Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?

"Kevin L. Clague" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics
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Message-ID <[email protected]>
In lugnet.robotics, Brian Davis wrote:
>    So I've got an application where a forklift loads a crate onto a conveyor
> belt. I could then start the conveyor belt up by having the forklift throw a
> polarity switch. What I would *like* is that when the crate gets to the other
> end, it somehow stops the conveyor motor again, (here's the tricky part),
> leaving the system in a state where the next forklift delivery can re-trigger
> the whole system from the "front end", as it were.
>    Oh, did I mention I wanted to do this with just polarity switches, no RCX or
> other "intelligent" systems in the loop?
>    The picture I've got in my mind is something like a light with two wall
> switches - change the state of either switch, it changes the state of the light.
> I'm thinking I can do it with a looong string from the terminal end back to a
> polarity switch at the head of the line, but it seems... clunky. Is there any
> electrical solution? Can I reproduce my household wiring in LEGO (I promise I'll
> keep the voltage... a *little* lower)?

So.... what was the final solution for this?

Kev
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