Telephone ring relay

[davidcoliver]

Apologies if this subject has been posted before if so please point me to the right post.
I have a relay box run off the RS232 this allows me to switch bells and buzzers Etc.
I would like to set up a looping cue that will switch a relay on and off in a ringing pattern
I have done this with the “go to” command but my problem is how to escape from it when the actor picks up
The hook switch will switch the bell off but sometimes I have only seconds before its put down to kill the cue
Thanks

[davidcoliver]

I have found out how to do it
when all else fails read the instructions
a hot key goto will do it unless someone has a better way

[davidcoliver]

hit another problem
I can switch my relay on and off with a control send
With a goto I can make a ringing pattern
How do I break out of the loop and continue with the cue list
A go sub and return doesn't appear to be available
Does anyone have a way please

[Mike Daniell]

The hotkey 'goto' solution you mentioned in your previous post is the way to escape from the loop. If your loop contains two control sends (one to turn on the relay and a second one to turn off the relay) then your 'goto' cue should go to a separate control send cue outside the loop that turns off the relay.

If you cannot get this to work, could you email me a diagnostic file and tell me what's not working for you? You can create this file by starting SCS and selecting 'Create Diagnostic File' from the drop-down menu displayed when you click the Help button in the main window. The file will be saved in a folder named "SCS Diagnostics" under "Documents" or "My Documents".

[davidcoliver]

Mike Thanks
I have found this works

Manual Note UK Phone Start
Auto Control Send Relay 8 0n
Auto Control Send All Relays OFF after delay of 0.40
Auto Control Send Relay 8 0N after delay of 0.20
Auto Control Send All Relays OFF after delay of 0.40
Auto Go to 209 (Relay 8 0n) after delay of 2.00
Manual SFR Stop Go to 209 (Relay 8 0n)
Auto Control Send All Relays OFF
Manual Note UK Phone End

I wanted to avoided hot keys so that every cue is started (and stopped) with the trigger key
The only downside is that I have to have the code for each Phone cue (unless you know a better way?)
I can hide most of the auto cues so as not to be cluttered when operating
David