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[Sorcelator]

Hey guys. I've been playing around with open.peripheral recently and I wanted to create a simple program that outputs the max capacity of a batbox and displays how much of that capacity is being used. this is what I have so far.

while true do
os.startTimer(5)
os.pullEvent("timer")
local bat1cap = net.callRemote("batbox_3","getCapacity")
local bat2cap = net.callRemote("batbox_4","getCapacity")
local bat1store = net.callRemote("batbox_3","getStored")
local bat2store = net.callRemote("batbox_4","getStored")
print("BatBox [1] Power Levels")
print(bat1store.."/"..bat1cap)
print("")
print("BatBox [2] Power Levels")
print(bat2store.."/"..bat2cap)
end

however. When I go to display this on my monitor the text obviously scrolls up as the new lines are being printed.
I tried doing this

while true do
shell.run('clear')
os.startTimer(5)
os.pullEvent("timer")
local bat1cap = net.callRemote("batbox_3","getCapacity")
local bat2cap = net.callRemote("batbox_4","getCapacity")
local bat1store = net.callRemote("batbox_3","getStored")
local bat2store = net.callRemote("batbox_4","getStored")
print("BatBox [1] Power Levels")
print(bat1store.."/"..bat1cap)
print("")
print("BatBox [2] Power Levels")
print(bat2store.."/"..bat2cap)
end

but the result is that the screen stays blank.
Any suggestions?

[Lyqyd]

If you clear the screen, wait five seconds, write a bunch of stuff to the screen, clear the screen, wait five seconds, etc., when will people be able to read what's on the screen?

[diegodan1893]

You need to clear the screen after waiting 5 seconds, not before.

Also,

os.startTimer(5)
os.pullEvent("timer")

is the same as:

sleep(5)

[Sorcelator]

diegodan1893, on 10 September 2013 - 05:01 AM, said:

You need to clear the screen after waiting 5 seconds, not before.

Also,

os.startTimer(5)
os.pullEvent("timer")

is the same as:

sleep(5)

Ooooooh... this is why I shouldn't code when I'm sleepy.