Need to make a pushbutton turn a switch on

[Kevin Pinto]

Hi all,

I am using Lookout 4.

I have switch X in process A, and pushbutton Y in process B.

When pushbutton Y is pressed, I want it to turn switch X on. This will cause
a sequencer to start a series of actions that will eventually turn switch
X off.

How do I make this happen? I have tried making the Position Source of pushbutton
Y Remote, pointing to the URL of the switch X, using the data member .value
I can set this up, but this promptly causes an error:

"The remote position source is not writable"

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kevin

[Khalid]

Hi Kevin,

You're doing the other way around. What you need to do is to remote the
Switch X in Process A to the PushButton Y's Value member.

Please note that the Switch will remain On only for the duration the PushButton
is depressed. To overcome this, you could use a FlipFlop triggered by this
Switch as your input to the Sequencer.

Regards,

Khalid


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"Kevin Pinto" wrote:

Hi all,

I am using Lookout 4. I have switch X in process A, and pushbutton Y in process
B. When pushbutton Y is pressed, I want it to turn switch X on. This will
cause a sequencer to start a series of actions that will eventually turn
switch X off. How do I make this happen? I have tried making the Position
Source of pushbutton Y Rem
ote, pointing to the URL of the switch X, using
the data member .value I can set this up, but this promptly causes an error:
"The remote position source is not writable" Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kevin