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Paladin Two-Seven Oct 27, 2019 @ 5:35pm
Simple composite ON/OFF help please.
Could someone point me in the right direction to sending a simple on/off signal,
to toggle a magnet connector on another vehicle.
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Nhalok Oct 27, 2019 @ 5:45pm 
To use composite connections you need two extra components, a writer and a reader. The writer is on the main vehicle, accepts your on/off input and changes it to a composite signal which you then send to the connection point on your main vehicle. The reader is installed on the secondary vehicle, takes the composite signal from the connection point, and outputs to your desired device. I hope this helps!

Edit: To be clear, the components I am referring to are microcontrollers, so you will have to make them. I assume you know how to do this, if not let me know and I will try to walk you through it.
Last edited by Nhalok; Oct 27, 2019 @ 5:47pm
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Paladin Two-Seven Oct 27, 2019 @ 6:36pm 
Still no joy,

So I have input - composite - send, to receive - composite - output.

We were not taught logical circuits and LUA scripts at school, got maths crammed into us because we "won't have a calculator in our pocket all day"... enter the smartphone.
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Nhalok Oct 27, 2019 @ 6:47pm 
Yeah I can relate to that. Well it sounds like you are on the right track, first check (for the 17th time I am sure) all of your connections, power etc. I am not sure if not having electricity to a connector will stop it being able to send/receive but may as well eliminate that as a possibility. Next you could either upload and I can take a look or if you like I can link a multi vehicle I have made and you can take a look. It is probably something really minor, but that can be enough to make the whole thing not work.
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Paladin Two-Seven Oct 27, 2019 @ 7:07pm 
So it appears I need a separate button to start the transmission...
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Nhalok Oct 27, 2019 @ 7:13pm 
So you have it working?
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Paladin Two-Seven Oct 27, 2019 @ 7:41pm 
Yes,Thank you very much for helping me, My goodness I picked up KSP faster than this game.
IRL the lifting gear I am making has self-detaching gravity hooks.
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Nhalok Oct 27, 2019 @ 7:59pm 
No problems. That sounds interesting, you should link it when you are done.
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Paladin Two-Seven Oct 27, 2019 @ 8:05pm 
It's just a 24x9 container rig, 1 mag on top and 4 at the corners to lift with a single mag winch and keep it balanced then use it between vehicles. I work at the port
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Nhalok Oct 27, 2019 @ 8:34pm 
Ok cool, I have a couple of ships that can take a single one of those, so I am interested in the final product. Let me know if you have any more problems :steamhappy:
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