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#16632 - 11/06/06 11:20 AM Code snippet needed to get started
will1234 will1234 newbie Registered: 08/08/06 Posts: 7	Hello all, I have connected my window shades to my Secu-16 and they work great but I need a bit of code to help watch over them. By this I mean, the shade controllers have three connections arranged as "CW common CCW". With the CW and common shorted the motor turns clockwise and with the common and CCW shorted it turns counter-clockwise. So 'CW common' are on relay #1 and 'common CCW' are on relay #2. What I think I need is a bit of code that will help gaurantee that both relays #1 and #2 will be closed at the same time. I really don't know what would happen if both were closed at the same time but at roughly $100 a pop, I really don't want to find out. Anyone got any ideas? -Rob
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#16633 - 11/06/06 12:26 PM Re: Code snippet needed to get started [Re: will1234]
Guy Lavoie Guy Lavoie Beyond All Hope Registered: 12/21/02 Posts: 6401 Loc: Montreal, QC, Canada	One simple way would be to always include both the on and off commands in your code logic, like this: IF (condition to turn CW) THEN SECU16 Relay 1 Turn ON THEN SECU16 Relay 2 Turn OFF IF (condition to turn CCW) THEN SECU16 Relay 1 Turn OFF THEN SECU16 Relay 2 Turn ON etc. Since the Ocelot always sends a complete bit image of all the relays at the same time, you should not have any problem with two relays being on simultaneously. _________________________ "If you don't know what you're doing, do it neatly..."
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#16634 - 11/06/06 04:12 PM Re: Code snippet needed to get started [Re: Guy Lavoie]
bakers12 bakers12 journeyman Registered: 06/06/04 Posts: 80 Loc: Chicago	Guy, is it possible that the bit map could be sent between two THEN statements? If so, the Turn OFF for one relay should always preceed the Turn ON for the other relay. If the bit map is sent at a predictable time, then this doesn't matter. _________________________ Have fun storming the castle!
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#16635 - 11/06/06 08:39 PM Re: Code snippet needed to get started [Re: bakers12]
Guy Lavoie Guy Lavoie Beyond All Hope Registered: 12/21/02 Posts: 6401 Loc: Montreal, QC, Canada	I can not say for sure if that is possible or not, so I can't totally exclude that possibility. If this poses a real risk, then a timer could be used to lockout any new ON command for a certain time after any OFF command was sent. This is only practical if you are sure that any one pair of outputs will not be switched back and forth several times in quick succession, since there is no easy way to implement a command queue with variables. Instead, a timer steps through the two steps required to change an output. Something like this: IF (condition to turn CW) THEN SECU16 Relay 2 Turn OFF THEN Timer #1 = 1 //start interval timer IF Timer #1 becomes > 3 //a couple of seconds later THEN SECU16 Relay 1 Turn ON //send the ON command THEN Timer #1 = 1 //and stop timer IF (condition to turn CCW) THEN SECU16 Relay 1 Turn OFF THEN Timer #2 = 1 //start interval timer IF Timer #2 becomes > 3 //a couple of seconds later THEN SECU16 Relay 2 Turn ON //send the ON command THEN Timer #2 = 1 //and stop timer etc. _________________________ "If you don't know what you're doing, do it neatly..."
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#16636 - 11/07/06 08:53 AM Re: Code snippet needed to get started [Re: Guy Lavoie]
bakers12 bakers12 journeyman Registered: 06/06/04 Posts: 80 Loc: Chicago	It's going to be simpler to just reverse the 2nd and 3rd statements. You end up with: IF (condition to turn CW) THEN SECU16 Relay 2 Turn OFF THEN SECU16 Relay 1 Turn ON IF (condition to turn CCW) THEN SECU16 Relay 1 Turn OFF THEN SECU16 Relay 2 Turn ON _________________________ Have fun storming the castle!
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#16637 - 11/08/06 12:41 PM Re: Code snippet needed to get started [Re: bakers12]
will1234 will1234 newbie Registered: 08/08/06 Posts: 7	Thanks guys. I have a ticket open with the shade motor manufacturer to find out just how much of a problem it actually poses if both contacts are shorted at the same time. The controller does have some intelligence within but I have no idea how much or about what. I will proceed using the code you provided. Thanks again.
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