Blinking Valves

[Goody34]

Hello,

I am working on a user interface and I am using the property nodes of cluster elements to change the blinking property of the DSC module 3D valve.  I use an event structure to link the blinking property to a check list value change.  Once a check list option changes valve the coresponding valve in the cluster should swith from blinking to non blinking.  The problem is that the blinking property does not seem to work with the valves.  Anyone have a solution?

[GerdW]

Hi Goody,

with LV8.6.1 those valves blink. (Apart from Valve2, maybe there are not enough pixels of the correct color in it's picture...).

And I can switch blinking on and off...

[Goody34]

GerdW

Thanks for the speedy response!  When i run the program the valves do blink, but they stay red and only the faint outline of the valves blink. When you run the program do the valves blink from red to orange?

-Goody

[GerdW]

Hi Goody,

the blinking property only applies to one certain color of a control/indicator. Those DSC indicators only have a small numbers of pixels in the right color, hence I too see just the "faint outline" blinking.

Maybe you try to change colors itself in a loop? Or position a LED under the valve and set the LED's blinking property?

[Ben · Accepted solution]

Try

Options >>> Colors

To see if differenct colors show up better.

Ben

[Goody34]

The problem was in the Options >> Colors .  The blinking background needed to be different than red so i changed the blinking back ground to yellow and it worked!

Thanks for everyone's help,

-Josh