Arduinostepperproject1

/*
AdaFruit motor shield, 12v. motor, 2 buttons.
Motor moves counterclockwise when button1 is pressed (HIGH).
Motor moves clockwise when button2 is pressed.
If a button is not pressed motor is released.
*/


#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_MotorShield.h>
#include "utility/Adafruit_PWMServoDriver.h"
Adafruit_MotorShield AFMS = Adafruit_MotorShield();

Adafruit_StepperMotor *myMotor1 = AFMS.getStepper(200, 1);

const int buttonPin1 = 2;     // the number of the pushbutton pin
const int buttonPin2 = 3;

// variables will change:
int buttonState1 = 0;         // variable for reading the pushbutton status
int buttonState2 = 0;

void setup() {

  AFMS.begin(1600);  // OR with a different frequency, say 1KHz
  myMotor1->setSpeed(800);
  pinMode(buttonPin1, INPUT);  // initialize the pushbutton pin as an input:
 }

void loop()
{


  buttonState1 = digitalRead(buttonPin1); // read the state of the pushbutton value:
  buttonState2 = digitalRead(buttonPin2);

                                          // check if the pushbutton is pressed.
  if (buttonState1 != 0)                 // if it is, the buttonState is HIGH:
  {
   myMotor1->step(HIGH, FORWARD, DOUBLE);//counterclockwise
  }

  if (buttonState2 != 0) {
    myMotor1->step(HIGH, BACKWARD, DOUBLE);//clockwise
  }
  else(  myMotor1-> release());

 }