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Is there any way to set a PAUSE with a number in W? I have an j indexed program (15 channel) and need to have a pause for each one set by a multitude of parameters.

I want to measure a slow-speed (~1 sec) digital event using an input line on a CC16. The On time is about 50mS. What is an example of efficient MultiTrack code to measure the pulse interval?

We have just released free upgrade feature for all current model off-the-shelf SPLat controllers. It is called OnBoard Counter B (OBCB). With this counter you have 8 channels of medium speed (up to 1.8kHz) counting that can be used for frequency or events. OBCB is documented here.

Kim asked:

Hi David,

Can I connect 2 x FP16 and 1 x XIRO16 to a MMi202 and still see the IO's in the simulator window?

Kim asked:

Is it possible to use just one I/O on a XBIO16 with bidirectional I/O's and connect both a button and a LED to one I/O and when the button goes low the input changes to an output and turns on the LED (and stays until canceled by the program) ?

Tonight (July 25, 2007) Australia's ABC television show The New Inventors for the third time featured an invention containing a SPLat controller. The invention is called Tube Terminator, a machine that safely disposes of fluorescent tubes, compact fluoros and even large industrial HID lamps. The mercury vapor and other toxic substances are captured by the Tube Terminator instead of being released into the environment, making for completely safe disposal of tubes. The operation of the machine is controlled and monitored by a SPLat MMi202 controller. You can see the Tube Terminator video here. You can clearly see the MMi202 front panel layout at at the 1:12 time point in the video.

Kim asked:

Is there an easy way of converting inputs into semaphores, ie:

Read 8 inputs into X

Convert each bit into a semaphore (presume a bytes or 8 bits has been allocated, ie SemOne, SemTwo etc)

or do I have to save each one separately?

Kim, look here. The secret is that you must declare the semaphores using manual (mEQU) rather than automatic memory allocation (defSEM).