Thread: RRTMS - RoadRunner tire monitoring system extension plugin

Robby, Thanks. The ini had "Pressure=1", so have amended it to "2".
Came across another odd thing too. When I run the program in RR, the voice alerts are "female" However, in the car pc, it is a "male" voice. There does not appear to be any voice settings, so am a little bewildered by this. I know I have a "Macho" car, but still odd.

Originally Posted by allypally

Robby, Thanks. The ini had "Pressure=1", so have amended it to "2".

It seems like the write permission of your ini file is not set, try to delete it (remember to make a backup first) and run again the config utility in order to create a new one with the right permissions.

Originally Posted by allypally

Came across another odd thing too. When I run the program in RR, the voice alerts are "female" However, in the car pc, it is a "male" voice. There does not appear to be any voice settings, so am a little bewildered by this. I know I have a "Macho" car, but still odd.

You can change the Text-to-Speech voice through the Windows control panel.

Robby watching the video in action, i see you have added a button to the main menu, any chance of uploading the new menu.skin, for users of your E36 skin

Originally Posted by mnwcsult

Anybody know how to add this to DigitalFX 2.0? And yes I did see the howto at the beginning of the thread. My question actually centers around adding a button. As there seems to be a png file that would need to be edited in addition to modifying the text skins file.

I'm also having a few problems getting this installed with DFX, but with v3.0 not v2.0.

So I've done the following:
1. Registered the DLL
2. Modified the TMS artwork to make it look like my car
3. Modified DFX's ExecTBL.ini file with the following new entries:
- "MyApp48","Load;C:\programs\Road_Runner\RRTMS-1.10\skin\TMS.skin"
- added "MyApp48" into the "SetApps" array
- added "TPMS" into the table/button array
- "SetCommandLabels48","SETVAR;MyApp48LB;TPMS||SetCo mmandLabels49"
4. Added a TPMS.png file in the MenuIcons directory
5. Selected the new TPMS button from within DFX. This last step automatically updates the menu.skin file

So now, it shows the button and TPMS.png icon in the menu, but when I click on the button, it's not doing anything.

I've read Robby's initial guide, which says "Add in your "MENU.SKIN" the command "X,RRTMS" and create a button with the comand "TMS" in order to switch to the plugin screen." Unfortunately I've managed to get myself confused between Robbie's explanation and the way DFX is configured, so it seems I'm not setting the MyApp48 line correctly to launch the RRTMS.

Sorry for the stupid newbie question (newbie to TPMS and RR and DFX3).

It doesn't matter that I don't actually have the sensors yet does it?? The skin should launch regardless right? Do I need to specifically mention the string RRTMS in the command to successfully reference the dll of the same name?

PS. Not sure why there's a space between SetCo and mmandLabels above. It's not there in the text I'm writing

Originally Posted by Buddy23

I'm also having a few problems getting this installed with DFX, but with v3.0 not v2.0.

So I've done the following:
1. Registered the DLL
2. Modified the TMS artwork to make it look like my car
3. Modified DFX's ExecTBL.ini file with the following new entries:
- "MyApp48","Load;C:\programs\Road_Runner\RRTMS-1.10\skin\TMS.skin"
- added "MyApp48" into the "SetApps" array
- added "TPMS" into the table/button array
- "SetCommandLabels48","SETVAR;MyApp48LB;TPMS||SetCo mmandLabels49"
4. Added a TPMS.png file in the MenuIcons directory
5. Selected the new TPMS button from within DFX. This last step automatically updates the menu.skin file

Looks like you got the code above very close, with just one minor correction. #3 above, use:
"MyApp48","TMS"

Originally Posted by Buddy23

I made the change to
"MyApp48","TMS" as you suggested, but that doesn't seem to have solved it. If I only refer to it as TMS, how does it know which directory to pick up the skin from? Should I have defined TMS elsewhere?

Or does it mean I should move the TMS.skin into one of the DFX skin directories?

In the main Menu.skin file you need to add the line:
X,RRTMS

When this line is there (and the RRTMS.dll is registered) this tells RR that when you use the TMS command, to go to the correct skin.

Here are all the lines necessary to make it work, I just tested it here and it is working correctly.


For the Button Assignment:

Code:

 "SetCommandLabels48","SETVAR;MyApp48LB;Tire Pressure||SetCommandLabels49"

For the Button Code:

Code:

"MyApp48","TMS"

And for App Code:

Code:

 "SetAppLabels","SETVAR;ButtonLabel;=MUSIC<<=RADIO<<=VIDEO<<=DVD<<=XM<<=SIRIUS<<=PHONE<<=UTILITIES<<=RIP CD<<=TV<<=WEATHER<<=PICTURES<<=GAMES<<=GAUGES STATS<<=BROWSER<<=SETTINGS<<=GPS<<=GPS<<=GPS<<=GPS<<=GAS PRICES<<=CAMERA<<=TRAFFIC CAMS<<=CALENDAR<<=MEDIA COPY<<=COLORS<<=LOTTO<<=NET RADIO<<=RADAR<<=SCANNER<<=HD RADIO<<=LAUNCH<<=SKINS<<=SYS DIAG<<=G. EARTH<<=LYRICS<<=JUKEBOX<<=TASK MAN<<=G MAPS<<=THEME<<=WIRELESS<<=THEATERS<<=RRMEDIA<<=CNN NEWS<<=DAYTIME<<=GPS<<=CLEAN SCREEN<<=TIRE MON"

Is the DLL COM Visible? Id like to implement this in other front ends.

Well it's been done for CentraFuse, so I guess so.

Originally Posted by Ineffigy

Is the DLL COM Visible? Id like to implement this in other front ends.

The DLL has been developed with the Extension Plugin Interface provided by Guino, so it works only with RoadRunner COM/ActiveX SDK.
However you can easly write your own plugin by yourself, the dialog between the device and the software is pretty simple as it is a HID (human interface device) USB device, a particular device that doesn't require a driver installation on the PC.
Basicaly you need to write a software that allows you to send a report 1 byte long to the device and recive back a report 4 bytes long.
You can found some example of how do it in this page (there are also a collection of HIDClass souces that can be usefull).
The protocol used by my device is this:

00H (0) Abort any pairing request (see below) --> Returns: Nothing
01H (1) Sensor 1 pairing request --> Returns: Nothing
02H (2) Sensor 2 pairing request --> Returns: Nothing
03H (3) Sensor 3 pairing request --> Returns: Nothing
04H (4) Sensor 4 pairing request --> Returns: Nothing
05H (5) Sensor 5 pairing request --> Returns: Nothing
10H (16) State of a pairing request --> Returns: X,0H,0H,0H
Where X is the number of the sensor to be paired, or 0 if the pairing has been completed.
21H (33) Sensor 1 data request --> Returns: P,T,B,S
22H (34) Sensor 2 data request --> Returns: P,T,B,S
23H (35) Sensor 3 data request --> Returns: P,T,B,S
24H (36) Sensor 4 data request --> Returns: P,T,B,S
25H (37) Sensor 5 data request --> Returns: P,T,B,S
Where:
P is the pressure in kPa obtained by multiplying the unsigned binary value of this byte by 2.5 and subtracting 100 (the atmospheric pressure) from the result.
T is the temperature in °C obtained by subtracting 40 from this unsigned binary value.
B is the battery condition, the first seven bits of this byte indicate the percentage of charge.
S is the operating state of the sensor, 01H if a temperature change has happened or 02H for a pressure change.
You also need to know the "Vendor ID" and the "Product ID" of the device, that are respectively 000H and 0001H.

As example you can dowload the VB6 source code of the RR plugin I've writen here.

Please, let me know if you need more information.