/**
* Set the current state of this Light This routine requests the hardware to change. If this is
* really a change in state of this bit (tested in SerialNode), a Transmit packet will be sent
* before this Node is next polled.
*/
protected void doNewState(int oldState, int newState) {
SerialNode mNode = SerialAddress.getNodeFromSystemName(getSystemName());
if (mNode != null) {
if (newState == ON) {
mNode.setOutputBit(mBit, false);
} else if (newState == OFF) {
mNode.setOutputBit(mBit, true);
} else {
log.warn("illegal state requested for Light: " + getSystemName());
}
}
}
/**
* Public method to set a SECSI Output bit Note: systemName is of format CNnnnBxxxx where "nnn" is
* the serial node number (0 - 127) "xxxx' is the bit number within that node (1 thru number of
* defined bits) state is 'true' for 0, 'false' for 1 The bit is transmitted to the hardware
* immediately before the next poll packet is sent.
*/
public void setSerialOutput(String systemName, boolean state) {
// get the node and bit numbers
SerialNode node = SerialAddress.getNodeFromSystemName(systemName);
if (node == null) {
log.error("bad SerialNode specification in SerialOutput system name:" + systemName);
return;
}
int bit = SerialAddress.getBitFromSystemName(systemName);
if (bit == 0) {
log.error("bad output bit specification in SerialOutput system name:" + systemName);
return;
}
// set the bit
node.setOutputBit(bit, state);
}
