On the Subject of Technical Buttons

It’s like normal buttons but... more complicated. Wait a minute that sounds like something else. How about it’s like normal buttons but... more technical. Yes I like that.

  • There are 8 buttons around the outside. Each button is coloured.
  • There are 4 LEDs in the centre. Each LED can either be off, blue, or red.
  • Use the venn diagram below to deduce which of the tables on the page should be used.
1 2 4 3 2 4 3 1 2 4 1 3 1 4 2 3
Exactly one blue LED
Exactly one red LED
1 or more D-type batteries
Sum of numbers in serial number is even
1
Button colour Action
Black !PP%2
Blue !VI
Brown P>S
Cream 2C!D
Cyan WM
Dark Green P>S
Dark Red WM
Light Blue 2C!D
Lime 2C!D
Orange !PP%2
Pink PI
Purple P>S
Red !PP%2
White PI
Yellow !PP%2
2
Button colour Action
Black P>S
Blue P>S
Brown PI
Cream P>S
Cyan PI
Dark Green !VI
Dark Red 2C!D
Light Blue PI
Lime P>S
Orange 2C!D
Pink P>S
Purple !VI
Red !PP%2
White !VI
Yellow WM

3
Button colour Action
Black PI
Blue 2C!D
Brown !VI
Cream P>S
Cyan PI
Dark Green 2C!D
Dark Red P>S
Light Blue !VI
Lime WM
Orange 2C!D
Pink WM
Purple 2C!D
Red P>S
White PI
Yellow 2C!D
4
Button colour Action
Black !PP%2
Blue !VI
Brown PI
Cream !VI
Cyan 2C!D
Dark Green !VI
Dark Red WM
Light Blue PI
Lime !PP%2
Orange P>S
Pink WM
Purple P>S
Red PI
White 2C!D
Yellow !VI
Symbols Instruction
PI Press if there are more lit than unlit indicators
!PP%2 Press if there are an odd number of port plates
!VI Press if all lit indicators don’t contain any vowels
2C!D Press if there is at least 2 of the current button colour and no other duplicate button colours
P>S Press if there are more parallel ports than serial port
WM Press if there is a button with a warm colour
(Dark Red, Red, Orange, or Yellow)