How to create an elevator

MoonWolf63

⚡Intro

For this tutorial I wont be using a video since it would probably be too long. Now for this tutorial you will need a set/reset latch for each floor, so please see my tutorial here https://forum.brickadia.org/d/137-how-to-create-a-setreset-latch.

⚡Procedure

1⃣ grab a slider servo and place it on the floor with the arrow pointing upward.

Make sure the power is high so it can actually pull the elevator up.

Then grab your elevator (for the tutorial I just used a microbrick.).

2⃣ Set down your set/reset latches.

3⃣ For each rerouter on each latch set up a bunch of ORs so we can wire up each button and have no overlap between floors

4⃣ Place some edge connectors (dont know if this is necessary but I find its better to not have the button making a constant connection while users are holding the buttons).

6⃣ Place your buttons, doesn't matter many just make sure there are enough OR statements.

7⃣ Now when you connect each button connect the button HELD to the Edge Detector INPUT then connect the Pulse on Rising Edge to the set OR statement for the floor the button represents then also connect it to every reset or statement for the other floors. Repeat this for every button.

8⃣ Now that they are connected grab a Constant, multiply, and add gate.

Place a constant and multiply gate down for each floor and set the constant to the target position you want the elevator to go to then connect it to the multiply gate input B.

Now connect the Math blend OUTPUT from the set/reset latch to the multiply Input A.

9⃣ Now once all that's done, place add gates and connect the multiply gates to them then connect the outputs into the the other add inputs until you get a single output left

1⃣0⃣ Connect the last add gates output to the elevators target position.

⚡Extra!

Elevator doors!

1⃣ Grab servo sliders and your doors and make sure by default the doors are closed.

2⃣ Grab a greater, less, AND, multiply, add and 3 constant gates and for each floor place these down.

3⃣ Now connect the elevators current position to the greater and less gate's INPUT A. And connect the constants to the INPUT A of the greater and less gates.

4⃣ Place a multiply gate and a constant down, I recommend 100 for the constant so it always goes to the end.

Then connect the and gate to the multiply gate. Now we finally connect the multiply gate to both servo sliders for the door. Then repeat this for each floor. (I usually just copy and paste then change the values).

⚡ Additional Notes

So why do I use a greater/less gate for the door?

I find that with this elevator the target position is never absolute and when weight is added it goes down and every time I create one I find that the current position would be like 4.8 when the target position is 5.

I tend to use the greater/less gate and go 0.5 above and below the target position.

Why so many OR gates for the latches?

Well I can't send all these pulses to the set and reset through the rerouter so I have to use OR statements and I usually have a lot of buttons including call buttons.

Let me know if there are any mistakes in my elevator tutorial.