Hello markh thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my request for examples of your data and the structure of the files. Have a nice weekend. Scot
On Friday, 14 May 2021 at 18:13:09 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > Attached are a set of TID files that are close to the minimum needed to > see how this is working. Please understand that this is a work-in-progress > and is missing some functionality and polish ... but it does illustrate > Soren's solution. > > After bringing these tiddlers into your TW, start with the "Listings" > tiddler. In that tiddler, select "Multi-Step Speed Control" in the > selection box at the top, then click on one of the ID tiddlers (say, "ID > 101"). Edit "ID 101" and look at the "idindex" field where you will find > one of Soren's solutions. The effect is that "ID 101" will get the > currently selected application (the content of tiddler "ApplicationChoice") > which is "multistepspeed", look in data tiddler "multistepspeed" for the > "101" entry (the number of the current tiddler's ID as stored in "{{ID > 101!!idnumber}}"), get the P index number associated with "101", and > provide that P index number to be displayed. > > This complexity is imposed because any particular ID may reference > different P indexes, and any particular P index may reference different > IDs; there is always a one-to-one relationship after an application is > chosen, but that relationship changes depending on the which application is > chosen. > > Note that the ID table in "Listings" doesn't alphabetize correctly on the > P index column, probably because the sort[idindex] can't see the actual > value being stored in the ID tiddler field "idindex". Don't know this for > sure, though. This may not be evident with the small set of ID tiddlers > that I've provided. > > *****Additional background > > I had used drill, saw, and hammer as application names because they would > be more familiar. But, what I'm actually doing is TWifying a manual for a > variable frequency drive (VFD) because the existing manual has poor linking > and doesn't have a complete set of information for an ID in a single place. > Plus, I wanted to add notes and practice my TW-foo; I don't expect to copy > the complete manual into my TW, only those parts that are most needed for > my use of the VFD. The "applications" are different ways to use the VFD for > motor control, the IDs are the various parameters that can be set to > control the motor operation, and the P index is the name of the menu > displayed on the 4 (ish?) line operator interface of the VFD. > > Hope this helps you, Scot. Have a good weekend! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/2a274778-d4e9-4bef-b530-aae34b08af44n%40googlegroups.com.
