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Custom Controls Component

The Custom Controls component allows you to create a component with various types of Controls that can be used to control other components in your design through use of the Control Pins.

The Custom Controls component has only Control Pin Input and Output, no audio inputs or outputs.
You can create a Custom component with the type and number of controls you want.
Controls of the same type are in Groups. You cannot have duplicate Groups in the same Component.
You can have up to 10 different types, or Groups, of controls.
Each Group can have up to 32 controls (of the same type).
Each Group can have a different number of controls.
You can give a label to the Custom Controls component by selecting the component in the Schematic and simply start typing and press enter or click off of the component when you're finished. You cannot "edit" the label once it has been entered, but you can replace the label in the same way it was entered initially.

Controls

The available Controls are listed in the Available Controls, and Ranges table under Properties. Their individual functions depend on how you use them. In some cases, the ranges of the Controls can be customized.

Properties

Group 1 - 10

Property	Function	Value
Type	Selects the type of control for the Group. Initially, there is only one Group visible. When you select a Type for the first Group, a second Group is displayed, and so on until you have 10 Groups. When you select a Type, Control Pins for each control of that Type, display below the Component in the Schematic, and below the Properties in the Control Pins Section.	See Controls and Ranges table below
Count	Selects the number of controls for the Group. Each Group can have a different Count.	1 to 32
Default range message	Some of the Control Types have variable ranges. This message gives the default range for the specific Control. If there is no range, as with a Toggle Button, there is no message.	See Controls and Ranges table below
Customize range	Specifies if you want to customize the Control's range or not.	No / Yes
Minimum	If you set the Customize Range to Yes, enter the minimum of the desired range.	See Controls and Ranges table below
Maximum	If you set the Customize Range to Yes, enter the maximum of the desired range.	See Controls and Ranges table below

Available Controls, and Ranges

Type	Default / Range	Custom
Type	Default / Range	Minimum	Maximum
Distance knob (meters)	0 to 100	0	999
Frequency knob (Hz)	20 to 20000	0.1	20000
Generic float knob	0 to 1	-1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Generic integer knob	0 to 1	-2,147,483,648	2,147,483,647
Hexadecimal knob	0x0 to FFFFFF	0	8 bits (24)
LED	Off / On	—	—
Level fader w/taper (dBFS)	-100 to 20	—	—
Level knob (dBFS)	-100 to 20	-100	100
Meter (dB)	-100 to 20	—	—
Momentary button (Click, hold, release)	Off / On	—	—
Mute button (Toggle)	Off / On	—	—
Pan knob	-1 to 1	—	—
Percent knob (%)	0 to 100	0	100
Position knob	0 to 1	—	—
Status Display	0 = OK - Green 1 = Compromised - Orange 2 = Fault - Red 3 = Not Present - Gray 4 = Missing - Red 5 = Initializing - Blue	—	—
Text display	—	—	—
Text edit	—	—	—
Time knob (seconds)	0 to 1	0	999
Toggle button	Off / On	—	—
Trigger button (single pulse)	Off / On	—	—
<Remove> (Can only be used on the last in list)	—	—	—

Control Pins

For each Control you select, Input and Output Control Pins are supplied.

When you select a Control Type in the Properties, there are no "selectable" Control Pins in the right-side pane.

Note: The values in the following table are taken at the default setting of the Control.

Pin Name	Value	String	Position	Pins Available
Frequency knob (Hz)	0 to 25 and Infinity	10 Hz to 20.0 kHz	0.00 to 1.00	Input / Output
Generic float knob	0 to 1	0 to 1.00	0.00 to 1.00	Input / Output
Generic integer knob	0 1	0 or 1	0 1	Input / Output
LED	0 1	false true	0 1	Input / Output
Level fader (dBFS)	-100 to 20	-100dB to 20.0dB	0.00 to 1.00	Input / Output
Level knob (dBFS)	-100 to 20	-100dB to 20.0dB	0.00 to 1.00	Input / Output
Meter (dB)	-100 to 20	-100dB to 20.0dB	0.000 (-60 dB) 1.000	Input / Output
Momentary button	0 1	false true	0 1	Input / Output
Mute button	0 1	unmute mute	0 1	Input / Output
Pan knob	-1 to 1	-1.00 to 1.00	0.00 to 1.00	Input / Output
Percent knob	0 to 1		0 to 1	Input / Output
Position knob	0 to 1	—	0 to 1	Input / Output
Status display (see below)	0 to 5	OK (Green) Compromised (Orange) Fault (Red) Not Present (Gray) Missing (Dark Red) Initializing (Blue)	N / A	Input / Output
Text display	¹	text	¹	Input / Output
Text edit	²	text	²	Input / Output
Time knob (seconds)	0.000 to 1.00	0 ms to 1 s	0.000 to 1.00	Input / Output
Toggle button	0 1	false true	0 1	Input / Output
Trigger button				Input / Output
1. If there is a value/position type input to a Text Display there will be a value, string, and position output as well. If there is a text input, there is no value or position output, only text. 2. If there is a numeric entered, or a value/position type input to a Text Edit box, there will be a value, string, and position output. If there is text entered, or input via the Control Pin, to a Text Edit box, the output is only text.

Status Display Control

The Status Control contains a <state> and a <reason>. The <state> is a number 0-5 inclusive. The <reason> is a string that may be empty. Each <state> has a corresponding <string-representation> and a <color> as follows:

0: "OK" : green
1: "Compromised" : orange
2: "Fault" : red
3: "Not Present" : gray
4: "Missing" : dark red
5: "Initializing" : light blue

The <color> of the Status Control always tracks the <state> according to the list above.

Getting the Value from a script returns the <state>.

Setting the Value from script sets the <state> and, if the <state> is changed, clears the <reason>.

Getting the String from script does one of 2 things:

If <reason> is empty, <string-representation> is returned.
If <reason> is not empty, a string of the form "<string-representation> - <reason>" is returned. (<string-representation> space hyphen space <reason>)

Setting the String from script does one of three things:

If the string exactly matches some <string-representation>, the <state> is changed and <reason> is cleared.
If the string exactly matches some <string-representation> followed by a space and a hyphen and a space and a <reason>, <state> and <reason> are both changed.
Otherwise, only <reason> is changed.

A result of this behavior is that if you get the <string> of one Status Control and set it to another, both the <state> and <reason> are properly set.

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