Calling states in a state machine more than once

Question

Hello again,
Is there a way to call a state in a state machine after it has already ran? To elaborate, I have a program that will set pressure in increments of 20% and will then write to a file. Once it is done with the highest pressure state (100%), I want it to repeat the test again, but this time in decrements of 20%. So, it will do:
1. Set pressure at lowest point
2. Read meter and write value
3. Set pressure at 20%
4. Read meter and write value
All the way up to 100%, then:
5. Set pressure at 80%
6. Read meter and write value
7. Set pressure at 60%
8. Read meter and write value
All the way down to the lowest point.
Is there a way to do this instead of making a state for read and writes at each percentage? That way I don't have Read Agilent 20% Increment, Read Agilent 40% Increment, etc.
I've attached the code to help explain what I'm talking about.
Thanks everyone, still a newbie
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Answer 1

Yes, everything I described is automatic, no user intervention.  ( I edited my post, please review ).   As I understand what you are asking, you don't want to have multiple states where the only difference is the multiplier value. 
But, you do already have all those states, so you can decide to re-write for flexibility and future expansion, or just index the state enum as described above.
Missed the part about decrementing afterwards.  The idea is identical, you have an array that has the values you want in the order you want.  If the pattern repeats, then you have to reset the index to start at the beginning after each run.
If you are going up then down, then repeating, I would suggest putting the values in order 20,40 ...100 ....  40, 20, and then repeat that sequence.
Alternatively, you can use an array of the state names as you already have the 20, 40, ... etc...   states written.
Mark Ramsdale