*NEW* USB Input/Output Board -- Fusion Brain - Page 69

loginfailed · 08-12-2007, 05:09 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2k1Toaster

Yes absolutely. Very simple to setup and can be done 2 ways as well. As long as you know the Centrafuse hotkey.

Spread the word over on the flux forums for us!

I will let them know.

So are these in stock ready to order?

Also do you have any pics of all the sensors? On your store all it shows are generic icons..

2k1Toaster · 08-12-2007, 01:07 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by loginfailed

I will let them know.

So are these in stock ready to order?

Also do you have any pics of all the sensors? On your store all it shows are generic icons..

Its on the list for the sensor pics. I have had a few software compatability problems that I am trying to work through...

I did post all the pictures but they were too bif for everyones browsers. If you want to look at them, here is the link though: http://www.fusioncontrolcentre.com/T...php?only=photo

loginfailed · 08-13-2007, 01:41 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2k1Toaster

Yes absolutely. Very simple to setup and can be done 2 ways as well. As long as you know the Centrafuse hotkey.

Spread the word over on the flux forums for us!

Any chance of a Centrafuse plugin?

mezz64 · 08-13-2007, 02:04 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by loginfailed

Any chance of a Centrafuse plugin?

x2... integration would be nice, I'm just using the fusion software as a standalone at the moment.

2k1Toaster · 08-14-2007, 12:25 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by loginfailed

Any chance of a Centrafuse plugin?

Quote: Originally Posted by mezz64

x2... integration would be nice, I'm just using the fusion software as a standalone at the moment.

It wont be top priority, but if there is enough interest rather than using the external application as embedded, then I will see what I can do.

I wont be ableto get to it for a while though because there are quite a few other things going on I absolutely need to get done by next Monday...

I am working on some compatability issues right now with the current software that has priority. I cannot test or run the program on my new machine due to it running on Vista and not XP. I cannot test or run anything because of the way drivers have changed. I have been working about 18hours a day specifically on this since I realized it, and I am not finished with it yet. I must completely re-write the driver as well as the entire way the device communicates through USB. I have re-written the driver, and it is recognized by Vista and XP, but now I must navigate the brand new WinUSB API to find how to send and receive data through the generic data pipes. To make everything worse, WinUSB has only been available since April, so documentation and examples are scarse to none.

If anyones knows about or knows someone who knows about WinUSB_WritePipe and WinUSB_ReadPipe, let me know because this is where I am stuck at present. Today I was able to find the device and create a temporary handle for it, but any attempt to read or write data causes a memory error because something is pointed towards protected memory allocations... arrg.

wilgartw · 08-14-2007, 02:01 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2k1Toaster

It wont be top priority, but if there is enough interest rather than using the external application as embedded, then I will see what I can do.

I wont be ableto get to it for a while though because there are quite a few other things going on I absolutely need to get done by next Monday...

I am working on some compatability issues right now with the current software that has priority. I cannot test or run the program on my new machine due to it running on Vista and not XP. I cannot test or run anything because of the way drivers have changed. I have been working about 18hours a day specifically on this since I realized it, and I am not finished with it yet. I must completely re-write the driver as well as the entire way the device communicates through USB. I have re-written the driver, and it is recognized by Vista and XP, but now I must navigate the brand new WinUSB API to find how to send and receive data through the generic data pipes. To make everything worse, WinUSB has only been available since April, so documentation and examples are scarse to none.

If anyones knows about or knows someone who knows about WinUSB_WritePipe and WinUSB_ReadPipe, let me know because this is where I am stuck at present. Today I was able to find the device and create a temporary handle for it, but any attempt to read or write data causes a memory error because something is pointed towards protected memory allocations... arrg.

good luck with this, your hard work is appreciated.

just to let you know whilst you are working with winusb, i transferred to the car again, and it still didn't work. after trying several configurations, it does look like the issue is running it through a hub.

2k1Toaster · 08-14-2007, 02:14 AM

Well hopefully once I get this damned winusb thing sorted out, it wont matter if it is #127 in a USB daisy chain of hubs, because it will be working at the windows system level. The tradeoff is that it will be Vista native, and XP requires a co-installer for the dll. So the Vista driver is about 10kb, and the XP driver is about 50mb.

But if I cant figure out how to write to the pipes, it doesnt really matter.

I am asking some gurus on a different forum for help as well because this does have me baffled.

inh · 08-14-2007, 03:49 AM

50mb driver? no thanks...

2k1Toaster · 08-14-2007, 12:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by inh

50mb driver? no thanks...

There is no way around it. If you already have the WinUSB drivers installed, then you wont need the entire thing. WinUSB is a universal driver. So once you install it, you dont need it ever again even if your next printer uses them.

The way USB works in Vista has pretty much completely changed under the hood and is causing pretty big headaches, but once it is done, it will be worth it.

mp3gtr · 08-14-2007, 07:22 PM

Any of the stuff at http://www.beyondlogic.org/ useful?

Lots of USB info

parksgm · 08-14-2007, 10:00 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by inh

50mb driver? no thanks...

Why not? That's less than one album's worth of MP3s...

2k1Toaster · 08-30-2007, 01:02 AM

Ok, uncompressed the drivers are now only 11Mb for the whole package. That includes x86 and amd64 platforms (they need different versions but it is all automatic).

I have gotten the driver fully functional now on both Vista and XP SP2.

If any one wants to be a guinea pig and try the new driver on their system let me know. As of now you wont be able to communicate with the brain after you install the driver because the interface is still coming. But if it installs without producing an error (usually code 39), then it is a success. To get the brain working again, you will need to uninstall the new driver and put back the old driver until the new version of software comes out.

Believe me when I say I am working around the clock on this. I have even gone as far as hiring a coder with more hardware experience to get it done, and they gave up and left me with nothing either. Uni, work, and this is making for a tight schedule, but hour not spent in class, at work, or on homework, is spent coding for this. (Well maybe 20mins a day of some GTA3 SA.

)

If you want to be a driver tester let me know and I will post the driver for you to try out.

turbocad6 · 08-30-2007, 01:10 AM

I'll try it, I have vista & xp to try on, anxious to see the latest as I'm getting ready to install one, not that I've even opened my triple boxed package yet or anything

Ryann · 08-30-2007, 01:15 AM

big respect to you toast. im sure evryone here isnt too bothered about time after they realise how hard your going at it.. awesome job! your a champion!

2k1Toaster · 08-30-2007, 01:26 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

I'll try it, I have vista & xp to try on, anxious to see the latest as I'm getting ready to install one, not that I've even opened my triple boxed package yet or anything

You havent even opened it yet to see how pretty it is compared to your beta board?!

I think the beta board should recognize as the same.

Oh, and as I said in your other thread, awesome job on that car! I'll give you some more brains for a way cool paint job like that!

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryann

big respect to you toast. im sure evryone here isnt too bothered about time after they realise how hard your going at it.. awesome job! your a champion!

Well thanks. I wasnt too sure how upset people are about the delays. I know I have 1 guy in India who is |>issed off because I havent had a chance to spoonfeed him his skin file he wants, but I didnt know if others were like that too. If you are |>issed, sorry, but I am going as fast as my little coding fingers can go!

As far as the beta drivers, here they are: http://www.fusioncontrolcentre.com/T...ivers_Beta.rar

The actual driver is the "Fusion Brain.inf". If it complains about not having winusb.sys let me know. This should be in your %systemroot% folder and if not it should copy it over. If not, let me know. Even anything below Vista SP1 may not have the winusb.sys in there. Like I said this is way new. All the editions that came out last November, do not have this file already stock, and even all the first copies off the shelves did not have this file. This is why it is so aggrivating to code for it!