getCurrentReturns.js

/*
 GetcCurrentReturns for OlimAutoSend device
 Written by Domenico Graziano
 november 2016
 somewhere in Bristol
 */
//Useful log function found on http://compusition.com/ well done © Adam Murray 2007-2016
function log() {
    for (var i = 0, len = arguments.length; i < len; i++) {
        var message = arguments[i];
        if (message && message.toString) {
            var s = message.toString();
            if (s.indexOf("[object ") >= 0) {
                s = JSON.stringify(message);
            }
            post(s);
        }
        else if (message === null) {
            post("<null>");
        }
        else {
            post(message);
        }
    }
    post("\n");
}

log("___________________________________________________");
log("Reload:", new Date);


function bang() {
    getCurrentReturns();
}

outlets = 1;

Outlet = getCurrentReturns();


function getCurrentReturns() {
    var thistrack = 'this_device canonical_parent mixer_device';
    var mixerobject = new LiveAPI(thistrack);
    var current_sends = countSends(mixerobject);
    outlet(0, current_sends);
}

function isEven(n) {
    return n % 2 == 0;
}

function countSends(mixerobject) {
    alphabet = genCharArray('a', 'z');
    current_sends = mixerobject.get('sends');
    var counter = 0;
    var sends = [];
    for (i = 0; i < current_sends.length; i++) {
        if (isEven(i)) {
            sends.push(alphabet[counter]);
            counter++;
        }
    }
    return sends;
};

function genCharArray(charA, charZ) {
    var a = [], i = charA.charCodeAt(0), j = charZ.charCodeAt(0);
    for (; i <= j; ++i) {
        a.push(String.fromCharCode(i));
    }
    return a;
}