I am sure this is nothing to do with Blynk ! But i am sure that someone here can help me out. So please bare with me this time !!
I am trying to modify this Blynk project
And here every thing works just cool. But here in my application i need 2 relays, one relay to turn on for 2 sec and another for 2 seconds to turn the device off. This is the basic working needed.
BLYNK_WRITE(V4)//Monday-Friday
{
if (mondayfriday==1) {
sprintf(Date, "%02d/%02d/%04d", day(), month(), year());
sprintf(Time, "%02d:%02d:%02d", hour(), minute(), second());
TimeInputParam t(param);
terminal.print("M-F Checked schedule at: ");
terminal.println(Time);
terminal.flush();
int dayadjustment = -1;
if(weekday() == 1){
dayadjustment = 6; // needed for Sunday, Time library is day 1 and Blynk is day 7
}
if(t.isWeekdaySelected(weekday() + dayadjustment)){ //Time library starts week on Sunday, Blynk on Monday
terminal.println("Monday-Friday ACTIVE today");
terminal.flush();
if (t.hasStartTime()) // Process start time
{
terminal.println(String("Start: ") + t.getStartHour() + ":" + t.getStartMinute());
terminal.flush();
}
if (t.hasStopTime()) // Process stop time
{
terminal.println(String("Stop : ") + t.getStopHour() + ":" + t.getStopMinute());
terminal.flush();
}
// Display timezone details, for information purposes only
terminal.println(String("Time zone: ") + t.getTZ()); // Timezone is already added to start/stop time
// terminal.println(String("Time zone offset: ") + t.getTZ_Offset()); // Get timezone offset (in seconds)
terminal.flush();
for (int i = 1; i <= 7; i++) { // Process weekdays (1. Mon, 2. Tue, 3. Wed, ...)
if (t.isWeekdaySelected(i)) {
terminal.println(String("Day ") + i + " is selected");
terminal.flush();
}
}
nowseconds = ((hour() * 3600) + (minute() * 60) + second());
startsecondswd = (t.getStartHour() * 3600) + (t.getStartMinute() * 60);
//Serial.println(startsecondswd); // used for debugging
if(nowseconds >= startsecondswd){
terminal.print("Monday-Friday STARTED at");
terminal.println(String(" ") + t.getStartHour() + ":" + t.getStartMinute());
terminal.flush();
if(nowseconds <= startsecondswd + 90){ // 90s on 60s timer ensures 1 trigger command is sent
digitalWrite(TestLED1, HIGH); // set LED ON
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, 1);
// code here to switch the relay ON
}
}
else{
terminal.println("Monday-Friday Device NOT STARTED today");
terminal.flush();
}
stopsecondswd = (t.getStopHour() * 3600) + (t.getStopMinute() * 60);
//Serial.println(stopsecondswd); // used for debugging
if(nowseconds >= stopsecondswd){
digitalWrite(TestLED1, LOW); // set LED OFF
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, 0);
terminal.print("Monday-Friday STOPPED at");
terminal.println(String(" ") + t.getStopHour() + ":" + t.getStopMinute());
terminal.flush();
if(nowseconds <= stopsecondswd + 90){ // 90s on 60s timer ensures 1 trigger command is sent
digitalWrite(TestLED1, LOW); // set LED OFF
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, 0);
// code here to switch the relay OFF
}
}
else{
if(nowseconds >= startsecondswd){
digitalWrite(TestLED1, HIGH); // set LED ON test
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, 1);
terminal.println("Monday-Friday is ON");
terminal.flush();
}
}
}
else{
terminal.println("Monday-Friday INACTIVE today");
terminal.flush();
// nothing to do today, check again in 30 SECONDS time
}
terminal.println();
}
}
In this part of the code we can set the relay high or low. But this will updated every 10 sec and it will trigger the relay once more !! I dont want the relay to trigger but the rest should work.
I tried using while(1) {} but this will cease the whole code and put the device into offline mode… I am damm sure this is wrong. But i wanted to try if that works…
Typically this can be achieved with a simple flag and flag check.
int flag = 0; // set your flag in the pre-setup
void yourThingFunction() { // or use a BLYNK_WRITE() function
if (flag == 0) { // Only run your thing if never ran before
flag = 1; // prevent your thing from running again by setting flag
// do your thing here
}
}
I haven’t ran through the logic of your code, so I don’t know exactly where it needs to go. You need to figure out where to put that line as needed.
Follow your code line by line and think about what steps are taken and where the logical place to “reset” the flag would be, then test. If it works, great, if not, go through it again… trial and error gets the brain working
This whole thing loops every 10 sec when called and loops every 30 sec if idle
LYNK_WRITE(V4)//Monday-Friday
{
if (mondayfriday==1) {
sprintf(Date, "%02d/%02d/%04d", day(), month(), year());
sprintf(Time, "%02d:%02d:%02d", hour(), minute(), second());
TimeInputParam t(param);
terminal.print("M-F Checked schedule at: ");
terminal.println(Time);
terminal.flush();
int dayadjustment = -1;
if(weekday() == 1){
dayadjustment = 6; // needed for Sunday, Time library is day 1 and Blynk is day 7
}
if(t.isWeekdaySelected(weekday() + dayadjustment)){ //Time library starts week on Sunday, Blynk on Monday
terminal.println("Monday-Friday ACTIVE today");
terminal.flush();
if (t.hasStartTime()) // Process start time
{
terminal.println(String("Start: ") + t.getStartHour() + ":" + t.getStartMinute());
terminal.flush();
}
if (t.hasStopTime()) // Process stop time
{
terminal.println(String("Stop : ") + t.getStopHour() + ":" + t.getStopMinute());
terminal.flush();
}
// Display timezone details, for information purposes only
terminal.println(String("Time zone: ") + t.getTZ()); // Timezone is already added to start/stop time
// terminal.println(String("Time zone offset: ") + t.getTZ_Offset()); // Get timezone offset (in seconds)
terminal.flush();
for (int i = 1; i <= 7; i++) { // Process weekdays (1. Mon, 2. Tue, 3. Wed, ...)
if (t.isWeekdaySelected(i)) {
terminal.println(String("Day ") + i + " is selected");
terminal.flush();
}
}
nowseconds = ((hour() * 3600) + (minute() * 60) + second());
startsecondswd = (t.getStartHour() * 3600) + (t.getStartMinute() * 60);
//Serial.println(startsecondswd); // used for debugging
if(nowseconds >= startsecondswd){
terminal.print("Monday-Friday STARTED at");
terminal.println(String(" ") + t.getStartHour() + ":" + t.getStartMinute());
terminal.flush();
if(nowseconds <= startsecondswd + 90){ // 90s on 60s timer ensures 1 trigger command is sent
digitalWrite(TestLED1, HIGH); // set LED ON
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, 1);
relayON();
flag2 = 0;
// code here to switch the relay ON
}
}
else{
terminal.println("Monday-Friday Device NOT STARTED today");
terminal.flush();
}
stopsecondswd = (t.getStopHour() * 3600) + (t.getStopMinute() * 60);
//Serial.println(stopsecondswd); // used for debugging
if(nowseconds >= stopsecondswd){
digitalWrite(TestLED1, LOW); // set LED OFF
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, 0);
terminal.print("Monday-Friday STOPPED at");
terminal.println(String(" ") + t.getStopHour() + ":" + t.getStopMinute());
terminal.flush();
if(nowseconds <= stopsecondswd + 90){ // 90s on 60s timer ensures 1 trigger command is sent
digitalWrite(TestLED1, LOW); // set LED OFF
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, 0);
relayOFF();
flag1 = 0;
// code here to switch the relay OFF
}
}
else{
if(nowseconds >= startsecondswd){
digitalWrite(TestLED1, HIGH); // set LED ON test
Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, 1);
terminal.println("Monday-Friday is ON");
terminal.flush();
}
}
}
else{
terminal.println("Monday-Friday INACTIVE today");
terminal.flush();
// nothing to do today, check again in 30 SECONDS time
}
terminal.println();
}
}
So i am not able to put in the flag = 0; here. Because it sets the flag to 0 and when the loop starts again the relay will turn on.
I am not understanding where to place the flag = 0;
There is a pump and that has 2 switches. One switch to turn on and other to turn it off !!
Now what am trying to do is, instead of the switches am replacing it with a relay. Basically doing the same stuff as the switch but adding the ability to be controlled by a NODEMCU. And injecting it with BLYNK !!
Now i want to mimic the press of the button with the relay ! Like turning on the relay for 2sec and turning back off . This will trigger the pump . And when we do the same with the other relay the pump turns off .
This is the functionality i am looking for. This is not a BLYNK related problem at all !!! But I am looking for a way out of this here . Pardon me for this.
As @Gunner said placing a flag and setting it 0 will help and yes it worked. But every time the loop occurs where ever we place the flag, it runs through it sets it zero and again triggers the relay like it was a new command .
I have set 2 function to trigger the 2 different relay’s for 2sec with 2 different flags for each.As Gunner’s states in the earlier post . And yes it works for the turn off relay . But not the turn on relay . It just loops back setting the the flag 0 and triggers the relay back.
Can you please tell me where to place the flag so that this doesn’t occur?
void relayoff() {
digitalWrite(RELAY_PIN, LOW); // turn off pin this causes the relay to turn off
Blynk.virtualWrite(relaybutton, 0); // display relay off
flag = 0;
}
void relayon() {
if (!flag) {
flag = 1;
digitalWrite(RELAY_PIN, HIGH); // send power to relay
timer.setTimeout(5000L, relayoff); // turn off after 5 seconds << change this to whatever delay you want
}
Blynk.virtualWrite(relaybutton, 1); // update the app
}
BLYNK !!