Velleman K8055 USB I/O Board Extension plugin

[307SW_NLD]

No, when both jumpers are set you can change the readout between 0 and 5 volts using the potmeter. If the jumpers are removed it will measure the voltage between analog in (1 or 2) and analog ground. So the jumpers are just there to test the analog in without supplying voltage to the analog inputs

[dan__wright]

Oh OK so even with the jumpers on and pot set so its showing 3.5, when i connect 1 to ground it wont change.

also, what is 'clamp' for on the outputs?

Thanks for all your help

[Blue ZX3]

Anyone using this board with standby, and if so, are there any resume probs?

Kinda got me thinking about getting one of these, but I only use standby/resume, not hib...

Thanks for any info!

[dan__wright]

ok is this possible, ive got illumination hooked into analog 5, at the moment ive got it on press that it changes gama, the problem is that it doesnt trigger gamma again when you turn the lights off, ive tried it with long and switch, what should i have it on so that it triggers the event when it goes live and when it goes dead?

going a bit further, is it possible to set gamma to dark when live and bright when dead, instead of toggling in case its already dimmed and then i put the lights on it would go bright.

Thanks

[dan__wright]

ok i was being dumb, i set the wrong one to switch, set 5 as switch and it works ok, is it possible to say switchon=NIGHTGAMMA and switchoff=DAYGAMMA (the day and night gamma are RR existing commands)

realy should of read the documentation lol got it working now, the problem is it will only work in the realys skin,not the menu, the DEAFULT & menu.skin section both have the same content and i havent changed anything else other than making Analog 5 a switch, any ideas?

Edit: Now working fine, i had the 2.1.0.0 dll, downloaded the 2.1.0.3 and registered it, works great thanks for such a great plugin.

[mugurg]

Back again with a question for the plugin:
i want to use one "analog-in" to measure and display weight. Any ideea what should i use for the sensor? Or how can i display how comprimated my suspensions are... Should i make it optical based, because seems to be the most reliable, having a optocoupler installed under the feather or similar idea ?

P.S. i read somewhere that are actually "pressure" sensors available..

[lambosprit]

Hi all, Firstly I like to say thanks for all the hard work you've put into this plugin. I have my board all built and now I'm testing but cant get it to work.
The test program works fine but the test screen doesn't. I get the indicators but all zero.
I'm running the k8055d.dll from this thread. I have 2.1.06 version of the plugin and road runner is on latest version. I have registered the RRK8055.dll in road runner directory and have the K8055.dll in road runner directory as well.

Is there an indicator that tells me I'm connected to the board? Any other ideas?
attaching my debug log in case this helps



thanks in advance

[mugurg]

if you have registered the rrk8055.dll using the regsvr32.exe it is near to impossible not to work...very strange. You have had the succesfull registration message?
i had my XP reinstalled 2 days ago, therefore 5 min ago i have also reinstalled the k8055 (just demo mode on the CD) then registered the DLL from here in the RR folder, pluged the board and everything works great...

be sure that your relays.skin to have the X,RRK8055 part, meaning like this:

MEDIACAR Skin
MEDIACAR MainMenu Skin
relay_off.jpg,relay_off.jpg,relay_on.jpg,relay_dow n.jpg
X,RRK8055

/, I, x, y, w, h, Code;INDICATORCODES
etc...
etc...
etc..
etc...

[mugurg]

Some info for K8055 users...
If the board is not connected, every skin that has X,RRK8055 (to load the plugin for the board) overload the CPU to 98-99%. Forever, even if you leave the skin to enter one without X,RRK8055. This is happening on a P4-3,6GHz machine. If the board is connected, even with the music playing, the CPU stays on 6-8% maximum. I think this is a weakness, if for no matter what reasons the plugin fails to find the board, the RR is doomed.

[307SW_NLD]

@mugurg,

Never noticed it but you are right. It must be in my code. I'll check to see if I can fix that.