Archiver

Thanks for the sollutions, this is what I initialy thought. I hoped
there would be a better way to do this.