I am looking for a control. a standard switch, but with a "Safety Cover"

[Everseeker]

I have been looking around, with no success, for a control like the one in the enclosed Image...

In a nutshell, 2 steps needed, (with light to indicate when the switch has been activated)

Does this exist?

[GerdW]

Hi Pat,

use two switches:

- one to do your intended switch operation

- another one to dis-/enable the first button…

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

I happen to have used those exact swtiches with guards before to initiate critical processes, but you will have to add your own indicator light.

Link here, further down on the page is the guard that goes over the toggle:

http://www.alliedelec.com/labinal-llc-8500k2/70176366/

-AK2DM

[Everseeker]

That is what I am currently doing. But I was looking for something that more closely resembles an actual device I am working on

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

I have used those same exact switches before to initiate critical but irreversible processes. You will have to add your own light though.

Link below and further down the page is the cover guard:

http://www.alliedelec.com/labinal-llc-8500k2/70176366/

-AK2DM

[Alexander_Sobolev]

You can also hide (property node -> visible?) safety cover after it has been pressed and move it back after 1-2 seconds.

Instead of the button you can use slider that you need to move with mouse to "unlock".

If you want to absolutely avoid accidental clicks, you can hide safety cover 1 second after it has been pressed, or require user to hold it for 1 second to "open". 

I would also check guidelines of developing industrial user interface. If program looks like mechanical panel it shortens transition time for the operator, but software and hardware solutions are different in nature and one should not completely duplicate another.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Wierd- my intial post did not show up so I posted again.

[Everseeker]

Guess it just took a while for your first reply to show.

However, I am not looking for the actual switch... I have tons of them 🙂 

I am in need of a labview representation of one.

[johnsold]

Anything worth saying is worth saying twice.

Anything worth saying is worth saying twice.

Lynn

[Everseeker]

OK, I think that we are on the same page here...

I am not wedded 100% to a photorealistic image of the toggle/cover, but want to "improve" in the current solution where switch 1 "enables" switch 2... (yes, I just wired the 2 in series)

The Indicator is a trivial exercise... but the 2 stage button... not so much

you said, in part...

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You can also hide (property node -> visible?) safety cover after it has been pressed and move it back after 1-2 seconds. Instead of the button you can use slider that you need to move with mouse to "unlock". If you want to absolutely avoid accidental clicks, you can hide safety cover 1 second after it has been pressed, or require user to hold it for 1 second to "open". 

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so I am curious... Are you envisioning an image sitting "on top of" the  switch? toggling it somehow removes it (hides it or moves it over)

If so, can you provide a simple .vi showing how I could do that?