I need suggestions on how to implement the following use cases for controlling a Stepper motor with IR remote.
Run the stepper motor continuously back and forth until stopped by the remote.
Run the Stepper motor continuously CW until stopped by the remote.
Run the Stepper motor continuously CCW until stopped by the remote.
I am using the Accelstepper library so I can utilize the acceleration feature. I have placed the [blocking] commands in the loop() and then want to change the distance and speed with the remote. This part of the code works as desired. The motor runs back and forth in a continuous loop until the ‘OK’ button stops the program by disabling the motor pins. I can change the distance and speed using ‘if’ statements with the remote.
My problem is how to implement the additional use case where I can enter into a different loop that either runs the motor CW or CCW until stopped by user. The attached code shows the commands I want to implement with the Up/Down buttons and I realize that this only advances the motor 1 step and then goes back to running the back and forth loop.
I have tried if/else statements and used the remote to set a variable to select which code would loop but was not successful.
// Livewire Bait Ripper
// Copyright (C) 2022 Mike Donovan
// v 1.1 2022/01/05 //arduino IDE v1.9.0-beta
#include <AccelStepper.h> //version 1.61
#include<IRremote.h> //version 3.2.0
// Define a stepper motor and the pins it will use
AccelStepper stepper(1, 6, 9);
// Define IR
int IRPIN = 21; // IRreceiver Pin 21
IRrecv irrecv(IRPIN); //Reads the signals from receiver
decode_results results; //saves decoded results
// Define variables
int p3 = 7200;
int s1 = 2800;
int s2 = 2400;
void(* resetFunc) (void) = 0;
void setup() {
stepper.setEnablePin(12);
stepper.setPinsInverted(false, false, true);
stepper.setMaxSpeed(2800); stepper.setAcceleration(6400);
stepper.setSpeed(2400);
irrecv.enableIRIn(); //Starts receiving Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
stepper.runToNewPosition(0); stepper.setMaxSpeed(s1); stepper.runToNewPosition(2400); stepper.runToNewPosition(4800); stepper.runToNewPosition(p3); stepper.setMaxSpeed(2400.0);
if (irrecv.decode(&results)) {
if (results.value == 0xFF629D) //Power button stepper.enableOutputs();
if (results.value == 0xFF22DD) //A button
p3 = 7200;
if (results.value == 0xFF02FD) //B button
p3 = 9600;
if (results.value == 0xFFC23D) //C button
p3 = 12000;
if (results.value == 0xFF30CF) //Left button
s1 = 2000;
if (results.value == 0xFF7A85) //Right button
s1 = 4000;
if (results.value == 0xFF9867) //Up button
stepper.enableOutputs();
stepper.runSpeed();
if (results.value == 0xFF38C7) //Down button
stepper.enableOutputs();
stepper.setSpeed(-2400);
stepper.runSpeed();
if (results.value == 0xFF18E7) // OK button
stepper.disableOutputs();
resetFunc(); }
irrecv.resume(); // Receive the next IR value Serial.println(results.value, HEX);
} }
The attached document has the details and code.
Use_Case_IRremote.pdf (72.2 KB)