CC monitor problems

[Fiestaguy]

ok i started playing CC and i wanted to have all kinds of monitors in my factory displaying messages like: intruder alert or something but the monitors only work for me with the "hello world" program. i used the commands at the CC wiki and youtube tutorials but it just doesnt work

maybe ive done something wrong?

help me

UPDATE!

ive typed in this:

while true do

sleep(1)

if (redstone.getInput("right")) then

monitor, back, print("*my message*")

end

end

and when i reboot the PC it says:

bios :206: [string "startup"] :5: syntax error

HELP!

NOTE:

my double posting happens becuz of slow internet ._.

[warpspeed10]

Sure thing. Once you know the basics, monitors are super easy to use. Can you tell me what you have done so far/ want to do, so that I know were to start?

[Fiestaguy]

i only know basic things of CC so far

i know how to make a Password protected door first asking your ID then your password

i know how to use disk drives/floppy disks

and i know about the worst program: the "hello world" program

BTW what i also wanna know:

is there a way that a computer runs a program or something when it recieves a redstone pulse?

[theprolo]

is there a way that a computer runs a program or something when it recieves a redstone pulse?

That's not too hard. You need to make it check every second or so whether there it has a red stone signal.

While true do

Sleep(1)

If(redstone.getInput("left") == true) then

* shtuff to happen when redstone is detected

End

End

[Fiestaguy]

That's not too hard. You need to make it check every second or so whether there it has a red stone signal.

While true do

Sleep(1)

If(redstone.getInput("left") == true) then

* shtuff to happen when redstone is detected

End

End

thanx! now i can try making a locker system with loads of computers and redstone inputs!

like those lockers you see at local swinming pools! :P

[Fiestaguy]

That's not too hard. You need to make it check every second or so whether there it has a red stone signal.

While true do

Sleep(1)

If(redstone.getInput("left") == true) then

* shtuff to happen when redstone is detected

End

End

thanx! now i can try making a locker system with loads of computers and redstone inputs!

like those lockers you see at local swinming pools! :P