Command for Showing a Button State

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• GSLogic Posts: 562

  January 2008

  TurnipTruck wrote:

  Greetings,
  I have a 6-state button on G4 panels. Is there a send_command to tell the button which state to show from code?
  Thanks!

  Studio -> Tools -> Software History -> MVP8400 -> find "^ANI"
  
  "'^ANI-<variable text address range>,<start state>,<end state>,<time>'"

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• a_riot42 Posts: 1,624

  January 2008

  Yes, I believe the only way to do it is using the ^ANI command. So to just go to the fifth state you would write:
  
  send_command ui,"'^ANI-500,5,5,1'"
  

      "'^ANI-<variable text address range>,<start state>,<end state>,<time>'" 
        Run a button animation. Time is in 1/10 seconds and is optional.  
          0 for state means current state. 
   
          Syntax:  
                  SEND_COMMAND <DEV>,"'^ANI-<vt addr range>,<start state>,<end state>,<time>'" 
   
          Variables:  
                  variable text address range = 1 - 4000. 
                  start state = Beginning of button state (0= current state). 
                  end state = End of button state. 
                  time = In 1/10 second intervals. 
   
          Example: 
                  SEND_COMMAND Panel,"'^ANI-500,1,25,100'" 
                  Runs a button animation at text range 500 from state 1 to  
                   state 25 for 10 second. 
  
  

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• Spire_Jeff Posts: 1,917

  January 2008

  You might also think about using a level to control the button.
  
  Jeff

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• vining Posts: 4,368

  January 2008

  If you make the button a multi state bar graph with states 1-6, range low = 1 & range high = 6 you can just send_level 1-6 to set the desired state. The ANI command work too but the level thing is a little easier to work.

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• a_riot42 Posts: 1,624

  January 2008

  Spire_Jeff wrote:

  You might also think about using a level to control the button.
  
  Jeff

  
  That won't work with a multi-state general button will it?
  Paul

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• DHawthorne Posts: 4,584

  January 2008

  a_riot42 wrote:

  That won't work with a multi-state general button will it?
  Paul

  It has to be a multi-state bargraph, not general. You won't even get the ability to assign it a level in a multi-state general. But there is functionally no other difference, so there is no reason not to re-define it I am aware of.

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• TurnipTruck Posts: 1,485

  January 2008

  I am using a six state button with the ^ANI command. Leaving off the time parameter of the command makes thestate static until another command requests a new state. This method works well because I am providing feedback of signal strength from an RF receiver which reports its signal level as 1-6.
  
  Thaks for all of your suggestions.

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