Sleep Command

[Tricky Dicky]

I would like to produce quite long delays in a program using the sleep command. Is there a limit to how many 2.3sec. periods can be used since the cell seems to allow almost any number to be entered in the multiples section.

Richard

 

[Technical]

The PICAXE limit is $FFFF , 65535 (ie a full word value).

 

[BeanieBots]

A single for/next loop can use a word so that would give you 65536*2.3 = ~42 hours.
Is that long enough?
If not, nest the loop to give 65536*42 = ~ 314 years. Is that long enough?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Thanks Technical for the prompt reply

BeaniBots,
I am looking for sleep periods Of 24 hours at a time and envisaged using For/Next loops to achieve the desired delay. Thanks for the pointer.

Richard