Switching a decontamination arch on 'and off' with Pressure Plates?

[panpiper]

I've never found logic systems in the slightest bit intuitive. My brain is getting old I guess. I want to be able to have a decontamination arch switch on when either of a pair of pressure plates gets hit going into the arch, and critically, have it switch off when coming out of the arch. Ideally it would work in both directions, but I'd be happy even if it just worked in one direction.

Can anyone give me a clue as to what assemblage of logic and switches I need in order to make this work?

[Cheese]

When power is supplyed to the arc it needs to be turned on at the switch when power is removed and turned back on the switch on the arc needs to be pressed again so with out modding the arc it can't be done.

[panpiper]

Argh. Oh well. That might explain why I was having so much trouble. ;-)

Thanks for the answer.

[Buck]

I'm a bit rusty on this, but logic gating is actually fairly simple. There are TONS of tutorials and other info available on the web, but in this case you would want to use an "OR" gate which is Q=A OR B, or in other words, You get output (Q) when EITHER "Input A" OR "input B" is triggered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAND_logic

EDIT - I've not used logic gates in the game myself, but why don't you just go and experiment? the game gives you a fairly good explanation. Just experiment, try things out and see how they work.

[La Criatura Espada]

So, When the pressure plate is pressed, the OR logic gate can send the signal to power the Arch. You would want to use a delayed power conduit (idk what it's called, can't launch Fallout for some reason) so that you don't have to stop inbetween both the Arch and Pressure plate.
TL:DR Play with the OR logic gate.