Skip to main content
Electronic Theatre Controls Inc

How to configure a SensorIQ Contact Input option card with a toggle action

  1. Last updated
  2. Save as PDF

Issue

I have a Contact Input option card for my Echo Relay Panel Mains Feed (ERP), Echo Relay Panel Feedthrough (ERP-FT), SensorIQ, or EchoDIN product, along with a momentary button, and I'd like to set it up with a toggle action, so one push of the button will turn a preset on, and a second push of the button turns the preset off. Is this possible?

Explanation of Issue

Unfortunately this is not actually possible using the Contact Input option card. While a contact can be configured for momentary operation, the closed/open actions on the Echo Power Control Processor can only be configured for discrete actions, like Preset Activate and Off. With a momentary button this results in activating a preset when pushing the button, but playing Off (or another defined action) as soon as the button is released. This is not ideal, so several alternate solutions are provided below.

Solutions

  • Use a maintained button/switch instead
  • Purchase an Echo Contact Input Interface, which can be configured to toggle actions using EchoAccess, and connects to your power control product using EchoConnect.
  • Purchase an Echo Station (either Preset or Inspire), which can also be configured for toggle actions using EchoAccess.

 

  1. Back to top
  • Was this article helpful?

Recommended articles

  1. Article type
    Reference
  2. Tags
    This page has no tags.