Description

This object is a digital to analog converter and is being used to map a given time (in ms) into a block of 4096 and count down.

The objects will now stop running once input parameters are changed.

App Builder Object

Source Code

function execute() {
  switch (trigger) {
    case TRIGGERS.SYSTEM_ASYNC:
    {
      if (context.counter > 0 && context.state) {
        context.counter -= context.segment;
        if (context.counter <= 0) {
          return [0];
        }
        sleep(100, true);
        return [context.counter];
      }
      break;
    }
    case 0:
    {
      cancelSleep();
      context.totalTime = inPorts[1].value;
      context.splitTime = context.totalTime / 100;
      context.segment = 4096 / context.splitTime;
      context.counter = 4096;
      context.state = true;
      sleep(100,true );
      return [context.counter];
    }
    case 2: // reset
    {
      context.state = false;
      cancelSleep();
      context.counter = 4096;
      return [context.counter];
    }
    default: break;
  }
  return [];
}

Examples

Example	Initialize	Time (ms)	Step width (s)

Example	Initialize	Time (ms)	Step width (s)
1	Trigger	4096	1 for 4096
2	Trigger	8192	0.5 for 4096
3	Trigger	5000	0.8192 for 4096

In Ports

Position	Name	Message Type	Description

Position	Name	Message Type	Description
1	Start	Trigger	This port is being used to start the 'Ramp Down' object.
2	Time (Ms)	Number	This port is being used to receive a time for the 'Ramp Down' object.
3	Reset	Trigger	This port is being used to reset the 'Ramp Down' object.

Out Ports

Position	Name	Message Type	Description

Position	Name	Message Type	Description
1	Out	Analog	This port releases the counting down from the given time in a block of 4096 steps.

Properties

Name	Description

Name	Description
Object Name	The name on the object on the canvas.
Show Code View	The switch to turn on code view for the Code Object.
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