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Description
Sets the duration of a global timer.
Unlike state timers, global timers can be triggered from any state (as an output action), and handled from any state (by causing a state change).
Significantly more sophisticated global timers are available in the 'beta' repository branch.
For more on Global Timers, see Using State Matrices.
Syntax
NewStateMatrix = SetGlobalTimer(StateMachineStruct, TimerNumber, TimerDuration)
Parameters
StateMachineStruct: The state machine description whose global timer you are setting (typically named 'sma').
TimerNumber: The number of the timer you are setting (an integer, 1-5).
TimerDuration: The duration of the timer, following timer start (0-3600 seconds)
Returns
A state machine struct, updated with the new global timer settings.
Example
This code generates a state machine that sets a global timer for 3.5 seconds, triggers it in the first state, and handles it in the second and third states.
sma = NewStateMatrix();
sma = SetGlobalTimer(sma, 1, 3.5);
sma = AddState(sma, 'Name', 'State1', ...
'Timer', 0,...
'StateChangeConditions', {'Tup', 'State2'},...
'OutputActions', {'GlobalTimerTrig', 1});
sma = AddState(sma, 'Name', 'State2', ...
'Timer', 0,...
'StateChangeConditions', {'Port1In', 'State3', 'GlobalTimer1_End', 'exit'},...
'OutputActions', {});
sma = AddState(sma, 'Name', 'State3', ...
'Timer', 0,...
'StateChangeConditions', {'Port1Out', 'State2', 'GlobalTimer1_End', 'exit'},...
'OutputActions', {});