Using the output of an if or iif function

[frobate]

Title says it all. I am using an iff statement to zero a 360 degree display using a 0-10 vdc input.

It works fine but how do I use that ooutput of the iff function?

for example:

I have a 0-10 VDC input that represents 0-360 degrees (hall effect analog encoder) channel ROT_3.

I take the 0-10 vdc signal and using a conversion change that channels output to 0-360 degrees Value*36.

I need to reset zero anywhere around the rotation and I do this with an iff statement.

So if I reset zero with ROT_3 at 176

[AzeoTech]

Use a sequence, or in this case, probably in the event for your ROT_3 channel. Something like:

V.mychannel = iif(Rot_3[0] == 176, 0, Rot_3[0])

Not really sure what your ultimate expression is, but putting that in the ROT_3 event will cause V.mychannel to be updated every time Rot_3 gets a new value with the result of the iif() statement.

[frobate]

Thank you I think I have tried that but not in the event panel.

here is the actual statement that I am using.

iff(ROT_3[0]<V.ZERO_SET[0]), (ROT_3[0]-V.ZERO_SET)+10,ROT_3[0]-V.ZERO_SET[0] *36

V.ZERO_SET is set with a button push anywhere between 0-360 degrees.

[AzeoTech]

OK, but its IIF() not iff(). It stands for inline if, so there are two i's not two f's

[frobate]

Please excuse the syntax error.... But I have another related question.

I want to use this information to control a digital output to control a turntable, basically motion control application.

So I need to read the output of the iif statement and compare it to a fixed number.

For example, move to 11 degrees,

DIO_3=1 until V.ZERO_CALC(variable 0-360)=V.ZERO_SET(set to 11) then DIO_3=0

I have been messing with if and where statements but can't seem to make things work.

Any ideas?

[AzeoTech]

Just use boolean math. Remember booleans evaluate to 0 when false and 1 when true, so you can just do:

DIO_3 = (V.Zero_Calc != V.Zero_set)

[frobate]

Thank you for the response, however, this appears as a single shot event. When I use this in a button push "Go to Position 1" for example, the script only happens once, as soon as I push the button.

I have tried to us the "while" command as shown in the documentation but that simply hangs the program and everything stops.

The problem is, from the time I push the button, I must monitor the position feedback channel, and compare that to the preset number. Not to mention the need to have a window (11 is actually some number between 10 & 12)

Really I just cannot figure out a way to continuously monitor my positioning channel without hanging the system.

[AzeoTech]

You can't put a while() loop inside a component action because that script runs in the thread of the UI and so the UI hangs. You need to create a sequence with the while loop and then have the component action start the sequence:

beginseq(myseq)

[frobate]

I really suspected that, but didn't try it.

Thank you

[frobate]

Works great thanks for your patience and knowledge