I'm having some trouble disabling a timer after some code has ran.
I'm currently on a cell phone, so I can't out ask of my code in here...
Void name1(){
timer.setimer(1000,light,10)
// other code
}
Void light(){
// if code....
// else code - time stops
}
I've tried timer.disable(1000,light,10); but it didn't work...
I'm not really sure that link helps me 
As I stated in my post, I'm unfortunately on a cell phone and can't post my code. For reason, on my computer, when I sign into this forum it blocks me and and tells that "You are already signed in".
Once I can get on the forum on my laptop I'll post my code....
muldoon:
I'm not really sure that link helps me
Nor did your original post help us. So we are about even, so far.
Attached is my code:
The sections I'm concerned with are: CanisterSelect, BrightLight, and DisableCanisterTimer
void BrightLight()
{
if (lightLevel > 150)
{
high = lightLevel; //the light is off
////// Serial.print("This is now ");
////// Serial.print(high);
////// Serial.print(" and the intLightTimeOut value is ");
////// Serial.println(intLightTimeOut);
intLightTimeOut++;
if (intLightTimeOut >= 15)
{
DisableCanisterTimer();
digitalWrite(LEDEError, HIGH);
MotorsOff();
ResetValues();
Serial.println("STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP");
// Serial.println(intLightTimeOut);
//The timer should end here
}
sketch_oct26b.ino: In function ‘void BrightLight()’:
sketch_oct26b:4: error: ‘lightLevel’ was not declared in this scope
sketch_oct26b:7: error: ‘high’ was not declared in this scope
sketch_oct26b:12: error: ‘intLightTimeOut’ was not declared in this scope
sketch_oct26b:15: error: ‘DisableCanisterTimer’ was not declared in this scope
sketch_oct26b:16: error: ‘LEDEError’ was not declared in this scope
sketch_oct26b:17: error: ‘MotorsOff’ was not declared in this scope
sketch_oct26b:18: error: ‘ResetValues’ was not declared in this scope
sketch_oct26b:22: error: expected `}' at end of input
sketch_oct26b:22: error: expected `}' at end of input
Re-read reply #1.
For some reason my attached code zip document didn't get attached.
Here is the timer I'm using:
http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/SimpleTimer#F_disable
From other posts I (think) I found out that the ID is should be: timer.setTimer(1000, BrightLight, 25).
So I tried using timer.disable(1000, BrightLight, 25), but I get an compile error of: no matching function for call to "SimpleTimer::disable(in,void(&)(),int)'
sketch_oct25a.zip (5.5 KB)
Is this one of those "interesting" cases where the user spends more time trying to figure out how to use a Library than he would have spent if he simply used millis() to manage the timing as in the Blink Without Delay example sketch and the demo several things at a time ?
...R
If you set up the timer like this
timerId = timer.setTimeout(1000, callMeLater);
You will know the ID of the timer and can disable it like this
timer.disable(timerId);
This is all detailed on Arduino Playground - SimpleTimer Library
Is this one of those "interesting" cases where the user spends more time trying to figure out how to use a Library than he would have spent if he simply used millis() to manage the timing as in the Blink Without Delay example sketch and the demo several things at a time ?
I see nothing interesting about it. It IS one of those cases, though.
PaulS:
I see nothing interesting about it. It IS one of those cases, though.
I was searching for a word that would not be considered rude.
...R
Thanks.
I'll take the "interesting" comment as learning experience and not rude.
I knew I didn't want to use a delay() and googling *arduino *timer brought up the "Simple Timer Library". Oh well, at least I learned somethings that I probably would not have ran across.