Velleman K8055 USB I/O Board Extension plugin

[gaslan]

I need some help here. everything works fine, but I can't figure out how to work with different skin files..

In the ini file I have
Menu1=DEFAULT
Menu2=MENU.SKIN
Menu3=AUDIO_PLAYER.SKIN

and sections named
[DEFAULT]
[MENU.SKIN]
[AUDIO_PLAYER.SKIN]
with the corresponding BUTTONx commands for each.

My problem is that whether I am in the MENU.SKIN or AUDIO_PLAYER.SKIN it still executes the DEFAULT commands..

What am I doing wrong?!?!?! Thanks!

[307SW_NLD]

You're not doing anything wrong. Must be in the code then. Let me check....

[307SW_NLD]

Found two problems.

1. The screenname only gets updated by Road Runner after a command is executed for the first time in that skin. I have to rethink how to get the screen names from RR.

2. RR returns the screenname in lower case. I'll make the code case un-sensitive so you can't make mistakes. For now change the menu in the RRK8055.ini skins to lower case to make it work.

[mugurg]

It is possible to have comands from the controller when i am in video Player? I have added this:
"/, I, x, y, w, h, Code;INDICATORCODES
I,790,13,43,40,"k8055_menu"

in video_player.skin but does not work. The rest of the skins where i have
k8055_menu are working great with the controller.

I am trying to have volume, FFWD and REW, PLAY, STOP, PAUSE ...
If so, what should i modify and in wich files?

And another Q:
In mappoint_gps, the controller works great. But after few seconds the buttons-panel is dissapearing and you get only the map in full screen. At this point, none of the controls work anymore.

thank you.

[307SW_NLD]

I think I fixed both problems.

Check: RRK8055.dll beta

It's now checking the screenname using the k8055_menu indicator which is done every second and when the screen is being build. I don't think it is impacting the CPU resource usage to much. (Didn't notice it on my developer machine (PIII 800))

Menu names used in the RRK8055.ini are not case sensitive anymore

@GASLAN: can you provide me feedback if things are working for you. I'll make an official release when it does.

[307SW_NLD]

Quote: Originally Posted by mugurg

It is possible to have comands from the controller when i am in video Player? I have added this:
"/, I, x, y, w, h, Code;INDICATORCODES
I,790,13,43,40,"k8055_menu"

in video_player.skin but does not work. The rest of the skins where i have
k8055_menu are working great with the controller.

I am trying to have volume, FFWD and REW, PLAY, STOP, PAUSE ...
If so, what should i modify and in wich files?

And another Q:
In mappoint_gps, the controller works great. But after few seconds the buttons-panel is dissapearing and you get only the map in full screen. At this point, none of the controls work anymore.

thank you.

I think the problem lies in the fact that in both cases the screen is not visible. Don't know if I can solve that in an easy way. I hope Guino has any suggestions. If not I will have to redesign the way the buttons are checked (this is now done using the k8055_menu indicator)

btw: see previous post for a beta version that has the different buttons by screen problem fixed....

[gaslan]

Quote: Originally Posted by 307SW_NLD

@GASLAN: can you provide me feedback if things are working for you. I'll make an official release when it does.

Sure, everything works fine Thanks!!

[mugurg]

Got the dll, i will use it when need it.
As for my "hidden" problems, i will wait.

[gaslan]

Just a thing that I noticed, I'm not sure whether its my setup, but when I hibernate the dll stops working. I've got some indicators in my menu.skin which disappear.. If I close RR and restart everything works fine..

Does the plug in reconnect to the card after hibernate? I'll give it some more tests tomorrow...

Edit: My bad, no such issue after a few tests. I should have restarted the PC after the driver install :-)

One question though, could we increase the Analogue Buttons to say 12? My sony remote has VOL+/-, Song +/-, Preset +/-, SEL, DSPL, MUTE, MODE, BTM, MODE, and a top button :-) (thats 13, but better make it 12 :-))

[307SW_NLD]

Quote: Originally Posted by gaslan

Just a thing that I noticed, I'm not sure whether its my setup, but when I hibernate the dll stops working. I've got some indicators in my menu.skin which disappear.. If I close RR and restart everything works fine..

Does the plug in reconnect to the card after hibernate? I'll give it some more tests tomorrow...

Edit: My bad, no such issue after a few tests. I should have restarted the PC after the driver install :-)

One question though, could we increase the Analogue Buttons to say 12? My sony remote has VOL+/-, Song +/-, Preset +/-, SEL, DSPL, MUTE, MODE, BTM, MODE, and a top button :-) (thats 13, but better make it 12 :-))

It should be possible to use 12 buttons. But it would mean that the button variance could be small (hopefully not to small to detect the wrong button if the supply voltage is not really stable). I'll make it 20 to be prepared for the future
Watch for a new relase comming soon

[mugurg]

i have the variance set to 1 and still works perfect. 20 buttons will be even better ,we can use an aditional small keypad )

[jmciver]

My CarPC is currently conneced to my stock head unt via the stock aux input. However, since I listen to my stock head unit most of the time, I am unable to hear any navigation commands from IG (embedded in RR). What I want to be able to do is allow IG to send a mute signal to my head unit when it is giving navigation guidance.

Getting my head unit to mute is pretty easy, it is just a matter of sending a ground signal to the stock head unit. The part that I don't know is possible is getting the mute signal from RR to my head unit. The current skin I am using (Blue Devil) can sense when IG is giving commands and will mute any music, video or DVD until the command is complete. So my question is can this board, with your software, sense the navigation voice "trigger" in RR and then in turn send a signal (via a relay of some sort) to mute my stock head unit?

[307SW_NLD]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmciver

My CarPC is currently conneced to my stock head unt via the stock aux input. However, since I listen to my stock head unit most of the time, I am unable to hear any navigation commands from IG (embedded in RR). What I want to be able to do is allow IG to send a mute signal to my head unit when it is giving navigation guidance.

Getting my head unit to mute is pretty easy, it is just a matter of sending a ground signal to the stock head unit. The part that I don't know is possible is getting the mute signal from RR to my head unit. The current skin I am using (Blue Devil) can sense when IG is giving commands and will mute any music, video or DVD until the command is complete. So my question is can this board, with your software, sense the navigation voice "trigger" in RR and then in turn send a signal (via a relay of some sort) to mute my stock head unit?

When IG is giving commands is it sending commands to RR? ANd can you define the commands to use? If so; it is very easy to switch on/off one of the digital outputs with a RR command. But when you cannot configure the command that is being send to RR you should be able to use the ExecTBL.ini to redefine the command and include the digital out on/off switch command.

[jmciver]

Quote: Originally Posted by 307SW_NLD

When IG is giving commands is it sending commands to RR? ANd can you define the commands to use?

This I am not 100% sure of. I am not a prgrammer by trade but I can understand basic processes. I do know that the skin I am using (Blue Devil) has functionality that will mute any audio (MP3, etc) when IG is giving a command/guidance and will un-mute when the command/guidance is complete. That tells me that IG is interfacing w/RR in some way. Exactly how, I don't know. I will talk to the author of the skin to see how he does this. His screen name is JohnWPB (I think he is subscribed to this thread).

[distler]

Does this plugin support the "The number of inputs/outputs can be further expanded by connecting more (up to a maximum of four) cards to the PC's USB connectors." part listed by velleman?

I'm thinking of having atleast two of these cards in use for all the functions i need... well mostly the relays that i'm short on.