I need HELP! KEYPAD W/ MOTORSHIELDS

Projects Programming
1

Im trying to make some stepper motors move with some motor shields on the press of a key but its not working. Can you tell me what i did wrong?

// calling librarys
#include <Keypad.h>
#include <Stepper.h>

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_MotorShield.h>
#include "utility/Adafruit_MS_PWMServoDriver.h"
//Keypad
const int stepsPerRevolution = 200;
const byte ROWS = 4;
const byte COLS = 4;
char keys[ROWS][COLS] = {
{'1','2','3','A'},
{'4','5','6','B'},
{'7','8','9','C'},
{'#','0','*','D'}
};
byte rowPins[ROWS] = {0, 1, 2, 3};
byte colPins[COLS] = {4, 5, 6, 7};
Keypad customKeypad = Keypad( makeKeymap(keys), rowPins, colPins, ROWS, COLS );
// Motor Shields
Adafruit_MotorShield AFMS1 = Adafruit_MotorShield();
Adafruit_MotorShield AFMS2 = Adafruit_MotorShield(0x61);
Adafruit_MotorShield AFMS3 = Adafruit_MotorShield(0x62);
Adafruit_MotorShield AFMS4 = Adafruit_MotorShield(0x63);

// Motors connected to shields
Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor1 = AFMS1.getStepper(200, 1);
Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor2 = AFMS1.getStepper(200, 2);
Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor3 = AFMS2.getStepper(200, 1);
Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor4 = AFMS2.getStepper(200, 2);
Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor5 = AFMS3.getStepper(200, 1);
Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor6 = AFMS3.getStepper(200, 2);
Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor7 = AFMS4.getStepper(200, 1);
Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor8 = AFMS4.getStepper(200, 2);

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("Stepper test!");

AFMS1.begin();
AFMS2.begin();
AFMS3.begin();
AFMS4.begin();

myMotor1->setSpeed(100);
myMotor2->setSpeed(100);
myMotor3->setSpeed(100);
myMotor4->setSpeed(100);
myMotor5->setSpeed(100);
myMotor6->setSpeed(100);
myMotor7->setSpeed(100);
myMotor8->setSpeed(100);

}

void loop(){
char customKey = customKeypad.getKey();
if (customKey == '1'){
Serial.println(customKey);
Serial.println("clockwise");
myMotor1->step(100, FORWARD, DOUBLE);
}if (customKey == '2'){
Serial.println(customKey);
Serial.println("clockwise");
myMotor2->step(100, FORWARD, DOUBLE);
}if (customKey == '3'){
Serial.println(customKey);
Serial.println("clockwise");
myMotor3->step(100, FORWARD, DOUBLE);
}if (customKey == '4'){
Serial.println(customKey);
Serial.println("clockwise");
myMotor4->step(100, FORWARD, DOUBLE);
}if (customKey == '5'){
Serial.println(customKey);
Serial.println("clockwise");
myMotor5->step(100, FORWARD, DOUBLE);
}
if (customKey == '6'){
Serial.println(customKey);
Serial.println("clockwise");
myMotor6->step(100, FORWARD, DOUBLE);
}if (customKey == '7'){
Serial.println(customKey);
Serial.println("clockwise");
myMotor7->step(100, FORWARD, DOUBLE);
}if (customKey == '8'){
Serial.println(customKey);
Serial.println("clockwise");
myMotor8->step(100, FORWARD, DOUBLE);

}
}

2

its not working

That does not tell up very much.

Are you able to make the motors step independently of any keypad input ?

3

ill put in a different code to run the motors independently and they all will move but my error is assigning the keypad to the motor shields. this is the only line of code im having problems with because i don't know what to do.

Keypad customKeypad = Keypad( makeKeymap(keys),port );

4

the error message says

exit status 1
'customKey' does not name a type

5

Can you please post the whole error message

6

When I compile your piss-poorly formatted code, I get only one error message:

Sketch uses 11,826 bytes (41%) of program storage space. Maximum is 28,672 bytes.
Global variables use 826 bytes (32%) of dynamic memory, leaving 1,734 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,560 bytes.