Programmatically Toggling a Boolean Control

[Anatole]

Hey,
I have a Boolean control set so that when a joystick button is pressed and released, it switches a case statement.
Since the joystick button is momentary I have it set up so:
True + False = True, then the next True+False sets it back to False. In essence, pressing & releasing the joystick button toggles the case structure.
Now, my question is, I have a sequence inside each case structure. I want to be able to toggle the case structure programmatically when the sequence is finished. (Basically, the program can run back and forth between true and false, but the user can hit the joystick button to manually override the back and forth.)
Any ideas on how I can do this?
Thanks!

[stingray27]

Originally Posted by Anatole

Hey,
I have a Boolean control set so that when a joystick button is pressed and released, it switches a case statement.
Since the joystick button is momentary I have it set up so:
True + False = True, then the next True+False sets it back to False. In essence, pressing & releasing the joystick button toggles the case structure.
Now, my question is, I have a sequence inside each case structure. I want to be able to toggle the case structure programmatically when the sequence is finished. (Basically, the program can run back and forth between true and false, but the user can hit the joystick button to manually override the back and forth.)
Any ideas on how I can do this?
Thanks!

We do not like to use sequence structures inside of our code because if a processing error occurs in the sequence it holds up the rest of the code. Therefore, we use a case machine to do all of our sequence processing (via feedback nodes or through globals. Feedback nodes wherever possible though). What happens is if a user control is pressed and the state of the case machine is in the default, or do nothing stage, we then switch the case to the beginning of the sequence's case. Then, once a certain condition is met after continuous iterations of the specific case, we then add 1, or set the state control to the next state that needs to be done. Each stage exists in a specific case. We keep doing this until the operation is complete. Then, set the state to the default state where it does nothing. At that point, the user control can activate the sequence all over again. If the user control is pressed during the operation, it doesn't do anything because it is programmed to only start the sequence if it is residing in the default state.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Anatole

Basically, the program can run back and forth between true and false, but the user can hit the joystick button to manually override the back and forth.

You'd just need an outer case that checks your button press and if pressed, does what the button wants, if not pressed, continue with what a feedback loop says to do.

If you have a simplified specific example, we can help you refine it.

And like Michael said, a delaying sequence can be done in Teleop as a state machine, or put in Periodic Tasks as a true sequence.

Is this the kind of thing you're hoping to do?

[Anatole]

Thanks for the replies!
I've got to the next step.
I have another problem -- now, when I'm running a while loop in one of the case sequences, there's no way I can stop this loop outside of the loop itself. Here's the vi I'm using:
I try to use the cancel boolean, but it doesn't change any values, because the while loop is running.

[Mark McLeod]

Can't directly break into a while loop while it's running. New values won't pass through it's borders
It alone decides when it's done.

You could set a Global variable in a parallel task (i.e., not a check that is linked to the loop in any way) that gets read within the loop.
Here's your example using that. (Adding Global Variables )

[Anatole]

thanks alot!