SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED);
SYSTEM_MODE(SEMI_AUTOMATIC);
const uint8_t BUTTON_STARTSTOP_PIN = D2; // Start/Stop button pin
const uint8_t buttonPin = 2;
ClickButton ButtonStartStop(buttonPin, LOW, CLICKBTN_PULLUP); // the Button
int function = 0; // Button results
void setup() {
Particle.connect(); // connect to the cloud
pinMode(BUTTON_STARTSTOP_PIN, INPUT_PULLUP);
//ButtonStartStop.debounceTime = 20; // Debounce timer in ms
//ButtonStartStop.multiclickTime = 250; // Time limit for multi clicks
//ButtonStartStop.longClickTime = 1000; // time until "held-down clicks" register
}
void loop() {
Particle.publish("loop before timer check. timer_on= ", String(timer_on));
/ *****Verify the button and buzzer are working properly - commented out*****
while (digitalRead(BUTTON_STARTSTOP_PIN) == LOW) {
Particle.publish("Button pushed test");
digitalWrite(WARNING_LED_PIN, HIGH); // sets the LED on
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(WARNING_LED_PIN, LOW);
delay(1000);
}
************* /
// Update button state - wait for button push
ButtonStartStop.Update();
if (ButtonStartStop.clicks != 0) function = ButtonStartStop.clicks;
if (function == 1 || function == -1) {
Particle.publish("SINGLE click");
NUM_SECONDS_WARN_LOW=120; // 2 minutes
}
if (function == 2 || function == -2){
Particle.publish("DOUBLE click");
NUM_SECONDS_WARN_LOW=300; // 5 minutes
}
if (function == 3 || function == -3) {
Particle.publish("TRIPLE click");
NUM_SECONDS_WARN_LOW=600; // 10 minutes
}
if (function == -1) {
Particle.publish("SINGLE LONG click");
}
if (function == -2) {
Particle.publish("DOUBLE LONG click");
}
if (function == -3) {
Particle.publish("TRIPLE LONG click");
}
Particle.publish("function= ", String(function));
function = 0;
delay(5);
}
```
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### Author:  [@peekay123](https://community.particle.io/u/peekay123)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-clickbutton-for-first-time-not-working-for-me/66152/2 "2024-01-15T16:37:11Z")
@LuckGuy, this is an _old_ library which extends the built-in `millis()` function and is likely not suitable anymore. You may want to use either a "polled" button Arduino library or interrupts to service your buttons. This polled button library by JChristensen with good examples is a good start:
> **[GitHub - JChristensen/JC\_Button: Arduino library to debounce button switches,...](https://github.com/JChristensen/JC_Button)**
>
> Arduino library to debounce button switches, detect presses, releases, and long presses - GitHub - JChristensen/JC\_Button: Arduino library to debounce button switches, detect presses, releases, and...
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### Author:  [@LuckGuy](https://community.particle.io/u/LuckGuy)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-clickbutton-for-first-time-not-working-for-me/66152/3 "2024-01-15T19:21:36Z")
😮
Ouch, thanks for your help @peekay123! And thanks for the link to another option.
Unfortunately clickButton is one of the libraries that Particle has in it's list when you search for "button".
Hey **Particle Support Team** - if you're reading this can the clickButton library be removed from the list of libraries?
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### Author:  [@peekay123](https://community.particle.io/u/peekay123)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-clickbutton-for-first-time-not-working-for-me/66152/5 "2024-01-15T20:27:09Z")
@LuckGuy, actually, I'm the one who published that library a long time ago in the Spark and Spark Core days!
However, I just realized why your code is not working! You basically call `Particle.publish()` every 5ms, quickly exceeding the 4 pubs-per-sec limit and causing the cloud to stop publishing until your stream stops for at least 4 secs. The documentation says:
> **NOTE 1:** Currently, a device can publish at rate of about 1 event/sec, with bursts of up to 4 allowed in 1 second. Back to back burst of 4 messages will take 4 seconds to recover.
You may want to use `Serial.print()` and use the USB with a terminal program (or the Particle CLI) to view your messages instead.
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### Author:  [@LuckGuy](https://community.particle.io/u/LuckGuy)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-clickbutton-for-first-time-not-working-for-me/66152/6 "2024-01-17T14:59:49Z")
Thanks @peekay123 - Once I took out all blocking statements including Particle.publish and delay() the clickButton works great!
Now it's learning how to delay without blocking - and looks like there's a whole separate set of libraries for that
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### Author:  [@gusgonnet](https://community.particle.io/u/gusgonnet)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-clickbutton-for-first-time-not-working-for-me/66152/7 "2024-01-17T15:10:42Z")
Hi!
here's a snippet I use a lot, modify 10000 (msec) to fit your needs.
Call executeAfterDelay() from your loop() function, or just embbed the contents in loop().
```auto
void executeAfterDelay()
{
static unsigned long logTime = 0;
if (millis() - logTime > 10000)
{
logTime = millis();
Log.info("Executing after delay");
// Do something here
}
}
```
Add this at the top of your FW so the logger works properly, right after the imports:
```auto
SerialLogHandler logHandler(LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
```
PS: to execute different things after different delays or events you can use a Finite State Machine
> **[Finite State Machines | Firmware](https://docs.particle.io/firmware/software-design/finite-state-machines/)**
>
> Documentation for Particle, a platform for connected devices.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.particle.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-clickbutton-for-first-time-not-working-for-me/66152/8 "2024-07-18T03:11:37Z")
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