I'm sure this exists already.... only output new value when the changes are done
Jan 31 2015 | 12:48 am
Been months since I've patching, glad to be back!
I'm controlling LEDs and there's lots of things I can control So I need to set, say, 10 parameters, and then I send a new command to my Arduino.
I don't like the solution with a 'go' button (you set all the settings, form a list, and then click a button to output the result'
But also I can't have every slider move send out a new value - too much update traffic while I haven't got everything set yet.
I'm sure this is a very common UI problem, how is it solved normally? Here's the best I could come up with: only send out an update when there has been a 'pause' in input updates for xx ms.
see below
There must be a more elegant way though?
- Jan 31 2015 | 2:43 amnot sure if you're after the value only being sent after 250ms of inactivity, or limit the data stream to one value every 250 ms.
- Jan 31 2015 | 7:37 amUse of [Timer] might be helpful
- Jan 31 2015 | 9:24 amGosh, I had never seent that [past] object. It would have been quite handy yesterday...
- Feb 01 2015 | 12:16 amThanks all for chipping in!@Sebastian - I was thinking about that as an alternative. Not sure which works best in an actual application: update only once all the changes are made, or update every so often during the setting process. How do 'professional applications (or say, the knobs on a synth) do it?@Do..While - good suggestion, more elegant. But - it doesn't always work, if you move the input slider a lot and then stop moving it, the output slider does not take on the last set value (I suppose because 'timer' needs one more bang to output a value)@Stephane .. :-)
- Feb 01 2015 | 1:38 amWhat about [mousefilter]
- Feb 01 2015 | 1:49 amVery cool! but I plan to remote control the parameters. Great suggestion though - for example touch OSC can also send a signal for each controller whether the finger is on the control or not.
