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Title: LEDWiz Questions - There can be only one?
Post by: webgeek on July 10, 2006, 08:40:40 pm

I have an LED Wiz and love it but I'm about to go nuts on RGB LEDs and have run into a problem.
32 outputs on an LED Wiz = 10 RGB LEDs and 2 spare outputs. I have a lot more then 10 buttons in my CP design. This means I need a second LED Wiz, I figured no problem until I read this on the LED Wiz purchase page:

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Note: The beta control software and OCX currently support device #1 only. Additional devices are currently offered only for use with 3rd party applications.

My custom controller application is using the OCX to control my LED Wiz. It looks like while I can have more then one LED Wiz, the only way to control it is the clipboard interface. While this works, it has mediocre response time for custom animation. Is this correct? Or is my Highlander pun in the title correct? Thanks in advance for any help!

Michael Grundvig

Edited to fix typo...

Title: Re: LEDWiz Questions - There can be only one?
Post by: DaveMMR on July 10, 2006, 09:12:49 pm

There's been a lot of talk of dual Led-Wizes.  Do a search and you'll see some threads on the topic.

Randy alluded to the possibility that after the current software update, he will work on supporting multiple devices.  In the meantime, Powermame can handle multiple Led Wiz devices.  This won't help in LED animation though.

Incidentally, I have two Led Wiz devices (one and two) and about 14 buttons that have RGB LEDs.  What I'm doing is mapping using the first Led Wiz for the Reds and the Greens (or Blue - haven't decided yet - but definately Red) and then the final color will be handled by the second Led Wiz.  This way, I will still have the animation - and Powermame will take care of any button - or trackball - that needs to be blue for whatever reason I come up with.

Title: Re: LEDWiz Questions - There can be only one?
Post by: webgeek on July 10, 2006, 10:04:23 pm

Ill do the search, thanks :)

Any idea on how powermame is doing it under the covers? I can code it directly rather then using the OCX if needed. Thanks again!

Title: Re: LEDWiz Questions - There can be only one?
Post by: webgeek on July 10, 2006, 10:16:38 pm

Ah, I see, there is a 3rd party DLL that provides the needed functionality. Looks like I'll just use that. Kinda wish the built-in software provided this already as I don't feel like coding against a DLL :( Thanks!

Michael Grundvig