Briefly: I would like to turn on a relay for 30 seconds, after I toggle a switch on.
I'm trying to do a blinds automation at home.
I have a simple ON-OFF-ON switch, attached to an Arduino connected to Relays.
I want to turn on Relay#1 for a maximum of 30 seconds if I toggle the switch down from center. In other words, relay turns on when I switch, and when timer reaches 30 seconds relay turns off.
similarly I want to turn on Relay#2 for exactly 30 seconds if I toggle the switch up from center
And when I switch back to center, I would like the timer to reset.
I could not figure out how. Could anyone help?
I have been trying to use elapsedMillis library for this, which is a nice library that helps me avoid using Delays: http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/ElapsedMillis
However even though I could work the relays without the 30 second limitation, I couldn't figure out the code to end working of the relays. Here is my current code:
#include <elapsedMillis.h>
#define RELAY_ON 0
#define RELAY_OFF 1
#define RELAY1_TURNS_ON_BLINDS 5
#define RELAY2_SHUTS_DOWN_BLINDS 6
#define shutswitch A0
#define openswitch A1
bool LocalCommandToOpen;
bool LocalCommandToShut;
void setup() ////////SETUP////////
{
digitalWrite(RELAY1_TURNS_ON_BLINDS, RELAY_OFF);
digitalWrite(RELAY2_SHUTS_DOWN_BLINDS, RELAY_OFF);
pinMode(RELAY1_TURNS_ON_BLINDS, OUTPUT);
pinMode(RELAY2_SHUTS_DOWN_BLINDS, OUTPUT);
pinMode(shutswitch, INPUT);
pinMode(openswitch, INPUT);
} ////SETUP
void loop() { ///////LOOP
if (digitalRead(shutswitch) == 1)
{
LocalCommandToOpen = 1;
}
else
{
LocalCommandToOpen = 0;
}
if ( digitalRead(openswitch) == 1)
{
LocalCommandToShut = 1;
}
else
{
LocalCommandToShut = 0;
}
unsigned int CloseInterval = 14000;
elapsedMillis timeElapsedSinceCloseButtonPush = 0;
unsigned int OpenInterval = 14000;
elapsedMillis timeElapsedSinceOpenButtonPush = 0;
//MANUAL SWITCH OPERATION
if ( LocalCommandToShut == 1 )
{
digitalWrite(RELAY1_TURNS_ON_BLINDS, RELAY_OFF);
digitalWrite(RELAY2_SHUTS_DOWN_BLINDS, RELAY_ON);
}
else
{
digitalWrite(RELAY2_SHUTS_DOWN_BLINDS, RELAY_OFF);
}
//MANUEL DUGME ILE ACMA
if ( LocalCommandToOpen == 1)
{
digitalWrite(RELAY2_SHUTS_DOWN_BLINDS, RELAY_OFF);
digitalWrite(RELAY1_TURNS_ON_BLINDS, RELAY_ON);
}
else
{
digitalWrite(RELAY1_TURNS_ON_BLINDS, RELAY_OFF);
}
delay(500);
} /////////////////LOOP////////////////////////////////////