Is this weird for simpleTimer?

[Dave1829]

my aim is to display three sets of data on OLED, with 2 seconds between each screen.

this is the display related code bits:

#include <SimpleTimer.h>
double foodTemperature;
int foodWarningTemp = 55; //starting number in Celcius
int cook_h, cook_m, cook_s;

SimpleTimer timer

void displayUpdate()
{
  display.clearDisplay();
  display.println("Food probe");
  display.print(foodTemperature);
  display.print((char)247);
  display.println("C");
  display.display();
  timer.setTimeout(displayFreq * 1000L, displayUpdate2);
}

void displayUpdate2()
{
  display.clearDisplay();
  display.println("Food warn:");
  display.print(foodWarningTemp);
  display.print((char)247);
  display.println("C");
  display.display();
  timer.setTimeout(displayFreq * 1000L, displayUpdate3);
}

void displayUpdate3()
{
  display.clearDisplay();
  display.println("Cook time:");
  display.print(cook_h);
  display.print(":");
  display.println(cook_m);
  display.display();
}

void setup()
{  
timer.setInterval(displayFreq * 3L * 1000L, displayUpdate);
}

so it works a finite amount of times then only the displayUpdate() keeps updating.

is there an easier way yo do what i want? or am i using simpleTimer wrong(again)?

[Lichtsignaal]

It’s maybe easier to call setInterval and the likes in the functions themselves. There is no need to do it in setup(). It makes you even more inflexible. You can set the interval, timeout or enable/disable timers from everywhere

[Dave1829]

i call the setTimeout’s in the functions, i only set one interval in the setup, otherwise - how do i start the display function?

[Lichtsignaal]

I see now, I think I looked at it before the coffee, LOL.

If it works, it works. I think it’s fine like this. With my latest project (which I abandoned quickly) I use a single timer to start other timers, that is too say, I have a function to enable all timers and this function is called ONCE with a setTimeout. This is made to start running function after I completed all the setup parts.

Imagine you want to synchronize time first and then start running your “normal” code. You can’t do that in the setup() because the time sync has to take place from the Blynk.run() part.

Your code could probably be a bit shorter and everything can be in one function if you set flags to display what you want. E.g. displayCooktime = 1 (or 0) and make a switch or if statement.

[Dave1829]

@Lichtsignaal

If it works, it works.

it DOESNT work (sorry for shouting)

@Dave1829

so it works a finite amount of times then only the displayUpdate() keeps updating.

the setIntervals seem stop working?

[Lichtsignaal]

I’m sorry, your question stated if there was simpler way, so I assumed it worked. The timeout runs only once! So if you set displayFreq to 5, it waits 5000ms before it executes, so it will always execute one time and I assume that is not what you want.

[psoro]

I would do a sequence for that purpose, I think this is the simplest way to achieve what you want.

Question about run multiple function

Hi @NHN, Have a look at this structure, I think it can do what you want. This is not the complete code! Only the main items: int sequence=0; // variable to be used for your functions void setup() { timer.setInterval(1000L, run_sequence); //Define the time between intervals } void run_sequence() { if (sequence == 0){ //some code A; } if (sequence == 1){ //some code B; } if (sequence == 2){ //some code C; } if (sequence <= 2) { sequence++; } else { sequen…

[Jamin]

Maybe this?

Just set interval on nextScreen()

typedef void (*displayScreenList[])();
displayScreenList Screens = { displayUpdate, displayUpdate2, displayUpdate3 };
uint8_t CurrentScreenNumber = 0;

#define ARRAY_SIZE(A) (sizeof(A) / sizeof((A)[0]))

void nextScreen() {
  // add one to the current screen number, and wrap around at the end
  CurrentScreenNumber = (CurrentScreenNumber + 1) % ARRAY_SIZE( Screens);
}

[fatbrad]

@psoro

timer.setInterval(1000L, run_sequence);

Can someone please tell me what the ‘L’ is doing in the interval? I’ve looked through this forum, and the documentation at Arduino Playground - HomePage and can’t find any reference as to what the ‘L’ is for, and what other options might be available.

Thanks!
BRAD

[Costas]

L stands for Long which is a data type bigger than an integer. If you want the timer to run every 60 days it will be a number of milliseconds greater than you can hold in an integer variable.

[fatbrad]

@Costas

ng which is a data type bigger than an integer. If you want the timer to run every 60 days it will

Brilliant-- Thank you! This was driving me crazy. Can I assume that default = int, L= long, and D=double?

BRAD

[Costas]

Convention is that the Timer interval is shown as xL milliseconds irrespective of the duration but you could drop it if the hardware you are using can handle the integer size. ESP’s (32bit) and Arduino’s (most are 16bit) have different integer sizes.

You wouldn’t be using a double as there isn’t a floating point aspect to a millisecond.

[gAtIOnTh]

Try changing setup() to this:
timer.setTimeout(displayFreq * 3L * 1000L, displayUpdate);

and at the end of displayUpdate3 add:
timer.setTimeout(displayFreq * 3L * 1000L, displayUpdate);

[Dave1829]

thanks everyone for your considered and helpful responses, but unfortunatly it really seems that there might be something in other parts of my code that are disrupting the simpleTimer for the display section. (weird!)

so i have moved the displayUpdate call to the end of another function (the temperature update section) that is called every 5 seconds, and the display sequence works without disruption…

[if anyone is interested i can post the two full sets of code for analysis, but at least it is now working… ]