6 posts
Posted 25 August 2012 - 03:16 AM
Hey folks, me again :D/>/>
This time I wanted to make my computer compute by an external redstone signal, like a button.
I tried:
local event, param1 = os.pullEvent(redstone)
if param1 == true then
do the rest()
I also tried things like
local sEvent = os.pullEvent()
if sEvent == redstone and param1 == true then
and so on()
I tried to used the values as strings, as booleans, but nothing really worked.
I really dont wanna use a "loop-if" for that, cause that causes lags and is not very useful for I want to use that button maybe once a day…
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Ich wette, es gibt wieder eine verblödend einfache Lösung dafür.
Malakai
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 07:06 AM
When you pass a parameter without quotations like in:
local sSide = "left"
local event, param1 = os.pullEvent(redstone)
if param1 == sSide then
-- Whatever...
end
You're suggesting that redstone is an identifier, not a string.
The code you first tried would work if you signal that it was a string:
local sSide = "left"
local event, param1 = os.pullEvent("redstone")
if param1 == sSide then
-- Whatever...
end
When you pull a redstone event, the only value returned other than the event name is the side the pulse occurred on.
6 posts
Posted 25 August 2012 - 03:07 PM
Thanks for the answer, but that didnt help :/
I wrote exactly what you wrote, now the script stops in the moment I send the rs signal. Dont know the exact point, coz no lua error occures.
I gave the code an own error message (like "error: machine is off"), but it doesnt seem to get to that point.
Further suggestions? :D/>/>
992 posts
Posted 25 August 2012 - 03:34 PM
I have helped with a similar problem before
hereHere is the code I gave then it is well commented and may help.
Spoiler
local sSide = "left" -- the side on input
local pState = false -- this shows if it was on before so er dont have to print again
while true do -- start of a loop
local e,e1,e2,e3,e4,e5 = os.pullEvent() -- waits for somthign to happen
if e == "redstone" and rs.getInput(sSide) and not pState then -- checks if somthing redstone has changes also checks if it was the side we selected an cheches wether it was on bofore
print(sSide.." Turned On") -- prints to screen
pState = true -- stores its previous state
elseif e == "redstone" and not rs.getInput(sSide) and pState then -- checks if somthing redstone has changes also checks if it was the side we selected an cheches wether it was on bofore
print(sSide.." Turned Off") -- prints to screen
pState = false -- stores its previous state
end -- end of IF statent
end -- end of while loop