help with turret code

[Uberbots]

your state machine approach is correct, though i dont exactly know what you hope to accomplish with the shift registers... youd hope that part of the code would be in the "main loop".

id just store the state in a local variable. The only reason i can think of for the states "flickering" back and forth is you have inverse logic on the switches; your transition condition is satisfied immediately (true on release, false on press). its kinda hard to diagnose exactly without a vi and how its called.

[windell747]

okay got more and my batteries are recharged. This might be a dumb question, but how do you create a local variable exactly for storing the state variable? I redid the state diagram and realized that the state table is much simpler than I had thought.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by windell747

how do you create a local variable exactly for storing the state variable?

I'd use a shift register for this. Maybe a feedback node, depending on how simple the state machine logic is.

[windell747]

Thanks Alan! I was able to get the code to work as you say using a shift register.