need some help with the OI, and wiring a display

[pryoplasm]

Originally Posted by Ian W.

You have a few choices, all with different difficulties.

You can't printf anything to the OI, the hardware doesn't support this. You can use the LEDs in the OI if you want though, have your programmers look in the ifi_aliases.h file for controlling those, I don't know off hand what the variable names are.

The other option is to make a dashboard program. If you have any C++ or Flash MX gurus, it'll be pretty easy, I made a program that you can use with a few additions on your part. Look here for that.

If you can, please be a bit more specific on what you're trying to do, it helps us help you .

well, its not necessary, but something nice that i thought up for one of the drivers. in practice during the 6 weeks of hell (an affecionate name i assure you) she was able to listen to the compressor that creates a vacuum (which uses the helicopter theroy of engineering, where if you can't make it silent, then make it loud as hell) and was able to know whether or not the compressor was on or not.

in short, whenever the compressor is on, i want it to have a light or something go on at the drivers station.

thanks for listening