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LEDBlinky - Arcade LED Control software and Animation Editor - v8.2
jamesoliverstone:
Hey, please can someone help me, I have been pulling my hair out for hours trying to get Steam games in launchbox to work with LEDBlinky.
I have tried configuring games directly, and applying a default configuration.
Both of them correctly light up inside launchbox / bigbox, but when the game launches, as soon as the launching screen appears, the controls all go dark. Please can someone help me figure out why this is? I assume its a loss of focus on the game itself?
Someone had the same problem as me before a few years back, and wrote a AHK to fix it, but the github page linked to is dead.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
arzoo:
--- Quote from: jamesoliverstone on September 18, 2023, 06:37:51 pm ---Hey, please can someone help me, I have been pulling my hair out for hours trying to get Steam games in launchbox to work with LEDBlinky.
I have tried configuring games directly, and applying a default configuration.
Both of them correctly light up inside launchbox / bigbox, but when the game launches, as soon as the launching screen appears, the controls all go dark. Please can someone help me figure out why this is? I assume its a loss of focus on the game itself?
Someone had the same problem as me before a few years back, and wrote a AHK to fix it, but the github page linked to is dead.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
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You may be able to solve the problem by using the "Ignore GameQuit Commands" option. This support link explains how to enable that option - see the second section.
Ginsonic:
Hi Arzoo,
I currently have a strange problem using serial output (COM port). I activated serial output for COM3 and generated the corresponding map. When I try to do a SimpleLedTest (or Launchbox, or GenMap), the log files always show "unable to write to com port". In the GenMap utility the com port is shown as active.
When I connect a serial communication application to COM3 (e.g. putty), I can communicate flawlessly with the receiver (Arduino) and simulate the LedBlinky commands (e.g. [1,255]).
Do you have any idea what could be wrong here?
Thanks in advance!
arzoo:
--- Quote from: Ginsonic on October 05, 2023, 09:10:27 am ---Hi Arzoo,
I currently have a strange problem using serial output (COM port). I activated serial output for COM3 and generated the corresponding map. When I try to do a SimpleLedTest (or Launchbox, or GenMap), the log files always show "unable to write to com port". In the GenMap utility the com port is shown as active.
When I connect a serial communication application to COM3 (e.g. putty), I can communicate flawlessly with the receiver (Arduino) and simulate the LedBlinky commands (e.g. [1,255]).
Do you have any idea what could be wrong here?
Thanks in advance!
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I'm out of town for a few days - I'll have to get back to you on this when I return.
Ginsonic:
Thanks Arzoo, but it is not LedBlinky's fault, it is my new Arduino R4 Minima. Its serial communication seems to be different than the old generation (e.g. Leonardo). Using a Leonardo everything works flawlessly.
So, thanks again, no more help needed :cheers: