so i have built a working elevator

[Beerkeg]

thanks to yammz youtube video my elevator now works up and down with commands buttons at both top and buttom, my question is.. would it be possible to had.. multiple floors to the elevator? like lets say while your at top you press one button to go to middle instead of buttom of mining shaft? and once youre at mid you have choice to wither go up or down? is there a way to wire that in some efficient way? i am no redstone expert.. far from it. all i know is that atm im using a t flip-flop at top to control my gearbox..

I know my question is maybe badly formulated... but english isnot my natvie language :)

Thanks

[gftweek]

Entirely possible but it can be complicated. Check out Battosay's elevator tutorial video.

[Beerkeg]

yeah i have watched battosay<s videos. his machines are all awesome but sometimes instructions are kinda hard to follow. i think

[Fracture]

I know from experience that one can even make an elevator with 10 floors. It's just complex, and hard to time. I'll post a tut later maybe...

[Stormweaver]

It might be easier to simply make the elevator always stop half-way down. That way the only real circuitry you need is a T-Flip flop controlling the direction, and another controlling the brakes. A couple of redstone columns, a flip flop and a pair of detector blocks later and you'll be set.

[Beerkeg]

atm my t flip flop is stopping the gear box and not the pulley.. for some reason i couldnot get the pulley to stop for some reasons.. so as soon as i flip one of the button is dosen't actually stops the platform but rather invert his movement. it bascially only stops going down when the pulley is empty or stops going up when the anchor reaches the pulley.. im uploading a youtube video atm to show up my setup. that way maybe you awesome builders can give me clues on how to improove the thingy :)

Upload speed sucks.. so it will take an hour or so before its done uploading.. ill post link ASA its done :)

[Fracture]

Ensure your power line actually runs in a direct line into the side of the pulley. Redstone doesn't auto-snap to BTW blocks like it does to some vM blocks, so you have to make sure the line actually points at the pulley to stop it.

[Beerkeg]

hmm? if i apply current to the pulley to make it break it also means i have to hmm split the current to the gear box too? or else the elevator will never go down?

[Beerkeg]

holy crap the video quality is bad.. ill have to watch video compression guides..

anyways here it is.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=056oiyGSOjQ

Leave your comments on what should i try to build next :)

the bid bulky cobble building is the poo factory ( but i have killed all the dogs) .. lol

Constructive comments on how to fix mah evevator and other things would be great

Also you might not see it but there are plenty of craters all around my base.. thanks to freaking creepers.. :P

[Beerkeg]

hoping for at least one person giving feed back :P

[gftweek]

Looks like the redstone that should be linking to your pulley (2:16 in your video) is on a corner, so it isn't attached, it needs to be a straight segment, a repeater or a single piece so that the line actually touches the pulley.

[Beerkeg]

yeah i know im aware the redstone isnot stopping the pulley atm. instead im using the flip flop to engage/disengage the gearbox, it a simple system but atm the elevator is stopping going down for one reason.. the pulley is running you of rope, this is basically atm how i stop the elevator from going straight to bedrock :P

[Fracture]

Basic setup I use-- each floor button sends out three signals. The first connects to either the S or R side of an RS latch, depending on whether that floor is above or below the current one.

Before I explain the other two, the rest of the setup is a detector at each floor facing into the elevator shaft with a piston or block dispenser controlling the transmission of the circuit. Each floor has it's own RS latch, connected to that piston or BD. The signal from the detector, after passing through the piston/BD gate, runs up to the pulleys and directly powers them.

The second signal from the floor button is hooked up to all the reset sides of the RS latches on each floor. The third and final signal is connected to the set side of the latch for the floor that button is for.

End result: The elevator goes the correct direction, and will only stop at the detector for the floor it belongs to.