TIMESTAMPS: 00:51 → Connecting a Digital Master 04:10 → Adding a Digital Input channel 10:45 → Using Digital Inputs in behaviours

TIMESTAMPS: 00:51 → Connecting a Digital Master 04:10 → Adding a Digital Input channel 10:45 → Using Digital Inputs in behaviours

Digital Input channels are designed to detect a closed circuit - used for all types of switches, buttons and contact closures. It is ‘Digital’ as switches can only be on or off (closed or open).

The status of the input can be used as part of your WHEN: States match… and **WHEN: When Value Changes…** conditions in Behaviours in order to trigger actions.

Adding

1. In Channels, click Add channel and select Digital Input.
2. Enter a name that you would like to call it and the quantity you would like to add.
3. You will be presented with the channel view.

Current value

• Shows the current state of the channel (e.g if set to normally open, the box will appear GREY until the switch is closed, when it will turn GREEN).
• This value will show the current status of the virtual channel (when testing) or physical channel when patched to hardware.

Settings

• Normally (Open OR Closed) - allows you to choose the desired orientation of the switch when activated.
• Debounce - allows you to change the value in milliseconds of how long the switch needs to be in it's 'active' position in order to trigger the current value (e.g. for an interaction that only activates the switch for a very brief period you'd need a low/ fast debounce OR if you which to ignore short activations you'd set a higher/ slow debounce).