fellowapeman
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Can we have the option to change modes based on a sense input?
I built a small breakout box with two buttons that use the 3.5mm headphone jack adapter to connect to the sense ports on my control4. If I change those sense inputs to a diagnostic input I can see the voltage change when I push the buttons so I can tell its working as intended. But other than triggering some other output with these buttons, there's not much else I can do. My intent was to use the buttons to enable feed and waterchange modes. I had assumed I could use them to do this, like you can with the 0-10v input/outputs.
I could see this being useful in circumstances beyond just buttons. For example if a leak detector triggers, you could have your system switch to some type of "limp mode" that keeps only necessary functions running. I know you can do this other ways, but maybe it would be simpler or more intuitive and consistent with the ux to have a mode that triggers, rather than having to manage each individual input/output relationship.
Even if the above is out of scope, having a simpler way to trigger modes with a button using a sense input is a good use case. The alternative using 0-10v inputs requires more electrical engineering experience/is more advanced and I'd rather keep it simple for now.
I built a small breakout box with two buttons that use the 3.5mm headphone jack adapter to connect to the sense ports on my control4. If I change those sense inputs to a diagnostic input I can see the voltage change when I push the buttons so I can tell its working as intended. But other than triggering some other output with these buttons, there's not much else I can do. My intent was to use the buttons to enable feed and waterchange modes. I had assumed I could use them to do this, like you can with the 0-10v input/outputs.
I could see this being useful in circumstances beyond just buttons. For example if a leak detector triggers, you could have your system switch to some type of "limp mode" that keeps only necessary functions running. I know you can do this other ways, but maybe it would be simpler or more intuitive and consistent with the ux to have a mode that triggers, rather than having to manage each individual input/output relationship.
Even if the above is out of scope, having a simpler way to trigger modes with a button using a sense input is a good use case. The alternative using 0-10v inputs requires more electrical engineering experience/is more advanced and I'd rather keep it simple for now.
