I could use some help with this script. I'm not quite sure how to get it to work. I feel like I'm close and just missing the proper command.

I'm dealing with cowl flap positions, and two specific yet interrelated functions: the actual cowl flap position (L:CowlFlap1 thru L:CowlFlap4, range 0 (fully closed) to 100 (fully open)) and the cowl flap switch position (L:CowlFlap1SwitchPos thru L:CowlFlap4SwitchPos, position 0 (close), 1 (locked) and 2 (open)). I want to be able to with a press of a button or switch to command the cowl flaps to a 33% opening (ipc.writeLvar ("L:CowlFlap4", 33). Getting the cowl flaps to move is fairly simple and I get that to work without any problem. It is the next two that have me stumped.

First off, I want to have the cowl flaps actually move from wherever they currently are to the 33% setting, I also want the cowl flap switch to correspond with that adjustment. So, for instance, if the cowl flap is at 25%, the switch would move to the open position (2) as the cowl flaps gradually opened from 25% to 33%, and then the cowl flap switch would go to locked(1). And if the cowl flap position was 80%, the cowl flap switch would shift to the close position (0) as the cowl flaps gradually closed to the 33% position, at which point the cowl flap switch would retun to locked(1).

I can get the script to do most of this. However, at this point there is no "33%" position; the cowl flaps will move from low to 100%, or from high to 0%, and I think I know why: there is no "check" and thus stop for the counter. 

This is the partial script so far, for just cowl flap 1:

function CowlFlaps_TakeOff ()

i = ipc.readLvar ("AutoCoPilotCowl"); this determines if the AI copilot is controlling the cowl flaps and, if so, returns command to the RL pilot

if i==1 then
ipc.writeLvar ("AutoCoPilotCowl", 0)
ipc.sleep (1000)
OpenAllTakeoff ()
else
OpenAllTakeoff ()
end
end

function OpenAllTakeoff (); these control each of the four engines
OpenCowlTakeoff1 ()
OpenCowlTakeoff2 ()
OpenCowlTakeoff3 ()
OpenCowlTakeoff4 ()
end

function OpenCowlTakeoff1 (); this controls Engine #1's cowl flaps

a = ipc.readLvar ("L:CowlFlap1")
j = ipc.readLvar ("L:CowlFlap1SwitchPos")

if a < 33 then
a = a + 1
j = 2
elseif a > 33 then
a = a - 1
j = 0
else
a = 33
j = 1
end
ipc.writeLvar ("L:CowlFlap1", a)
ipc.writeLvar ("L:CowlFlap1SwitchPos", j)
ipc.sleep (50)

end
function OpenCowlTakeoff2 ()

end
function OpenCowlTakeoff3 ()

end
function OpenCowlTakeoff4 ()

end
 

Never mind, I figured it out.