Prop One, VSA, Composelt,

[chuckb0004]

I would like to add to a scene from last year that used a prop one, RC4, scary terry board, and one servo for head turns. This year I would like VSA to control the talking and turning and the prop one to operate the rc4 and a fc4 board. Can I use composelt with VSA and have the prop one trigger the scene to start from a pir? I will have a dedicated computer to control the VSA with composelt. The composelt can receive input triggers to start the VSA scene I'm trying to find out how I can have the prop one start the show when triggered via a PIR.

[JonnyMac]

The only VSA drivers we have are for the Prop-SX -- you could use direct digital control of the RC-4 (via the X1 - X4 inputs) with the Prop-SX if you wanted to control AC circuits.  There is no VSA driver for the FC-4 so that is not a possibility -- unless John Brookshire wants to add it (we have no ability to add drivers to VSA).

I'm not familiar with Composelt so I can't really be of any help there.  Sorry.

I cannot say with certainty, but what you're wanting to do *may* be possible with Vixen -- I'll have to chat with KC.

[chuckb0004]

Thanks JMAC just wanted to continue to use my Prop one to control pneumatics and the FC4 but use VSA to control the talking skull. The composelt software is a way to interface with VSA and allows external triggers to start scenes within VSA.

[randyaz]

Couldnt you use pulsein and wait for a signal from VSA to start your prop1 routine?

[JonnyMac]

The problem is there is no clean way to run the Prop-1 from VSA; the low baud rate and lack of timeout means things could get out of sync in a hurry.  We recommend the Prop-SX as a VSA slave, especially when servos are involved.