Problem with switch input on 16f818

[mackrackit]

Good job on catching the mistake.

Pretty interesting. A member here has PICs in space and now we have one using PICs with chickens... Very versatile.
It would have been nice to have had PICs back in the day. The "waffer" temperature controllers ( I hated those things) could have been replaced with a PIC.

[tasmod]

The chickens are real characters. I have 4 who are completely free range and quite tame, that doesn't mean they are not wily though. They do 'go in' each night.

I have to leave the system to work on 'timed' right now as I won't be about to check it for a few days, however last night they were locked out due to their greed.

I went round to check at dusk but they saw me, cue chickens thinking late feed, so they stayed out hanging around me till it was quite dark. Obviously the door had closed and left them out !

I don't think this will be a problem in normal use, no-one is about at dusk. I've adjusted the LDR read, to close the door at a darker setting.

When I get back I'm going to complete the limit switch again and test it when I'm around.

The whole reason for this is so I can go away for a few days and the door is taken care of, else Mr Fox would be in !!

I dabbled with Pics back in the 90's but then moved out of electronics.