[gmpi] Re: Reqs 3.8 Events - ramped events

  • From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:44:15 +0000

On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 02:57:57 -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> Quick summary on the topic (is anyone around this week?)
> 
> * Several people voted YES for ramps
> * No one voted NO
> 
> * It has been suggested that a ramp be thought of as a (duration, target)
>   pair, which makes sense to me ((x, y), (run, rise), etc).
> 
> * It has been suggested that there ONLY be one type of event - ramped.
>   Point-value events have a duration of 0, and controls which do not do
>   ramping can merely ignore the duration.  This simplifies connections
>   between outputs and inputs.
> 
> * It has been suggested that we need more complex ramps than linear, and it
>   has been countered that linear is all we can push.
> 
> Anyone want to keep debating?  What's the decision for these requirements?

Not really. I'd rather there was only one kind of event - it saves hosts
from worrying about translating between ramps and sets and may make incoming
event parsing simpler.

- Steve 

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