Saturday, January 5, 2008

Re: [oopic] help with event driven bumper switches

w1.Operate = cvTrue
w2.Operate = cvTrue

DLC

dldlhfd@aol.com wrote:
> I hope you can help.
> I am using C.1.1+ board and version 6.1.1 compiler
> I have pared the program down to just include a simple event. the whole
> project is a robot with two bumper switches, one front one back.
> 1. The robot goes forward as it should no problem
> 2. if I call any of the routines from the main program it executes as they
> should.
> 3. I have two bumper switches set up
> 4. both switches supply 5 volts to their respective IO line normally
> 5. when the switch is bumped the switch voltage supplied to the IO line goes
> to 0 volts
> 6. The program ignores the bumper switches.
> 7. I physically read the voltages and they are changing when the switched is
> pressed.
> 8. I tried putting a do loop around the last four lines of the main sub but
> it ignored the switches then also
>
> Here is what I think should be happening with the values:
>
> switch1.IOLine = 13 'assign bumper sw 1 to line 13
> normal bumped
> w1.Input.Link(switch1.Position) 'read bump sw1 assign to wire b1
> 5 0
> w1.Output.Link(bumprd1.Operate) 'assign to on/off of event
> 5 0
> w1.InvertOut = cvTrue '5v is normal 0v is bumped
> 0 5
> I think he last one should give a transition from 0 to 5 and the 5(true)
> should when copied to the operate property of the event cause the program to go
> to the event_code.
> Can you give me a clue as to why this won't execute the event code? I have
> also tried reading I/O lines instead of a switch object.
> Kind of a side question but can I run the OOPIC connected to the PC and have
> it read the values or run the program as if it were connected to a virtual
> robot and switches. As it is if it does not work the dumb thing just sits
> there. No indication if it is working or not.
> Dim led7 As New oLED 'red
> Dim led6 As New oLED 'yellow
> Dim led5 As New oLED 'green
> Dim bumprd1 As New oEvent 'if bumped forward
> Dim bumprd2 As New oEvent 'if bumped backward
> Dim w1 As New oWire
> Dim w2 As New oWire
> Dim switch1 As New oSwitch
> Dim switch2 As New oSwitch
> Sub Main()
> led7.IOLine=7
> led7.Operate=cvOn
> led6.IOLine=6
> led6.Operate=cvOn
> led5.Operate=cvOn
> led5.IOLine=5
> 'physically the switch has normally 5 V
> 'physically when it is bumped the value is 0 volts
> switch1.IOLine = 13 'assigh bumper sw 1 to line 13
> w1.Input.Link(switch1.Position) 'read bump sw1 assign to wire b1
> w1.Output.Link(bumprd1.Operate) 'assign to on/off of event
> w1.InvertOut = cvTrue '5v is normal 0v is bumped
> 'switch two
> 'physically the switch has normally 5V
> 'physically when it is bumped the value is 0 volts
> switch2.IOLine = 14 'assign bumper sw 2 to line 14
> w2.Input.Link(switch1.Position) 'read bump sw2 assign to wire 2
> w2.Output.Link(bumprd2.Operate) 'output of bumper 2
> w2.InvertOut = cvTrue '5v is normal 0v is bumped
> 'do
> led5.TurnOnBright 'bright green light says I am here
> ooPIC.Delay=1000 'SLOW IT DOWN SO I CAN SEE
> led5.TurnOff 'one loop of main
> ooPIC.Delay=1000
> 'loop
> End Sub
> Sub bumprd1_Code() 'event code if bumper 1 = 0v
> led6.TurnOnBright 'yellow
> ooPIC.Delay = 5000 'wait 5 seconds to see
> led6.TurnOff 'turn yellow back off
> End Sub
> Sub bumprd2_Code() 'evnet code if bumper 2 = 0v
> led7.TurnOnBright 'yellow
> ooPIC.Delay = 5000
> led7.TurnOff 'turn the yellow off
> End Sub
>
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Dennis Clark ooPIC Tech Support
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