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Bibliothèques / Re : Using AccessoryLight with a multiple-LED-signal

« le: mars 04, 2016, 10:14:58 pm »

Hello Thierry,

I will try out that new class, thanks for the hint. I have to look at this class, how it works, because the Multimaus cannot give "extended accessory" commands (where you have 0-31 aspects for one DCC address), so I have to implement the combinations of signal aspects with more DCC addresses using on-off states.

Thanks anyway

Best regards,
Gabor

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Bibliothèques / Re : Using AccessoryLight with a multiple-LED-signal

« le: février 29, 2016, 08:44:38 pm »

Another question is: we have - at our club - signals, which have a positive common for the LEDs and one negative cable for each LED. Therefore I have to switch the negative cables and invert the arduino's output (LED off: port = Vcc, LED on: port = GND). Would that be possible or shall I do this somehow with a hardware circuit?

Thanks,
Gabor

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Bibliothèques / Using AccessoryLight with a multiple-LED-signal

« le: février 29, 2016, 08:10:04 pm »

Hello,

I have a question concerning AccessoryLight or AccessoryGroup:
I would like to implement Hungarian signals. On our signals, one or two lights can be lit at one time, they may also flash - and we have a max. of 5 lamps on a signal post. So I have a maximum of 8 signals (8 states), because our signals show the current speed limit and also act as a distant signal "repeating" the signal of the next signal post.

My idea was to do it like this: I have 4 DCC addresses with 2 state each representing one state.
Address | Signal0 | Signal 1
1 | red: stop signal | green: Vmax & distant signal's Vmax
2 | red & blinking white: on call signal (subsidiary signal) | white: shunting signal
3 | Vmax & distant signal's 40 km/h | 40 km/h + distant signal's 40 km/h
4 | ... | ....

I also saw, that my Multimaus is sending at least 8-10 packets for one short push of a button, therefore I wanted to implement a status array with the use of "void AccessoryDecoderPacketHandler(int address, boolean activate, byte data)" to prevent "bouncing" (a LED switching on and off at every data packet) - see attachment.
Everything should work (I switch the arduino's ports on and off manually), but I would need something for flashing and dimming.

I saw that AccessoryLight would be able to do such a thing, but I cannot bind one LED to one DCC address, because 5 LEDs belong together on a signal post.

Can I do it somehow without giving AccessoryLight a DCC address, or should I use an AccessoryGroup (defining every LED's state for every signal state)?

If I use AccessoryGroup and AccessoryLight: It there any possibility to implement a "state array" for preventing "bouncing"?

Thank you in advance,
Gabor