I am using an Arduino Mega 2560 to drive a Nixie Tube based clock. I have all of the tubes correctly being driven for pulling the time data from the RTC clock module (Hours, min, sec) and the date and month. I can see through the serial port all of this is correct. I programmed lines of code to enable the clock user to adjust the time (via pushbutton inputs) for daylight savings and THAT section of the program works fine. That portion works by holding down an input button and the clock displays the time and rolls the hours or minutes accordingly and then it resets the RTC for the new time.
However... Here is my problem... I used the same format of programming to change the date for the day and month but I cannot get the display nor the RTC to change the date internally, because if it did change I believe I would see this on the nixies tubes, and the serial port is showing me that the date is indeed NOT CHANGING ! UGH ! I played around with moving the subroutines and streamlining the program for faster flow but that is not the issue. I believe the coding has a problem or I am continuing to overwrite the new date with the old in RTC memory (?).
ANY help would be appreciated THANKS in advance....
Badjer
This is the section that works....
void ChangeTime()
{
byte prevHour = t.hour;
byte prevMin = t.min;
byte prevSec = t.sec;
int newHour, newMin;
newHour = prevHour;
newMin = prevMin;
if(but0state == HIGH)
{// Increment the Hour up by 1
newHour = prevHour+1;
DisplayTime();
DriveTubes();
if(newHour>=24) newHour=0;
}
else if(but1state == HIGH)
{// Decrement the Hour down by one
newHour=prevHour-1;
DisplayTime();
DriveTubes();
if(newHour<=0) newHour=23;
}
if(but2state == HIGH)
{// Increment the Minute up by one
newMin = prevMin+1;
DisplayTime();
DriveTubes();
if(newMin>59) newMin=0;
}
else if(but3state == HIGH)
{// Decrement Minute down by one
newMin=prevMin-1;
DisplayTime();
DriveTubes();
if(newMin<0) newMin=59;
}
rtc.setTime(newHour,newMin,prevSec);
}
The problem section....
void ChangeDate()
{
byte prevDate = t.date;
byte prevMonth = t.mon;
byte prevYear = t.year;
int newDate, newMonth, newYear;
newDate = prevDate;
newMonth = prevMonth;
if(but4state == HIGH)
{// Increment the DATE up by 1
newDate = prevDate+1;
DisplayDate();
DriveTubes();
if(newDate>=32) newDate=1;
}
else if(but5state == HIGH)
{// Increment the Month by one
newMonth=prevMonth+1;
DisplayDate();
DriveTubes();
if(newMonth>=13) newMonth=1;
}
rtc.setDate(newDate,newMonth,newYear);
}
FULL CODE BELOW:
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I tried posting my code using the code tag but it errors out "over 9000 characters." So here is the attachment again... sorry...! :o(
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Nevermind I figured it out... Solution below...
int d = 1;
int m = 11;
int y = 2020;
void ChangeDate()
{
d = t.date;
m = t.mon;
y = t.year;
if(but4state == HIGH)
{// Increment the DATE up by 1
d = d + 1;
DisplayDate();
DriveTubes();
if(d >= 32) d = 1;
delay(700);
}
else if(but5state == HIGH)
{// Increment the Month by one
m = m + 1;
DisplayDate();
DriveTubes();
if(m >= 13) m = 1;
delay(700);
}
rtc.setDate(d,m,y);
//rtc.setDate(23,6,2020);
}
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