[SOLVED] increase count by only 1

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Hi I am after a way to increase a count by only 1 when conditions are met.
I am currently using Count++ but this will keep increasing to value of Count as the program goes through the loop while ever the conditions in the if statement are true while I only wish to increase Count by 1 each time the conditions are met.
Any ideas

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Hi grantastley,

You should probably include your code (in code blocks - paste your code into a reply, select it, then select the # button on the toolbar above).

Anyway, what you really need to do here is include a flag variable that indicates whether you've already incremented the Count, and if so, don't do it again (in an if statement).

Pat.

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Add a test - after counting one time, make sure the conditions go false before allowing counting to occur again.

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here is the code so far

#include <Servo.h>

int AUX3=3;
int AUX3Val=0;

int Gear=2;
int GearVal=0;

int Count=0;
int WingFoldCount=0;

Servo WingFoldLeft;  //Create a servo object
Servo WingFoldRight; //Create a servo object
Servo WingFoldLock;  //Create a servo object

void setup(){
   Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(AUX3, INPUT);
pinMode(Gear, INPUT);

WingFoldLeft.attach(6);  //Attach left wing fold servo
WingFoldLeft.write(10);
}

void loop(){
  GearVal=pulseIn(Gear, HIGH, 25000);   //Read RX Gear position
  AUX3Val=pulseIn(AUX3, HIGH, 25000);   //Read RX AUX3 position
  
  Serial.print("AUX3 : ");
  Serial.println(AUX3Val);
  
  Serial.print("Gear : ");
  Serial.println(GearVal);
  
  Serial.print("Count = ");
  Serial.println(Count);
  
  Serial.print("Wing fold count = ");
  Serial.println(WingFoldCount);
  
  Count++;
  delay(500);
  if(Count>10){  //sets count time to 5 seconds
    Count=0;
    WingFoldCount=0;
  }
  
  if(AUX3Val>1700&&GearVal<1500) {
  WingFoldCount++;
  Count=0;
}
  if(WingFoldCount==2){
   WingFoldLeft.write(160); 
  }
  else(WingFoldLeft.write(10));
  }

Would you please be able to tell me how to add the test condition as I am only new to the arduino environment.
Thank you

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PS WingFoldCount is the one I am trying to only increase by 1

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I was thinking of something like this:

At beginning...
Bool FirstTime;

In Setup...
FirstTime = true;

In loop...
if ((AUX3Val > 1700) && (GearVal < 1500)) {

  if (FirstTime) {
    WingFoldCount++;
    FirstTime = false;
  }

  Count=0;
}
else {
  FirstTime = true;  // reset flag
}
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No idea - you have no comments, no way to tell what the condition is you are looking for to occur and then wait for it to pass.

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Thank you patduino

Worked just as I wanted :slight_smile: