Newbie Question turning listen on/off

I have been playing with a script that started as a visitor list. I've added some proximity detect/report with distance stuff. Now I want to be able to turn it on and off without killing the object.

The scan rate is set as a global variable with float rate = 1.0; if I try to go into the listen section and listen for "obj off" and reset rate to 0 it doesn't turn the listener off.

Any hints would be appreciated.

llListenRemove() mabey might work

Hi Jose,

I'm assuming you're using llSensorRepeat(). To stop it, just use llSensorRemove().

Thanks - I'll try that.

Looks like what I need

Jose - this would be a great place to use states.

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llListen(1, "", llGetOwner(), "scan on");
    }
    
    listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
    {
        state scanning;
    }
}

state scanning
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llListen(1, "", llGetOwner(), "scan off");
        llSensorRepeat("", NULL_KEY, AGENT, 90.0, PI, 10.0);
    }
    
    listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
    {
        state default;
    }
    
    sensor(integer num_detected)
    {
        integer i;
        for (i=0 ; i<num_detected ; ++i)
          llOwnerSay(llDetectedName(i));
    }
}

switching states automatically removes both the listens and the sensor scans.
Notice that the listens are filtered by channel, avatar key and message. Prefer "tight" listens to reduce lag.
To further reduce lag, consider using touch to switch the object on or off, rather than voice commands.

What I did is use llSensorRemove() for off and llResetScript() to turn it back on. I bcan still view or reset the list in either mode.

Thanks for the help.

Didn't see this until I had it working already. I'll try to remember this for next time.

Thanks.