Using Serial imput to run a code

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So I made some changes to the code. First, I replaced the 1 second delay in the end of my mandmColor() function with this.

  startMillis = millis();
  currentMillis = millis();
  while (currentMillis - startMillis <= period) {
    currentMillis = millis();
    checkButton();
  }

Then, I changed my checkButton function to read this. This make it so that once it has received a command, it ignores all future commands until the command is relayed to the checkToggle function.

void checkButton() {
  static int lastState = ! ISPRESSED;
  int state = readButton();
  if (buttonNewData == NO) {
    if (state != lastState) {
      if (buttonState == ISPRESSED) {
        Serial.println("<Button>");
        if ((toggle == PAUSE) || (toggle == RESTART)) {
          toggle = START;
          buttonNewData = YES;
        }
        else if (toggle == START) {
          toggle = PAUSE;
          buttonNewData = YES;
        }
      }
      lastState = state;
    }
  }
}

Finally, this line is added to my checkToggle function so that my button will now accept new data.

  buttonNewData = NO;

I also toopk your advice and defined the numbers with meaningful names.

#define YES 1
#define NO 0

#define START 0
#define PAUSE 1
#define RESTART 2
#define TERMINATE 3

As of right now, everything works great the first time through. I can use the button to start the sorter, then pause it, and restart it. However, it will not pause a second time, it simply ignores the button imput.

Is there any way to fix this, thanks in advance, DH

MM_Sorter_shift_toggle_servo_count9.ino (11.3 KB)