New adventure....

[sk287930]

Well, having succeeded in making a doghouse prop w/ a dog jumping out and barking I am ready to move on to making a prop w/ more than one movement. 

Here is the concept for the new prop that I would like to build....

A mauseoleum w/ a casket in it and a skeleton in the casket.  The casket is on a stand covered in a drape. 

First, music comes on (fueral music I guess)

Second, the stand that the coffin is resting on is elevated to an angle to reveal skeleton laying in it

Third, the skeleton rises up a little

Fourth, the skeleton talks saying a story line

Fifth, the skeleton lays back down

Sixth, the casket stand returns to original posistion.

The End....

So, can I do all of this w/ a prop-1 and once again I don't understand how to hook all of this up and everything that I will need.  But all I need is directions and what I need to purchase and I'll go from there.  I appreciate everyones help.  Thank you so much.

-Scott

[JonnyMac]

That may be a bit long for the Prop-1, as I'm assuming you're going to want to use a servo to control the jaw movement.  Servos take time to be refreshed and you have to do it constantly, plus every servo used has its own byte-sized variable to go along with it.

I'm going to be working with KC Oaks (Vixen programmer) to create another show template that will allow servo blending plus digital outputs.  We'll start with the Prop-2, and bump down to the Prop-1 once we get this working.  As KC has a busy schedule, this may take some time so be patient with us.

If you don't have a Prop-2 you may want to order one and start playing with it; the syntax is very similar to the Prop-1, though declaring pins, constants, and variables is considered easier in PBASIC2 than in PBASIC1 by many.

[sk287930]

well, actually, I am not planning on using a servo.  I'm just going to use a hacked douglas fir tree for the skull, lol.  So I might even bypass the funeral music for now.  But if I could get some help w/ the revised prop w/out the music and just the two servos/cylinders that would be great.  I just really have a hard time understanding programming and where to connect all of this stuff on the prop-1, etc.  I really appreciate your help and look forward to purchasing more from Efx-tek.  Thanks everyone for your help, it's greatly appreciated.
-Scott

[JonnyMac]

If you define exactly what you want, we'll write programs for you all day long.  Once you decide how things are going to work, just describe it (in GRUELING detail) and we'll show you how to convert that description to PBASIC (1 or 2) code.

Things to consider:
  -- As the prop free-running or triggered?
  -- Are you using servos (tougher programming) or pneumatics (easier programming)
  -- How many outputs are you controlling?
  -- Will you use a sound board?  If yes, which?

Even though we know a lot about prop building you have to describe it to us as if we don't -- that way, you won't leave out any details that might be important to the final program.