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Hi
i want to make a simple application: turn on/off a fading led using IR remote. I am using IRremote library (http://www.arcfn.com/2009/08/multi-protocol-infrared-remote-library.html
And my code just doesnt work.. It turns on when i first press the button, but doesnt react on next signals. Just dont know what to do..
here is the main part

Code:

void loop() 
{
  if (irrecv.decode(&results))
  {
   
  if (results.value==52160) {  //it is the value remote button i use
    if(sw==1) sw=0;
    else sw=1;
     irrecv.resume();
  }
}
 if(sw==1) fade();  //fade led
if(sw==0) zero();  // turn led off
}

[Reply #1 on:]

Hey, check and see if your codes are "multicode" or not,  if so then the first press and second press will send alternate codes!

[Reply #2 on:]

Probably best if you post all your code. That said, consider putting some serial.prints in there so you can see what it is doing.

[Reply #3 on:]

Okay, actually the task is a little more complicated, i want ot turn on/off RGB lamp which is changing colours in random sequence
when i press "on" button it starts changing colours, but doesn't turn off when i press the button again

Code:

#include <IRremote.h>  
#include <Metro.h>
const int irReceivePin =2;
Metro ledMetro = Metro(10) ;
Metro irmetro = Metro(500);
IRrecv irrecv(irReceivePin);
decode_results results;  
int prevKey, prevKey2;
float RGB1[3];
float RGB2[3];
float INC[3];
int sw;
int fadeAmount = 5;
 int brightness = 0;
int red, green, blue;
 
int RedPin = 3;
int GreenPin = 5;
int BluePin = 6;
 
void setup()  
{  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(irReceivePin, INPUT);
  irrecv.enableIRIn();
        randomSeed(analogRead(0));
  
        RGB1[0] = 0;
        RGB1[1] = 0;
        RGB1[2] = 0;
  
        RGB2[0] = random(256);
        RGB2[1] = random(256);
        RGB2[2] = random(256);  

}  
  
void loop()  
{  
      
   if(sw==1) lamp();
if(sw==0) zero();

  if (irrecv.decode(&results))
  {Serial.println(results.value);
  
  if (results.value==52160) {
    if(sw==1) sw=0;
    else sw=1;
  
     irrecv.resume();
  }
  
 }
}


void lamp() {
   randomSeed(analogRead(0));
  
        for (int x=0; x<3; x++) {
                INC[x] = (RGB1[x] - RGB2[x]) / 256; }  
         for (int x=0; x<256; x++) {
            if (ledMetro.check() == 1) {
          
          
                red = int(RGB1[0]);
                green = int(RGB1[1]);
                blue = int(RGB1[2]);
 
                analogWrite (RedPin, red);  
                analogWrite (GreenPin, green);    
                analogWrite (BluePin, blue);      
          
                RGB1[0] -= INC[0];
                RGB1[1] -= INC[1];    
                RGB1[2] -= INC[2];    
          
         }}

label:
        for (int x=0; x<3; x++) {
        
                RGB2[x] = random(556)-300;
                RGB2[x] = constrain(RGB2[x], 0, 255);
              
          
        }

if(RGB2[0]==0 && RGB2[1]==0 && RGB2[2]==0) goto label;
}

void zero() {
   analogWrite (RedPin, 0);  
                analogWrite (GreenPin, 0);    
                analogWrite (BluePin, 0);  
}

Println results: first line is number of ir button, and then always "0", and nothing when i push the button

[Reply #4 on:]

OK I may be wrong here but are you using a digital pin (2) to recieve the IR , also how exactly have you done the hardware, as far as im aware IR codes are HEX data so they must use a serial input, are you revieving using a IR photo diode, if so im sure that the digital in pin will not suffice for this application.

[Reply #5 on:]

Are you able to get better results with the examples/IRrecvDemo sketch? According to the link you provided, you may need to tweak the library to accommodate the protocol for your particular remote device.

Also, I didn't dig through lamp() in any detail, but you can certainly replace that goto with a do while.

[Reply #6 on:]

http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1292326335

[Reply #7 on:]

Oops yeah just actually read the link, so yeah its for a digital string, anyway still would use the com prt for serial, anyway check out, http://www.remotecentral.com/ for some actuall raw binarys of the codes!!

[Reply #8 on:]

Println results: first line is number of ir button, and then always "0", and nothing when i push the button

Add a Serial.print() statement to show when lamp() is entered, and when it ends. There are a lot of hidden delays going on there. When lamp() is executing, you are not reading IR data.

[Reply #9 on:]

Thank you all very much, hope I will find the solution soon

[Reply #10 on:]

Is it possible to make program read IR data and run a lamp() program simultaneously? I want to be able to turn the fading lamp off when the fading program is running?
What is the trick?

[Reply #11 on:]

What is the trick?

Not using delay(). Or timers of the sort you are using.