using and event in deSolve

Hi All

Having been pointed the use of events and roots in deSolve, I was able to
implement the Izchikevich model of spiking neurons. However, I'm not too
sure of defining the event. The deSolve documentation says:

An event is triggered when the ball hits the ground (height = 0) Then
velocity (y2) is reversed
and reduced by 10 percent. The root function, y[1] = 0, triggers the event:
> root <- function(t, y, parms) y[1]

Firstly I couldn't see where y[1] became 0, but I implemented Izchikevich
as follows:

library(deSolve);
Izhikevich <- function(time, init, parms) {
  with(as.list(c(init, parms)),{
    dv <- (0.04*v^2)+(5*v)+140-u+I;
    du <- a*(b*v-u);
    #if (v>=30) v<-c else v<-u+d;
    list( c(dv, du))
  })}
parms=c( a=0.02, b=0.2, c=-65, d=2, I=10);
times=seq(from=1, to=1000, by=0.1);
init=c(v=-65, u=0.2);

root <- function(time, init, parms) {
  return(init[1]-30)
}