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Skipping Lines?

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hello, i have been working to create a more complicated demo and am having some issues with it skipping between lines, i have found it will go from the middle of one action the the next, currently by adding sleep marks i have corrected many of these issues but i just wanted to make sure that the problem is in my inexperience programing for this robot and not a bug, i have uploaded the configuration file to the public site by accident and the demo2 script in there is what i am having issues with. also if you could take it down off the public site as it seems to have to many issues for now, i will upload it to the public site once i get the bugs all worked out

Thank you Richard


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Synthiam
#9  

Here's a way to do it with the new EZ-Script command... If your script does not "repeat for ever" , than simply do this instead with WaitFor()...


ControlCommand("Auto Position", AutoPositionAction, "Wave")

# pause for a short period of time to ensure the action is running before we check
Sleep(500)

# now wait for the action status to change from a 1 to a 0 (true to false) 
WaitFor($AutoPositionStatus = 0)

ControlCommand("Auto Position", AutoPositionAction, "Attack")

# pause for a short period of time to ensure the action is running before we check
Sleep(500)

# now wait for the action status to change from a 1 to a 0 (true to false) 
WaitForChange($AutoPositionStatus = 0)

sayezb("Done")

The variable $AutoPositionStatus stores the active status of the Auto Position. WaitFor() will wait until the provided expression is TRUE.

#10  

Forgive me for being a tad slow.... I think I get this... So $AutoPositionStatus will hold true so as long as an "Auto Position" of any type is in progress? Do I understand this correctly?

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#12  

WaitFor() is going to make so many things so much easier, cleaner and more efficient! Something I wanted without even knowing I wanted it.

@Richard $AutoPositionStatus changes from 0 to 1 depending on the status of the Auto Position control. If it's carrying out an action it will be a 1 until it finishes the action then it will be a 0.

WaitFor($AutoPositionStatus = 0) will hold the script at that line until $AutoPositionStatus = 0, or in simple terms, until the action is finished.

So yes, you have that correct:)

#13  

@Rich Thanks dude... Love your new haircut by the way... But the mustache sucks....:P

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Synthiam
#14  

I just realized that the code I posted earlier might need a slight pause after triggering the Auto Position action. This is because EZ-Script compiles and runs soooooo fast that the action may not have actually begun yet, by the time the next command in EZ-Script is executed.

So here is an update to the script example with a slight pause..


ControlCommand("Auto Position", AutoPositionAction, "Wave")

# pause for a short period of time to ensure the action is running before we check
Sleep(500)

# now wait for the action status to change from a 1 to a 0 (true to false) 
WaitFor($AutoPositionStatus = 0)

ControlCommand("Auto Position", AutoPositionAction, "Attack")

# pause for a short period of time to ensure the action is running before we check
Sleep(500)

# now wait for the action status to change from a 1 to a 0 (true to false) 
WaitForChange($AutoPositionStatus = 0)

sayezb("Done")
#15  

I second what Steve S said. PLease tell us more about NASA and what they use the EZB for? Thanks Chris

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