Rotation script for lever - elevator

[DreamsDesire Starfall]

I am trying to create a lift or elevator that rises and falls with the movement of a lever.   I am a novice at scripting though I can modify with directions.  I have tried rotation scripts, the touch lever script I found in the Wiki to no avail.  Any help is appreciated  

[Innula Zenovka]

How are you making the lever?   Is it a single prim/mesh or several linked items?    If it's a mesh, do you know where the pivot point is?

The way the lever is constructed will determine how best to script your lever.

[DreamsDesire Starfall]

Thanks for your response. The lever will be several prims, 2 to be exact. Any help is appreciated. I have my elevator script but having the lever move on touch and activate the elevator is beyond my ability.

[Rolig Loon]

I assume that one of the prims is the switch lever itself and the other is a decorative plate that the switch sits in.  If so, the only part that needs scripting is the switch lever.  Treat it the same way that you would treat a door or a box lid or anything else that is hinged.  There are three or four standard ways to script hinges, but perhaps the easiest is Void's >> https://community.secondlife.com/t5/LSL-Library/Simple-Hinge-Action/m-p/875331 .

How complicated the rest of the job is depends on what you mean.  If you simply mean, "How do I use a switch to signal the elevator to start or stop?", you can treat it like any toggle switch.  Define a global integer variable that will flip its value from 0 to 1 (TRUE to FALSE), and put it in a touch_start event:

touch_start(integer num){    gON = !gON;  // There's your switch    if (gON)    {        //Do "start" stuff    }    else    {        //Do "stop" stuff    }}

If you mean, "How do I make the elevator move?", that's a more complicated question.  It sounds like you may have that one covered, though.

 

[DreamsDesire Starfall]

Thank you for steering me in the right direction for the lever.   My issue was combining the two scripts, one for the lever and one for the elevator.   Touch lever, lever rotates (hinge, thanks) elevator floor moves up or down when the lever moves.  In my mind and I am just a novice in this, it would seem the lever has to trigger the elevator script.  I have been searching but can not find a resource to help me see how to manipulate the script to do both. 

[Rolig Loon]

That's why I included the toggle switch in my post.