   State = Startup;
   Serial.println("CAN BUS Shield init ok!");
 
-  // TIMER SETUP- the timer interrupt allows precise timed measurements of the reed switch
-  //for mor info about configuration of arduino timers see http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/Timer1
-
-  cli();//stop interrupts
-
-  //set timer1 interrupt at 1kHz
-  TCCR1A = 0;// set entire TCCR1A register to 0
-  TCCR1B = 0;// same for TCCR1B\
-  TCNT1  = 0;//initialize counter value to 0
-  // set timer count for 1khz increments
-  OCR1A = 1999;// = (16*10^6) / (1000*8) - 1
-  //had to use 16 bit timer1 for this bc 1999>255, but could switch to timers 0 or 2 with larger prescaler
-  // turn on CTC mode
-  TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM12);
-  // Set CS11 bit for 8 prescaler
-  TCCR1B |= (1 << CS11);
-  // enable timer compare interrupt
-  TIMSK1 |= (1 << OCIE1A);
-
-  sei();//allow interrupts
-
-  //END TIMER SETUP
+//  // TIMER SETUP- the timer interrupt allows precise timed measurements of the reed switch
+//  //for mor info about configuration of arduino timers see http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/Timer1
+//
+//  cli();//stop interrupts
+//
+//  //set timer1 interrupt at 1kHz
+//  TCCR1A = 0;// set entire TCCR1A register to 0
+//  TCCR1B = 0;// same for TCCR1B\
+//  TCNT1  = 0;//initialize counter value to 0
+//  // set timer count for 1khz increments
+//  OCR1A = 1999;// = (16*10^6) / (1000*8) - 1
+//  //had to use 16 bit timer1 for this bc 1999>255, but could switch to timers 0 or 2 with larger prescaler
+//  // turn on CTC mode
+//  TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM12);
+//  // Set CS11 bit for 8 prescaler
+//  TCCR1B |= (1 << CS11);
+//  // enable timer compare interrupt
+//  TIMSK1 |= (1 << OCIE1A);
+//
+//  sei();//allow interrupts
+//  //END TIMER SETUP
+  
   Serial.println("Interrupt init ok!");
 }
 

      doStartup();
      break;
    case Operational:
      // amplificationBoardDataRead();
      currentDataRead();
      // positionSetpoint(encoder_data);
      break;
  }
  delay(100);

    // current_data <<= 8;
    // current_data = current_data | buf[7];

    // Serial.println(current_data);

    return(current_data);
  }
