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Phil23
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Posted: 01:00pm 19 Aug 2016

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Ok,

Not quite going back to basics, I know how to flash one in a manner that takes time out...

[Code]Pin(Led1)=1 : Pause 200 : Pin(Led1)[/code]

Or to do it without the Pause holding up stuff you could use

[Code]Pulse Led1,200[/code]

But what about with Advanced Graphics.

[Code]GUI LED #ref, caption$, CenterX, CenterY, Radius, Colour[/code]

I want 2 LEDS for Coms acknowledgment; would be good if they could stay on for 1/2 a second.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Phil.

TassyJim

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Posted: 02:40pm 19 Aug 2016

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Your first version using PAUSE will PAUSE your program for the on time.

PULSE will run in the background.

Quote A pulse of 3 mS or more will run in the background. Up to five different
and concurrent pulses can be running in the background and each can
have its time changed by issuing a new PULSE command or it can be
terminated by issuing a PULSE command with zero for 'width'.

This makes it the best choice if you want the main program to keep running.

I tend to turn the led on and then, later in the program, turn it off.
If you turn it on at the start of a routine and of at the end, you have a visual indication of the time the routine is taking. This can be handy.

Jim

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Phil23
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Posted: 02:55pm 19 Aug 2016

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Thanks Jim,

It's the GUI LED I'm trying to pulse.

At the moment I's inverting it very time coms is received from a device.

Tried on at the beginning & off at the end of the coms routines, but it happens too fast.

At the moment Coms are polling every 2 seconds, so it the GUI LED doesn't get stuck either on or off for a long period it gives a debug indication that coms is happening.

What's happening at the moment is the Master alternatively polls either the heat pump or the spa every 2 seconds, alternating between them.

Cheers

Phil.

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Posted: 05:15pm 19 Aug 2016

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You can use a timer with interrupt.

Microblocks. Build with logic.

WhiteWizzard
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Posted: 11:09pm 19 Aug 2016

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Hi Phil,

Can you turn the GUI LED on when required, and at the same time set a SETTICK. Then when the SETTICK 'expires' simply switch of the GUI LED (and disable the SETTICK).

This allows program to keep running with only the single triggering of the SETTICK 'disturbing' your main program.

WW

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