monitoring change over time.

press9761

I am having a hard time here. I am trying to monitor R/C time changes over a period of time and I can't seem to find an command in PBASIC to do so.

this is what I mean.

when R/C time is grater then 500 (lets say)
watch for 2 minutes
if during the 2 minutes it has stayed above 500
do X

I know how to tell the basic stamp2 to check r/c time but not how to monitor in over a certain continues length of time.

anyone know how to do this.

thanks!

Bruce Bates

press9761 -

In pseudo-code it might look like this:
/code

'{$PBASIC 2.5}

pause_time var byte
value var byte
under_limit var bit
time con 15 'Set time to 15 seconds (calculate as appropriate)

Start:
under_limit = 0
end_time = 0
pause_time = time

Field_Value:

DO

· RCTIME value
· IF value < 500 then under_limit=1
· pause pause_time
· end_time = end_time + pause_time

Loop until end_time >= 120

IF under-limit = 0 then end_okay

DEBUG "Under limit occurred"
STOP

end_okay:

DEBUG "Limits okay"

END
code/

Unchecked for syntax errors, and before 1st cup of morining java

Regards,

Bruce Bates

Post Edited (Bruce Bates) : 10/28/2005 9:10:17 AM GMT

metron9

You could set up a second R/C timer, charge it up for a 2 minute timer.


main:

If rctime1>500 then
charge rctime2 for a 2 minute timer
loop:
if rctime1 < 500 then setunderlimitflag and goto exit
if rctime2 has run out then goto exit
goto loop
exit:
endif

if setunderlimitflag is set then
do something....
else
do something else
endif

goto main