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LEDBlinky - Arcade LED Control software and Animation Editor - v8.2
arzoo:
--- Quote from: Ginsonic on October 09, 2023, 03:10:45 am ---Yes, I did, but I still have no idea, why only LedBlinky is not able to establish a serial connection to it.
As mentioned before, any serial communication program can connect and transfer data, only LedBlinky can't.
Is there a possibility to debug more deeply, since I would really like to use the new generation of Arduino for my panel controller.
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It's been a while since I wrote the LEDBlinky COM output code and I was using an older Arduino to test. I really don't know how I could debug deeper without using the same hardware as you are having issues with, and I'll be honest, it's a rarely used feature.
Ginsonic:
--- Quote from: arzoo on October 09, 2023, 08:04:13 am ---It's been a while since I wrote the LEDBlinky COM output code and I was using an older Arduino to test. I really don't know how I could debug deeper without using the same hardware as you are having issues with, and I'll be honest, it's a rarely used feature.
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No problem, maybe I can figure it out by myself, thanks again!
deezdrama:
I have a request for suggesstions...
I originally built my 4 player cab in 2015, in 2021 I gutted it and completely rewired it, put a ton of money into the controls,monitor, rgb buttons etc... Im running a ipac4, 2 led64's, and a ultimarc trackball
Threw together a pc with a 2500k i5, 16gb ddr3, gtx 1060 6gb, a 2tb ssd running windows 10 and bigbox, and a 8tb hdd housing all my rom files.
Recently the build has been running slugish. Ive troubleahooted for daya, reseatted all pc components, ran drive monitors, stress tested ram and cpu, updated drivers, updated windows.....
Im just ready to start over and omit the 8tb drive. I just want a simple,reliable, rock solid setup with mame only on the cab.
Its been a couple years since ive messed with ledblinky but i have days worth of custom button animations i scripted years ago.
What files/locations do i need to backup to be able to not lose all my scripts,panel layout, etc?
And whats a good,reliable,simple frontend you would recommend to just run mame , ledblinky compatible?
Thanks!
arzoo:
--- Quote from: deezdrama on December 23, 2023, 01:11:14 pm ---Its been a couple years since ive messed with ledblinky but i have days worth of custom button animations i scripted years ago.
What files/locations do i need to backup to be able to not lose all my scripts,panel layout, etc?
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You can copy the entire \LEDBlinky folder to the new system. After that you'll need to update any path/folder changes in the configuration files, but that's all that should be necessary.
deezdrama:
--- Quote from: arzoo on December 23, 2023, 11:31:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: deezdrama on December 23, 2023, 01:11:14 pm ---Its been a couple years since ive messed with ledblinky but i have days worth of custom button animations i scripted years ago.
What files/locations do i need to backup to be able to not lose all my scripts,panel layout, etc?
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You can copy the entire \LEDBlinky folder to the new system. After that you'll need to update any path/folder changes in the configuration files, but that's all that should be necessary.
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Thanks!
So im used to bigbox but decided to try coinops, Im wanting to copy over my ledblinky folder to the coinops build and then update ledblinky over it so I can start playing around and try to get some of my old animations integrated into coinops. On ledblinky site it says to install into retrofes "plugin" folder but I do not have a plugin folder. Do I just need to create a plugin folder? At what location...Inside coinops or inside retrofe folder?
Also, Im wondering if setting up ledblinky is even going to be possible with my ipac4 in xinput mode or should I stop before I invest too much time and just be using bigbox with ipac in keyboard mode?
Thanks