how to build a counter for the laser pointer when the laser pointer was triggered ?

[jianye]

hello,

i have built a safety light curtain and i want to build a counter to store the times that the laser pointer was triggered.

how can I realize this function ?

any advice ?

Jian

[coppelia]

The simplest is to use a non-threaded child script for that. In the sensing section, read your proximity sensor with sim.readProximitySensor. Compare the detection value with the value read in previous simulation step. If the value goes from no detection to detection, then increment your counter.

Cheers

[jianye]

hello,

how can I know the detection status of no detection and detection?

and can i read the value of the previous simulation step?

thank you in advance.

Jian

[fferri]

hello,

how can I know the detection status of no detection and detection?

sim.readProximitySensor

and can i read the value of the previous simulation step?

Before storing the result in a variable, that variable will contain the result of the previous simulation step.

E.g.:

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function sysCall_sensing()
    result,d,p,h,n=sim.readProximitySensor(sensorHandle)
    if oldresult==0 and result==1 then
        -- do something
    end
    oldresult=result
end

[jianye]

I understand, thank you so much.