eeprom integer

Hey there,
i have trouble with writing a integer value into the eeprom.
I use the BlendMicro Board: http://redbearlab.com/blendmicro/

I want to save an integer to the eeprom. I use the put() and get() command for that. That's correct, isn't it? But when I read the written eeprom, i get totally wrong values (like 21720 instead of 1200).

I tryed to

Bit more explanation:

Basically I send values from my Android phone to the arduino via Bluetooth to control servos. The first 2 digits are the channel, the other 4 the value for the servo (integer, from 1000 to 2000. This is pwm signal in milliseconds).
Additionally I want the arduino to know the maximum and minimum position of the servos to avoid damage (due to lost of signal, whatever).
So I send them to the arduino and want to store them in the eeprom. Everytime I start the arduino the eeprom shall be read.

explanation of the variables:
ivalue: integer,
ichannel: integer,
Servo1min, etc: integer, minimal or maximal position of the servo

Here is my code:

(The part of the code where I write the data to the eeprom is quite at the end)

#include <SPI.h>
#include <EEPROM.h>
#include <boards.h>
#include <RBL_nRF8001.h>
#include <Servo.h>

#define SERVO_PIN_1   9
#define SERVO_PIN_2   10

#define LED_PIN1     11
#define LED_PIN2     12
#define LED_PIN3     13
#define LED_PIN4     A0


//pin 9, 10: no analog write(pwm) if Servo used!!!!

byte bdata0 = 0;
byte bdata1 = 0;
byte bdata2 = 0;
byte bdata3 = 0;
byte bdata_all = 0;
long ldata_all;
String sdata_all = "0";
String schannel = "0";
int ichannel = 0;
int ivalue = 0;


int Servo1min = 1400;
int Servo1mid = 1500;
int Servo1max = 1600;
int Servo2min = 1400;
int Servo2mid = 1500;
int Servo2max = 1600;






Servo Servo1;
Servo Servo2;

void setup() {

  ble_begin();
  Serial.begin(57600);
  ble_set_name("BLEtest3");

  // pinMode(TEST_PIN1, OUTPUT);
  Servo1.attach(SERVO_PIN_1);
  Servo2.attach(SERVO_PIN_2);
  pinMode(LED_PIN1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LED_PIN2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LED_PIN3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LED_PIN4, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(LED_PIN1, HIGH);
  delay(5000);//time to open serial after connecting to computer
  //read eeprom

  EEPROM.get(1, Servo1min );
  EEPROM.get(2, Servo1mid );
  EEPROM.get(3, Servo1max );
  EEPROM.get(4, Servo2min );
  EEPROM.get(5, Servo2mid );
  EEPROM.get(6, Servo2max );
  Servo1.writeMicroseconds(Servo1mid);
  Servo2.writeMicroseconds(Servo2mid);
  Serial.println(Servo1min);
  Serial.println(Servo1mid);
  Serial.println(Servo1max);
  Serial.println(Servo2min);
  Serial.println(Servo2mid);
  Serial.println(Servo2max);

  digitalWrite(LED_PIN1, LOW);
  //digitalWrite(TEST_PIN1, HIGH);


}

void loop() {





  while (ble_available()) {
    bdata0 = ble_read();//reading all data. it must be String. Data has 2-4 digits: 1st one always indicates "channel" (1-9), the following the (pwm) value. Android sends 4byte blocks: To send numbers bigger than 255, after 1st byte is "filled" (255) the 2nd get 1 and the 1st one starts at 0 again. then the second gets 2, and so on, till it reaches 255.
    bdata1 = ble_read();
    bdata2 = ble_read();
    bdata3 = ble_read();


    /*Serial.println(bdata0);//print for control
      Serial.println(bdata1);
      Serial.println(bdata2);
      Serial.println(bdata3);
    */


    ldata_all = bdata0 + (bdata1 * 256L) + (bdata2 * 65536L); // + (bdata3 * 16777216); // "connect" data0 and data1 is quite easy, but didn't found out how to handle data2 and data3. Anyway, we don't need higher numbers (3 for pwm and 1-2 left for channel (max 60 channels possible - that's enough:D )

    //Serial.println("ldata_all");
    //Serial.println(ldata_all);

    sdata_all = ldata_all;
    //schannel = sdata_all.charAt(0);//saving channel in int
    schannel = sdata_all.substring(0, 2);
    ichannel = schannel.toInt();
    Serial.println("ichannel");
    Serial.println(ichannel);
    sdata_all.remove(0, 2);//remove 1st two digits, so just the value remains
    ivalue = sdata_all.toInt();//convert back to int :D
    Serial.println("ivalue");
    Serial.println(ivalue);//print for control







    switch (ichannel) {

      case 11://if channel 1 do:
        if ((ivalue > Servo1min) && (ivalue < Servo1max)) {
          Servo1.writeMicroseconds(ivalue);
        }
        break;
      case 12://if channel 2 do:
        if ((ivalue > Servo2min) && (ivalue < Servo2max)) {
          Servo2.writeMicroseconds(ivalue);
        }
        break;
      case 13://if channel 3 do:
        if (sdata_all.substring(0, 1) == "2") {
          digitalWrite(LED_PIN1, HIGH);
        }
        else {
          digitalWrite(LED_PIN1, LOW);
        }
        if (sdata_all.substring(1, 2) == "2") {
          digitalWrite(LED_PIN2, HIGH);
        }
        else {
          digitalWrite(LED_PIN2, LOW);
        }
        if (sdata_all.substring(2, 3) == "2") {
          digitalWrite(LED_PIN3, HIGH);
        }
        else {
          digitalWrite(LED_PIN3, LOW);
        }
        if (sdata_all.substring(3, 4) == "2") {
          digitalWrite(LED_PIN4, HIGH);
        }
        else {
          digitalWrite(LED_PIN4, LOW);
        }
      case 51:
        Servo1min = ivalue;
        EEPROM.put(1, Servo1min);
        break;
      case 52:
        Servo1mid = ivalue;
        EEPROM.put(2, Servo1mid);
        break;
      case 53:
        EEPROM.put(3, ivalue);
        Servo1max = ivalue;
        break;
      case 54:
        EEPROM.put(4, ivalue);
        Servo2min = ivalue;
        break;
      case 55:
        EEPROM.put(5, ivalue);
        Servo2mid = ivalue;
        break;
      case 56:
        EEPROM.put(6, ivalue);
        Servo2max = ivalue;
        break;


        break;


    }
    Serial.println("storage");
    Serial.println(Servo1min);
    Serial.println(Servo1mid);
    Serial.println(Servo1max);
    Serial.println(Servo2min);
    Serial.println(Servo2mid);
    Serial.println(Servo2max);

  }


  // Allow BLE Shield to send/receive data
  ble_do_events();



}

put() does indeed write any data type or object to the EEPROM the first parameter is the address: the location to write to, starting from 0 (int) and then the data to write, can be a primitive type such as an int you use here or more complicated.

So when you do EEPROM.put(1, Servo1min); you save your int into the EEPROM indeed.

The challenge you have though is that an int is on 2 (or 4 depending on your arduino) bytes, so it will use memory 1 and 2

so when you do next

      case 52:
        Servo1mid = ivalue;
        EEPROM.put(2, Servo1mid);

you are overwriting the second byte of your previous value since you start writing at position 2 in the EEPROM

Ah, that was actually quite easy:D thank you:)

How useful is that?

Serial.print(EEPROM.put(address, someVariable));

Well, OK, not really all that useful.

Delta_G:
I think it would be useful to have put return the number of bytes written instead of a reference to the data you just wrote. How useful is that? If I just wrote the data, then I obviously have a reference to it if I want one. By having it return the number of bytes it wrote, I could do things like:

int address = 0;

address += EEPROM.put(address, someVariable);
address += EEPROM.put(address, someOtherVariable);

address += sizeof(someVariable);
address += sizeof(someOtherVariable);