Variables in random call

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#1

Why is the output of this method different:
Seed is already initialized elsewhere...
generally a random number...

int randomCycleDelay()
{
int minimum = 2000;
int maximum = 60000;
int rd = abs(random(2000,60000));
return rd;
}
(generates 2000 all the time)
int randomCycleDelay()
{
int minimum = 2000;
int maximum = 60000;
int rd = abs(random(minimum,maximum));
return rd;
}

#2

Try this:

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);         // Could be other values, too, but make sure it's the same as the monitor

  randomSeed(analogRead(0));
}

void loop() {

  Serial.println(randomCycleDelay());

}
long randomCycleDelay()
{  
  return  random(2000,60000);
}

The random() function returns a long, not an int.

#3 
 int maximum = 60000;

Did you bother to look at the range of values that can be stored in an int? Did you bother to actually print maximum to see what actually got stored in maximum?

#4

To give the OP the benefit of the doubt, on many platforms int is at least 32 bits.

Here it is 16 bits.

#5

sp. "Here it is mostly 16 bits"

#6