pipparooba Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 good evening im just wondering if some one could please help me out i got bought a elink system for xmas and ive got other dcc controller but i want to give it a try as i'm building a portable layout with intent to show it if i can. but only at local level. the thing im stuck with is.that i want to change a button on the sound slots from being latch to 2 seconds to being on permanent on off and ive racked my brains and i still cant seem t do it. . why hornby cant just show you an example in the instructions is beyond me. Anyway if some one could show me the formula that would be great regards ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Sounds like you are using a macro on that lighting function. If so, delete it and type in "lights on/off" in its RM function box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipparooba Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 hi there thx for the reply its not a light i want to change its at sound button f9 on my chip is to rail squeak but it only comes on for a few seconds and then goes off. what im trying to do is change it so it will stay on until i press the button again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipparooba Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 ive just typed f9~c9 and i think its worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Sorry, but you still don't need a macro. Just type "on/off" after that sound function and see what happens. You can turn it off whenever you want then, rather than setting a specific time, which you seem to have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Use of latching functions, including the use of macros to turn them off after a specified time, or not, is covered in the manual under Loco Setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I think you'll find, though, Fishy, that the manual doesn't really cover the on/off function very well at all, which is why I had trouble some while back. Pipparooba seems to want to choose varying durations of that sound before stopping it. It looks as if, with his macro, he has set the sound to come on for exactly 9 seconds every time he uses that function, leaving no freedom to close it down after any other arbitrary amount of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I have found that the ON/OFF toggle of a function is a pest in as the drop down selection is both ON/OFF - i.e. a toggle -. I would prefer a more definitive say Lights ON and Lights OFF selection but a toggle does not give you that option, so if the ON command was skipped (see other thread about baud rate effects) then the OFF command toggle puts the lights ON. I hope this is clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 @RAF96 I would also prefer a definite On and OFF and in fact I added this as a desirable feature in our RailMaster listing. I have written some programs and occasionally find that the loco does not respond to the toggle command, so the next time is gets the command when I had expected the lights to go off, they come on and the whole thing gets out of sync. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I haven't got to the stage of writing running programs yet, but I don't recall ever having that problem in real time with RM. To me, adding the latching instruction of on/off after a function solved a lot of problems with timing it according to my requirements rather than to the defaults. Perhaps if I managed to progress to the programming stage I might find otherwise, though, as you seem to have done RDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1ngr4y Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 @RAF96I would also prefer a definite On and OFF and in fact I added this as a desirable feature in our RailMaster listing.I have written some programs and occasionally find that the loco does not respond to the toggle command, so the next time is gets the command when I had expected the lights to go off, they come on and the whole thing gets out of sync. Hi Dave,The latching function might have been a good idea when whoever first thought of it, but they are a pain when you introduce computer control e.g. via programs. When a human operator is in charge, they can tell when sounds or lights are on or off and decide whether to toggle or not. A computer cannot hear the sounds or see the lights. In a Railmaster program, it would be nice if commands having on off in their description were split into two commands in the dropdown liste.g.F0 Lights onF0 Lights offF1 Sound onF1 Sound off Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 OK you can add ON/OFF to the description of any function, but if it is a 'spot' sound it will play through its routine then stop and cannot repeat ad-infintum.Only those sounds in TTS designated as toggle sounds and so appended in the RM descriiption can be switched On then Off.Theother quirk is pressing and holding a function for a few seconds so that when you release it it stops.All this appicable/or not to those controllers that have or do not have toggled function buttons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.