HazardsMind:
The reason you have to hold the button, is because you don't have a Latch. Look at the state change detection code (I can't think of the actual name right now) it's in your example codes. Just implement that into this code and you will be good to go.
I implemented it in this way, but it doesn't work still. If I repeatedly push the button it will not turn on until the timer has reached it time, but I have to continually push the bottom until the 6 seconds is up.
#include <Timer.h>
#include <Relay.h>
#include <Button.h>
#include <Bounce.h>
Button button1(5);
Button button2(6);
Button button3(7);
Relay contactor1(2, true);
Relay contactor2(3, true);
Relay contactor3(4, true);
#define BUTTON 13
int lastButtonState = 0;
int buttonState = 0;// previous state of the button
Timer timer1; // Instantiate a Timer.
Timer timer2;
unsigned long elapsedTime = 3000; // Length of timer in milliseconds.
Bounce bouncer = Bounce( BUTTON,5 );
void setup() {
button1.begin();
button2.begin();
button3.begin();
contactor1.begin();
contactor2.begin();
contactor3.begin();
pinMode(BUTTON,INPUT);// Initialize the serial monitor.
}
void loop() {
bouncer.update();
int buttonState = bouncer.read();
// read the pushbutton input pi
// compare the buttonState to its previous state
if (buttonState != lastButtonState) {
// if the state has changed, increment the counter
if (buttonState == HIGH && button1.read() == HIGH && button2.read() == HIGH && button3.read() == HIGH){
contactor1.on();
if(timer1.timeDelay(3000)){
contactor2.on();
}
if(timer2.timeDelay(6000)){
contactor3.on();
}
}
else {
}
}
// save the current state as the last state,
//for next time through the loop
lastButtonState = buttonState;
}