Stumped with word variable

[Scampy]

Confused !

I loaded a version of the code that contained hard coded values for the light on times. EG 14:00 is 840 minutes after midnight. I commented out the hard coded values and enterd the data statements etc so this is what I had

Blue_on_Time var word            'stores the blue on time as a digit in minutes, eg 14:00hrs = 840

I then added the data statement

data @0
    data    00      'Blue fade IN duration hours
    data    30       'Blue fade IN duration minutes
    data    00      'Blues fade OUT duration hours
    data    30       'Blue fade OUT duration minutes
    data    00       'Whites fade IN duration hours
    data    30      'Whites Fade IN duration MINS
    data    00       'Whites Fade OUT duration HOURS
    data    30       'Whites Fade OUT duration MINS
    data    255       'Blue MAX Intensity %
    data    255      'Whites MAX Intensity %
    data    840

I then added the read statement

read 10,Blue_on_time

I then added the line so I could see what values for Blue on time I was getting

lcdout $FE,$D4+11,dec Blue_on_Time

When that was complied and loaded, the program gave a value of 74 when first run, and obviously the condition was not matched and the blue LEDs remained off. If I then go into the menu option to set the on time to 14:00 the LCD correctly displays 840 as the LCD (simplified part of the code here)

Lighton:

Lcdout $FE,2
LCDOUT $FE,$80,"Set On Time For "
    IF H_butt = 0 THEN GOSUB delHours
    IF M_butt = 0 THEN GOSUB delMinutes
    lightsetHR[fn]=Hours
    lightsetMN[fn]=Minutes
    if viv >=2 then viv =2
    if viv= 1 then LCDOUT $FE,$C0,"Blue Leds "
    if viv= 2 then LCDOUT $FE,$C0,"white Leds "   
    lcdout $FE,$94,#lightsetHR[fn] DIG 1,#lightsetHR[fn] DIG 0,":",#lightsetMN[fn] DIG 1,#lightsetMN[fn] DIG 0
    Blue_on_Time = (lightsetHR[0]*60)+lightsetMN[0]
    White_on_Time = (lightsetHR[1]*60)+lightsetMN[1]
    
    write 10,Blue_on_Time

If then add the high / low byte to the option in the read and write statements I get the Illegal character error again.

The other thing that is now not happening is that if I remove the highbyte / lowbyte from the read / write commands program the chip and then manually set the on time the LCD displays 840 as the value, but when the counter value is reached (ie the clock turns to 14:00) there is no change in state of the LEDs. So its not matching the correct value for the word variable. Could this be due I'm comparing the decimal value for the variable, when in real terms it's still in hex decimal or something ?

My other option would be to use the lightsetHR[0] and lightsetMN[0] as the data values saved and then try and let the program do the conversion Blue_on_Time = (lightsetHR[0]*60)+lightsetMN[0].


Update: I've tried the above and I still can't get the case to change from off to on

data @0
    data    00      'Blue fade IN duration hours
    data    30       'Blue fade IN duration minutes
    data    00      'Blues fade OUT duration hours
    data    30       'Blue fade OUT duration minutes
    data    00       'Whites fade IN duration hours
    data    30      'Whites Fade IN duration MINS
    data    00       'Whites Fade OUT duration HOURS
    data    30       'Whites Fade OUT duration MINS
    data    255       'Blue MAX Intensity %
    data    255      'Whites MAX Intensity %
    data    14
    data    00

And then have this in the read routine

Read 10,lightsetHR[0]
Read 11,lightsetMN[0]

This compiled Ok and when loaded the LCD correctly displayed 840 as the value of Blue_on_time, but when the clock turned over from 13:59 to 14:00 the case still remains the same and the LED failed to light.

If I comment out the read write and data lines, and code the value blue_on_time=840 it works !!!! - obviously I would like to be able to change the on and off times of the two channels (white and blue) rather than had coded.