Revan's Wiremod Tutorials - Now Featuring E2 Guides!

[turck3]

Uhm. Mmmmk so you're asking if it's possible to send different groups of things over radio channels? Uh. If I recall, each channel can accept one value at a time... if you wanted to receive multiple values, you would need some sort of data transmission protocol... but I feel like that's not what you're asking about...

If you mean that you have 8 values that a user *can* send through the radio at a given moment and want to sync them up in groups between channels... then I would advise that you do something like this:

If you're using 2 radios to send the possible 16 values (8 per channel) then have a third radio on a different channel to say which values should be transmitted.... so...
Channel 1: Tells what channel 2 and 3 send
If channel 1 is 4 then channels 2 and 3 send value '4'

Now, I assume you're also having trouble letting the radios store those values for use later... so for that I'd recommend you use RAM (8 store), for which I have a tutorial. Hook AddrRead to the radio on channel 1 and then figure out how you want to store the values to use AddrWrite and Clk. The Data output should go into the channel 2 or 3 radios.

PS: If the radios that are *sending* the data on channels 2 and 3 are at the same location, get rid of the channel 1 radio and just hook them to the same source... I added the 1st channel because I assume that the transmitting radios for 2 and 3 are at different locations.

Hope I interpreted that scenario correctly...

[aurourafx]

sorry I did not explain it very well.

I suspect it is quite simple.

I do not need different values on different channels coming into the same radio.

I have for example 3 sets of values, coming into three different radios (which are on channels 1, 2 and 3)

I have 8 screens, how can I toggle between the values from radio 1 displaying on the screens, the values from radio 2 or the values from radio 3?

Just to add context to what I am trying to do: using spacebuild and life support, I wish to transmit the 8 values from atmospheric probes on 3 different planets, and be able to choose which planet I view on the 8 bank of screens with a button. I.e. button 1 would be planet 1, button 2 planet 2, ect.

[turck3]

Mk... this is going to be very specific to how you have this set up in the game... I can't tell if you're trying to send 8 values over 1 radio from this description, nor do I know how many or where your radios are... so... contact me on steam (revan168) and I'll get the specifics from you so that I can better help out. I'm either completely missing how you're setting this up or it's really poorly laid out. Complicated timing systems would be required to do it the way I think you're describing it. I'm leaning towards telling you to use 8 radio channels, just because it'd be easier (actually 9 - 1 for transmitting which planet is sending).

[aurourafx]

Ok, I think I have been describing this very badly, and I suspect that the solution is in fact quite simple. I have included a jpeg diagram to demonstrate what I mean, I hope this makes it clearer!!

[turck3]

Right... that's what my last interpretation of it was.... now do tell... how do you plan on transmitting 8 values over 1 radio? If I recall, they can only send 1 at a time.

[aurourafx]

I assume you have the latest version of wiresvn?

If you do, then you can see that you can have as many values as you like per channel.

Screenshot of the standard wire radio tool menu, and the radio itself showing multiple values attached:





sorry for poor quality screens :O

[turck3]

Been a while since I've started gmod... none the less used radios... anyway, that should be fine then. Uhm. Use another channel radio to tell which planet is sending at the moment... set that value using the buttons (on offs being the planet #) and wiring them to an add gate - then use a dlatch or other memory gate with the clk input to the delta of add gate.

Mk... next bit is making sure that the data from the 3 incoming radios can be interpreted.... easiest way is probably to wire (for each radio) an equals gate connected to a constant value of the corresponding planet value (so see that it is in fact the right value) and then multiplying each of the 8 values by the valves and the equals gate (so that they will be 0 if the improper channel is selected), then add all of the corresponding values from each radio... so... the temperatures of all planets together and the oxygen all together, etc. Finally, wire up the screens to those add gates.

Would be much easier to do with an E2, using global variables.

[aurourafx]

thanks, I will try this out, if it proves to difficult, then I will leave this conundrum until I have learned E2, then have another go!!!

[aurourafx]

I figured it out

its actually quite simple, here is an example with only 5 of the screens out of 8 done, but it would be easy to do with 8,

adv dupe attached.

[aurourafx]

it appears revver has heard my pleas, I just tried it, and 6 our of 7 attempts at different videos were sucessful!