Girder Standby Toggle problem

[clockworks999]

I am using a keyboard to control Girder, redefining the numeric pad. I want to be able to use one of the keys to toggle girder into standby so that I can also use the keys normally. I also want the scroll lock LED to light when Girder is enabled.

Both of these functions work OK individually as separate commands.

If I combine them in a multigroup it doesn't work! Girder goes into standby, and the LED changes state, but pressing the triggering button again does not bring Girder out of standby.

If I have 2 separate commands, the commands are executed alternately on each trigger.

I assume that the Girder Standby Toggle function will not work within a multigroup, so how else can I combine the 2 commands?

Cheers

[miked]

I don't think that you'll be able to get Girder out of stand-by once you've forced it to enter stand-by, since once Girder is not listening to input devices, you can't really have a command triggered off an event in Girder to relisten to those input devices (since it would have to be listening to get this command, but since it isn't listening, . . . , you get the idea!).

What you might want to do is use another program, like hot keyboard (www.hot-keyboard.com), which toggles the F9 input device enabled/disabled functionality in Girder by a desired keypress. You can then use Girder for everything else.

[clockworks999]

Girder "listens" for the standby key OK when in standby, but, obviously, not for any others. The standby toggle works OK when it is assigned to a single keystroke, but not when that same keystroke is defined as the trigger for a multigroup containing the standby command.

I had a look at hot-keyboard, but I don't feel $30 is a price worth paying for the limited use I would get from it.

I found a workaround for my problem using "disable groups" and states. The only thing I cannot do is unblock the keys I have blocked, but I can live with that, since the keys I am using for Girder are all on the numberpad.

BTW, I have now registered.

Cheers

[miked]

Glad you got it worked out! I use the free/lite version of Hot Keyboard, which is why I recommended it here.

[clockworks999]

I didn't realise there was a free version. I'll have another look.

Cheers