Questions on timing

[malc-c]

Amazing what a coffee can do !

I've got something working now. I created a variable called time and then changed the music section to

music:
if sw1=0 then swcount=swcount+1     ;cycles through the patterns by adding 1 to SWcount
pause 70                            ;debounce delay
If swcount >7 then swcount=1        ;error trap for exceeding max patterns                        
gosub sel1                          ;go to subroutine to select pattern based on SWcount value
If mus = 1 then counts = counts+1
if mus = 0 then time = time +1
gosub sel2                          ;go to subroutine to display pattern in current step
If counts = steps then counts = 0  ;if counts then reset counts to 1
if time = 20 then goto chase
goto music:

works fine... just got to try the value for the jump to chase with some music (young one's asleep on the sofa at the moment.. so it will have to wait !)

Sorry for the waste of space on the server.. but I had been trying to get this working for hours before the cafine break !

[Pic_User]

Hi Malcolm,

Anytime, someone posts a question, it helps others with a similar problem.

Anytime, someone posts an answer, it helps everyone learn.

Just because, you posted the question AND the answer, doesn't mean it is not helpful.

(But, it did cause me to go get a cup of coffee...)

-Adam-

[malc-c]

Adam,

Thanks, for the comments, and I hope that someone somewhere might find my problem and answer useful ! I think it was the fact that I needed to walk away from the problem, have a caffine fix and then look at the problem afresh... seemed to work this time !

[malc-c]

Ok having run this in real time I have a problem. The variable time is byte, and so the maximum value I can have is 254. But setting the "if time = 254 then goto chase" still gives too short a period before the jump is made. I don't want to use a pause statement as that will cause the program to miss the odd beat whilst its waiting... What is the correct designation I should use for the varible, so I could increase the value to something like "if time = 1000 then goto chase" - is it var WORD ???

[mister_e]

yes it is.