    Serial.print(distanceValues[2]); // Convert ping time to distance and print result (0 = outside set distance range, no ping echo)
    Serial.println("cm");
    
-   Serial.println("PIN_SWITCH: ");
+   Serial.print("PIN_SWITCH: ");
    Serial.println(digitalRead(PIN_SWITCH));
    
    for(int i=0; i < 3; i++) {

    //to get the with 1,2,3 the needed indices we use i*2 and i*2+1
    //0 = 0,1 / 1 = 2,3 / 2 = 4,5   
    //int distance = (distanceValues[i*2] + distanceValues[i*2+1]) / 2;  
    int distance = distanceValues[i];
    //Serial.println(distance);
    int heightStrip = NUMBER_LEDS/NUMBER_STRIPS;
    

        distanceValues[i] = minDistance;
      }
     }
     if(distanceValues[i] < distanceValuesFade[i]) {
        distanceValuesFade[i] = distanceValues[i];
     }
     else {
      distanceValuesFade[i] = distanceValuesFade[i] + (distanceValues[i] / 6) ;
      
     }
     Serial.print("dist values FADE: ");
     Serial.println(distanceValuesFade[i]);
   }
   
   if(digitalRead(PIN_SWITCH)) {
