Thread: G35 carputer climate controls

due to the lack of responses here, i think it might be a better idea to post some of your FB questions in the FB forum-- i think they should get a much faster response there(i have zero knowledge of Fb programming).

Originally Posted by doctr_nick

Okay so quick question, In MDX there is an option to have the buttons execute a command. So logcally, I was thinking of just creating a command, then have the command execute a number of things, such as toggle output and change variable image. Ho do I actualy implement the command in the fusioncontrolcenter config? There's the COM section that has a section for commands, but my understanding is that this is for external communication, such as passing commands from RRfusion to MDX and vise versa, correct?

I tried creating commands and putting them in this section anyway, but haven't been successful. Perhaps there's something simple that I'm missing that someone could correct for me:

<!-- Begin COM -->
<com status="enabled">
<commands>
</commands>
<executable_commands>
<command id="defrost" minimum_delta_vote_time="20">
<do function="trigger output" functionTargetID="defrost" vote_opinion="on" vote_priority="medium"></do>
<do function="enable or disable" functionTargetID="NINJABUTTON_defrost" vote_opinion="Disable" vote_priority="Low"></do>
<do function="change variable" functionTargetID="defrost" vote_opinion="+1" vote_priority="medium"></do>

</command>
</executable_commands>
</com>
<!-- End COM -->
</general>



<button id="NINJABUTTON_Defrost" enabled="yes" function="execute command" functionTargetID="defrost" vote="attached" vote_opinion="run" vote_priority="High">
<images imagePrimary="content\images\button_images\Defrost .png" imageSecondary="content\images\button_images\Defro st.png" imageDisabled="content\images\button_images\Defros tdown.png" imagePushed="content\images\button_images\Defrostd own.png"></images>
<display size="115,70" location="48,221" page="0" z_order="0.9"></display>
<vote_options minimum_delta_vote_time_down="20" minimum_delta_vote_time_up="20"></vote_options>
<up_click up_click_function="change variable" up_click_functionTargetID="defrost" up_click_vote_opinion="run" up_click_vote="attached" up_click_vote_priority="Low"></up_click>
</button>

With this code, MX opens fine, but when I click the defrost button, I get a message claiming that the specified file cannot be found? All I want is for pressing a button in MDX to perform multiple actions, it really shouldn't be that difficult, but for someone with as little programming knowledge as myself, it is becomming overwhelming. Any help would as always be greatly appreciated.


P.S. For the button "vote opinion" I put in "run" as I have no idea what this should be. Probably half the reason why things aren't working...lol

Yeah, "run" isn't going to do diddly.

What you want to do is have it set a variable to a value, say 1. Then a logic node that does all the "commands" you want as well as sets the same variable to another resting value, say 0 as long as the variable is not resting.

if(var==1) { do stuff; var = 0; }


And I get daily notifications of topics in the FB forum. It is just chance that I stumble upon a thread outside of the FB forum asking FB questions.

Originally Posted by 2k1Toaster

Yeah, "run" isn't going to do diddly.

What you want to do is have it set a variable to a value, say 1. Then a logic node that does all the "commands" you want as well as sets the same variable to another resting value, say 0 as long as the variable is not resting.

if(var==1) { do stuff; var = 0; }


And I get daily notifications of topics in the FB forum. It is just chance that I stumble upon a thread outside of the FB forum asking FB questions.

Ok. I've browsed the FB forum a bit to look for some more coding examples to see how exactly to implement this and I'm pretty sure I got it right. I now have my buttons and secondary images working the way they should, but am having troubles programming the buttons to be momentary each time the button is clicked, regardless of which state the variable is in (resting or not resting). I've posted over in the FB forum to explain a little more about what's going on.