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staticattic · February 2008

I think I am having a total brain dump or a nervous breakdown or something. I need to fetch a variable, and everytime the user presses a button, that number will increase by one. I am allowing them to set the clock via the touch panel. When they enter the clock settings screen, the current time is displayed. I am capturing that like so:
nHours = ATOI(LEFT_STRING(TIME,2))
nMinutes = ATOI(MID_STRING(TIME,4,2))

That works fine. What I need to now do is allow them to push the hour up or down button and have it increment or decrement the hour by one each button press. After they are done setting the clock, I was going to send the new variables (nHours and nMinutes) to the NetLinx as the new time using this format:

SEND_COMMAND <DEV>,"'CLOCK <mm-dd-yy> <hh:mm:ss>'"

A simple up counter should only take like 5 minutes to write. Maybe I am just tired. I currently have it set up as a FOR loop, but I can't remember how to get it to stop and wait until the button is pressed again. Right now, it goes through the whole thing auomatically.

TonyAngelo · February 2008

Couldn't you just do:

BUTTON_EVENT[dvTP,1] // add an hour
{
     PUSH:
     {
          nHours++
     }
}

BUTTON_EVENT[dvTP,2] // subtract an hour
{
     PUSH:
     {
          nHours--
     }
}

staticattic · February 2008

Yes, that would work if I was setting the time live. I was going to allow them to set the time and then have it update after they were done. That being the case, nHours and nMinutes really do not change until the new time takes effect. When I just do it that way, all it does it adds one or subtracts one from the current time and that is all. I think I am going to just let the time update live, then I could use that. Thanks for the reply.

AMXJeff · February 2008

Using Update Button.

BUTTON_EVENT[dvTP,100] // Plus Hours
{
	PUSH:
	{
		// Guarantees 0-23
		cHours = ((cHours + 1) &#37; 24);
		SEND_COMMAND dvTP,"'^TXT-100,0,',FORMAT('%02d',cHours)"
	}
}


BUTTON_EVENT[dvTP,101] // Min Hours
{
	PUSH:
	{
		// Guarantees 0-23
		cHours = ((cHours + 11) % 24);
		SEND_COMMAND dvTP,"'^TXT-100,0,',FORMAT('%02d',cHours)"
	}
}

BUTTON_EVENT[dvTP,102] // Plus Mins
{
	PUSH:
	{
		// Guarantees 0-59
		cMins = ((cMins + 1) % 60);
		SEND_COMMAND dvTP,"'^TXT-102,0,',FORMAT('%02d',cMins)"
	}
}

BUTTON_EVENT[dvTP,103] // Min Mins
{
	PUSH:
	{
		// Guarantees 0-59
		cMins = ((cMins + 59) % 60);
		SEND_COMMAND dvTP,"'^TXT-102,0,',FORMAT('%02d',cMins)"
	}
}

BUTTON_EVENT[dvTP,104] // Update
{
	PUSH:
	{
		LOCAL_VAR CHAR cDateTime[100];
		
		cDateTime = "FORMAT('%02d',DATE_TO_MONTH(LDATE))";
		cDateTime = "cDateTime,FORMAT('-%02d',DATE_TO_DAY(LDATE))";
		cDateTime = "cDateTime,FORMAT('-%02d',(DATE_TO_YEAR(LDATE) % 100))";
		cDateTime = "cDateTime,FORMAT(' %02d',cHours)";
		cDateTime = "cDateTime,FORMAT(':%02d',cMins)";
		cDateTime = "cDateTime,FORMAT(':%02d',0)";
		
		SEND_COMMAND 0,"'CLOCK ',cDateTime"
	}
}

AMXJeff · February 2008

staticattic wrote: »

nHours = ATOI(LEFT_STRING(TIME,2))
nMinutes = ATOI(MID_STRING(TIME,4,2))

// Better Way

nHours = TIME_TO_HOUR(TIME);
nMinutes = TIME_TO_MINUTE(TIME);

yuri · March 2008

staticattic wrote: »

I think I am having a total brain dump or a nervous breakdown or something. I need to fetch a variable, and everytime the user presses a button, that number will increase by one. I am allowing them to set the clock via the touch panel. When they enter the clock settings screen, the current time is displayed. I am capturing that like so:
nHours = ATOI(LEFT_STRING(TIME,2))
nMinutes = ATOI(MID_STRING(TIME,4,2))

That works fine. What I need to now do is allow them to push the hour up or down button and have it increment or decrement the hour by one each button press. After they are done setting the clock, I was going to send the new variables (nHours and nMinutes) to the NetLinx as the new time using this format:

SEND_COMMAND <DEV>,"'CLOCK <mm-dd-yy> <hh:mm:ss>'"

A simple up counter should only take like 5 minutes to write. Maybe I am just tired. I currently have it set up as a FOR loop, but I can't remember how to get it to stop and wait until the button is pressed again. Right now, it goes through the whole thing auomatically.

even better, when using a G4 panel, just copy the buttons from the setup page, and you are done in < 1 minute

AMXJeff · March 2008

yuri wrote: »

even better, when using a G4 panel, just copy the buttons from the setup page, and you are done in < 1 minute

You get an A++++++++++++++++++

yuri · March 2008

AMXJeff wrote: »

You get an A++++++++++++++++++

i always do

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