Turn on LED when button pushed

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I’m currently using AUX motion mode to immediately perform a sync upon pushing a momentary switch pushbutton. One side of the switch is wired to AUX1 and the other to GND. I’d like to be able to have an LED light up while the button is pushed. Is there a way to have this done using another AUX mode while still retaining the button pushed status and immediate sync?

I’m thinking something like activating AUX1 to perform the sync with the button status and having another AUX port output power to one side of the LED upon AUX1 activation and then immediately stop outputting power once AUX1 is no longer active.

Does Monitor mode work like this? If yes, is there a way to change the output file from _button.qo to _track.qo?

I’m using a Notecarrier A.

Thanks a bunch.

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Hi @zpannell and welcome to the Blues community!

If I’m understanding what you hope to accomplish, it probably makes the most sense to wire the LED to the push button (independent of the Notecarrier). Alternatively, you could use monitor mode to wire a single LED to a Notecard/Notecarrier and have it light up when the Notecard is transmitting (relevant sample app here).

You can use the file argument of card.aux to specify the Notefile name. Personally I would avoid changing it to another reserved name like _track.qo just in case it causes unintended side effects.

Rob