LEDBlinky - Timeout Waiting For Primary Instance Handle

[Jumpstile]

I am using LEDBlinky along with the Hyperspin front end. After selecting a MAME game in Hyperspin, I find that very often my button LED's are not working properly, the controls work very slow (slow enough to make the game unplayable), and I have to quit the game and rerun it to get it to work properly (sometimes I need to do this multiple times). Below is my LEDBlinky log, and as you can see I get "Timeout waiting for primary instance handle" and "Event Dropped" errors constantly (I get those errors in other emulators besides MAME as well). I am running the latest version of LEDBlinky. I have also posted my LEDBlinky and Hyperspin Settings.ini files below.

I select Mame from the main menu, and navigate to the game I want to play. The theme for that game plays. I then press my select button (1). The game starts, however playing in the background I hear the sound of the video of the game listed prior to the game I selected (alphabetically) over the sound of the game.

Don't know if it's related, but another symptom I'm having: I select Mame from the main menu, and navigate to the game I want to play. The theme for that game plays. I then press my select button (1). The game starts, however playing in the background I hear the sound of the video of the game listed prior to the game I selected (alphabetically) over the sound of the game.

Can someone assist? Thanks!

- J*

LEDBlinky Log:

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[12/01/2012 22:16:32] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:16:32] Event Dropped [9~outrunen].
[12/01/2012 22:18:35] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:18:35] Event Dropped [9~ddpdoj].
[12/01/2012 22:18:39] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:18:39] Event Dropped [9~ddp2].
[12/01/2012 22:18:43] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:18:43] Event Dropped [9~dogfight].
[12/01/2012 22:18:45] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:18:45] Event Dropped [9~ddonpacha].
[12/01/2012 22:24:27] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:27] Event Dropped [9~88games].
[12/01/2012 22:24:33] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:33] Event Dropped [9~dai2kaku].
[12/01/2012 22:24:35] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:35] Event Dropped [9~danceyes].
[12/01/2012 22:24:36] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:36] Event Dropped [9~dariusg].
[12/01/2012 22:24:37] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:37] Event Dropped [9~deadang].
[12/01/2012 22:24:38] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:38] Event Dropped [9~dtrvwz5].
[12/01/2012 22:24:40] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:40] Event Dropped [9~dassault].
[12/01/2012 22:24:42] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:42] Event Dropped [9~digdug].
[12/01/2012 22:24:44] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:44] Event Dropped [9~cdiscon1].
[12/01/2012 22:24:46] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:46] Event Dropped [9~ddpdoj].
[12/01/2012 22:24:48] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:48] Event Dropped [9~ddp2].
[12/01/2012 22:24:50] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:50] Event Dropped [9~ddpdoj].
[12/01/2012 22:24:50] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:50] Event Dropped [9~ddp2].
[12/01/2012 22:24:52] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:24:52] Event Dropped [9~ddpdojblk].
[12/01/2012 22:27:48] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:27:48] Event Dropped [9~blitz99].
[12/01/2012 22:27:49] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:27:49] Event Dropped [9~ket].
[12/01/2012 22:27:51] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:27:51] Event Dropped [9~ketarr151].
[12/01/2012 22:27:55] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:27:55] Event Dropped [3~ketarr151].
[12/01/2012 22:27:55] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/01/2012 22:27:55] Event Dropped [9~ketarr].
[12/02/2012 13:14:20] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/02/2012 13:14:20] Event Dropped [7~MAME].
[12/03/2012 17:42:44] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:42:44] Event Dropped [7~Super Nintendo Entertainment System].
[12/03/2012 17:42:45] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:42:45] Event Dropped [9~2020 Super Baseball (USA)].
[12/03/2012 17:42:53] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:42:53] Event Dropped [9~Natsume Championship Wrestling (USA)].
[12/03/2012 17:42:54] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:42:54] Event Dropped [9~NBA All-Star Challenge (USA)].
[12/03/2012 17:51:33] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:51:33] Event Dropped [7~Super Nintendo Entertainment System].
[12/03/2012 17:51:34] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:51:34] Event Dropped [9~2020 Super Baseball (USA)].
[12/03/2012 17:51:35] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:51:35] Event Dropped [9~ActRaiser 2 (USA)].
[12/03/2012 17:51:41] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:51:41] Event Dropped [9~NBA Live 96 (USA)].
[12/03/2012 17:51:42] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:51:42] Event Dropped [9~NBA Jam - XXX Edition (USA)].
[12/03/2012 17:51:42] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 17:51:42] Event Dropped [3~NBA Jam - XXX Edition (USA)].
[12/03/2012 18:51:28] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 18:51:28] Event Dropped [7~MAME].
[12/03/2012 20:19:30] Timeout waiting for Primary Instance Handle.
[12/03/2012 20:19:30] Event Dropped [7~MAME].
LEDBlinky Settings.ini:

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;For exclusive use with LEDBlinky – Arcade LED Control Software.

[GameOptions]
LightGameControls=1
GamePlayLWAFile=<Audio Animation>
GamePlayAniJukeboxOnly=1
GamePauseLWAFile=<Random Montage>
GamePauseSpeakControls=0
UseMameOutputs=1
LightPlayerStartCoin=1
GameStartLWAFile=<Random>
GameStartSpeakControls=0
GameStartSpeakPrimaryControls=0
GameStartSpeakName=0
GameStartStrobeName=0
GameStartSpeakText=
GameStartStrobeText=0
AbortSpeechAnyKey=0
SpeakControlsPrefix=
SpeakPrimaryControlsPrefix=Primary Control

[FEOptions]
FE=hyperspin
LightFEControls=0
DemoGameControls=1
DemoScrollDelay=0
DemoDuration=5
FELWAFile=<Audio Animation>
FEScreenSaverLWAFile=<Audio Animation>
FEScreenSaverRandomText=0
FEScreenSaverRandomTextDelay=60
FEScreenSaverRandomTextBerzerkMode=0
FEStartLWAFile=<Random>
FEStartSpeakText=
FEStartStrobeText=0
FEQuitLWAFile=<Random>
FEQuitSpeakText=
FEQuitStrobeText=0
FESpeakControlsKey=188
FEListSelectedLWAFile=<Random>
FEButtonFlash=0
FEButtonFlashSpeed=50
FESettingsFile=D:\Hyperspin\Settings\Settings.ini

[MAMEConfig]
Colors_ini=D:\Hyperspin\Utilities\LEDBlinky\Colors.ini
Mame_cfg_folder=D:\Hyperspin\Emulators\MAME\cfg
MameControllerFile=D:\Hyperspin\Emulators\MAME\ctrlr\Standard.cfg
UseMameDefaultForOtherEmulators=1
MameOutputBufferSize=
MameControlsFile=D:\Hyperspin\Emulators\MAME\Controls.ini
MameXmlFile=D:\Hyperspin\Emulators\MAME\listxml.xml
UseMameToTriggerGameStart=0

[RandomText]
Text0=Get The Intruder
Text1=Intruder Alert!
Text2=I detect coin in pocket.

[Speech]
SpeechRate=0
SpeechVolume=100
Voice=Microsoft Anna - English (United States)

[AudioAnimation]
AudioDevice=0
AudioInput=0
SampleRate=30
AmplitudeMultiplier=0
AutoAmpMultTargetAvgLow=8
AutoAmpMultTargetAvgHigh=14
AutoAmpMultUpdateRate=2000
AAMode=1
AAGamePlayLWAFile=
AAGamePauseLWAFile=
AAFEActiveLWAFile=
AAFEScreenSaverLWAFile=
AACabAttractLWAFile=
TriggerMode=2
TriggerThreshold=25
TriggerFrequency=1
TriggerDeadZone=5
ControlFrequencyList=P1B1|1,P1B2|2,P1B3|3,P1B4|4,P1B5|5,TRACKBALL|6,P1B6|7,P1B7|8,EXIT|9,P1START|10,P1COIN|11,P2B1|12,P2B2|13,P2B3|14,P2B4|15,P2B5|16,P2B6|17,P2B7|18,MENU|19,P2START|20,P2COIN|21
ControlThresholdList=P1B1|21,P1B2|20,P1B3|19,P1B4|18,P1B5|17,TRACKBALL|16,P1B6|15,P1B7|14,EXIT|13,P1START|12,P1COIN|11,P2B1|10,P2B2|9,P2B3|8,P2B4|7,P2B5|6,P2B6|5,P2B7|4,MENU|3,P2START|2,P2COIN|1
LockTriggerFrequency=0
LockTriggerThreshold=1
Decay=4
SpectrumMode=1
SpectrumColor1=clBlue
SpectrumColor2=clFuchsia
SpectrumColor3=clFuchsia
SpectrumColor4=clRed
SpectrumSingleAmpRange=1

[CabLEDs]
CabLEDsMode=0
CabLEDDevices=
CabFEStartLWAFile=
CabFEQuitLWAFile=
CabFEActiveLWAFile=
CabFEScreenSaverLWAFile=
CabGameStartLWAFile=
CabGamePlayLWAFile=
CabGamePauseLWAFile=
CabFEListSelectedLWAFile=

[JDR]
UseGPWiz49=0
UseUltraStik=0
UltraStikRestrictorType=0
UseServoStik=0

[OtherSettings]
MaxPlayers=2
CocktailMode=0
RandomAniExcludeSelected=0
PreloadAudioLib=1
GameStartDelayTimeout=20
LogFile=
Verbose=0
DisplayErrorsOnExit=0
ZipDebugFiles=1
DeviceListOverride=
JDROverride=0
NoLEDs=0
SaveUnknownGames=1
Hyperspin Settings.ini:

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[Main]
Menu_Mode=multi
Single_Mode_Name=MAME
Enable_Exit_Menu=true
Enable_Exit=true
Exit_Default=yes
Exit_Action=exit
Version=1.0.0.0

[HyperLaunch]
exit_script_key=~q & ~s
exit_emulator_key=~Esc
toggle_cursor_key=~t
hide_cursor=false
hide_desktop=false
hide_taskbar=false
path_to_daemontools=C:\Program Files (x86)\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe
path_to_cpwizard=C:\CPWizard\CPWizard.exe
cpwizard_delay=8000
cpwizard_params=-timeout 5000
last_system=MAME
last_rom=hangon
fade_in=false
fade_out=false
fade_color=0x000000
fade_in_duration=500
fade_out_duration=500
fade_in_delay=10000
fade_in_interrupt_keys=anykey
keymapper_enabled=false
keymapper=
keymapper_path=
keymapper_profiles_path=D:\Hyperspin\Keymapper Profiles\
MultiGame_Key=NumpadSub
MultiGame_Select_Key=Enter
MultiGame_Exit_Key=Esc

[Resolution]
FullScreen=true
Width=1920
Height=1080
Scanlines_Active=false
Scanlines_Image=aperture_hres_j4
Scanlines_Scale=2
Scanlines_Alpha=0.1

[Optimizer]
CPU_Priority=normal
Quality=BEST
Image_Smoothing=true
Animated_Backgrounds=true
Inter_Backgrounds=true
Level1_Backgrounds=true
Level2_Backgrounds=true
Level3_Backgrounds=true
Level4_Backgrounds=true
Special_Backgrounds=true
Wait_For_Special=true
Animated_Artworks=true
Level1_Artworks=true
Level2_Artworks=true

[IntroVideo]
Use_Intro=true
Stop_On_Keypress=true

[Sound]
Master_Volume=100
Video_Volume=100
Wheel_Volume=30
Interface_Volume=100

[AttractMode]
Active=true
Time=30
MaxSpinTime=8
HyperSpin=true
Wait_For_Video=false

[Keyboard]
Key_Delay=true

[P1 Controls]
Start=49
Exit=27
Up=38
Down=40
SkipUp=37
SkipDown=39
SkipUpNumber=67
SkipDownNumber=78
HyperSpin=188
Genre=86
Favorites=77

[P2 Controls]
Start=50
Exit=27
Up=87
Down=69
SkipUp=82
SkipDown=84
SkipUpNumber=83
SkipDownNumber=71
HyperSpin=74
Genre=68
Favorites=72

[P1 Joystick]
Enabled=true
Joy=3
Threshold=40
Start=Button_8
Exit=Button_7
Up=Analog_Up
Down=Analog_Down
SkipUp=POV_Up
SkipDown=POV_Right
SkipUpNumber=POV_Right
SkipDownNumber=POV_Left
HyperSpin=Button_4
Genre=Button_3
Favorites=Button_2

[P2 Joystick]
Enabled=false
Joy=1
Threshold=40
Start=Button_10
Exit=Button_9
Up=Analog_Up
Down=Analog_Down
SkipUp=Analog_Left
SkipDown=Analog_Right
SkipUpNumber=Button_5
SkipDownNumber=Button_6
HyperSpin=Button_1
Genre=Button_7
Favorites=Button_8

[Trackball]
Enabled=true
Sensitivity=85


[Spinner]
Enabled=false
Sensitivity=90

[Startup Program]
Executable=
Paramaters=
Working_Directory=
WinState=
[Exit Program]
Executable=
Paramaters=
Working_Directory=
WinState=

[LEDBlinky]
Active=true
Path=D:\Hyperspin\Utilities\LEDBlinky\
RealLedBlinkyActive=true
RealLedBlinkyPath=D:\Hyperspin\Utilities\LEDBlinky\

[HiScore]
Active=true
Y=550
Delay=2
MAME.ini:

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[navigation]
last_game=kamikaze
start_on_favorites=false
use_last_game=true


random_game=false
remove_info_wheel=true
[exe info]
path=D:\Hyperspin\Emulators\MAME\
exe=MAME.exe
rompath=D:\Hyperspin\Games\MAME\
romextension=7z,zip
parameters=
hyperlaunch=true
fade_in=true
fade_out=true
fade_color=use_global
fade_in_duration=use_global
fade_out_duration=use_global
fade_in_delay=use_global
Skipchecks=
Hide_Cursor=true
Per_Game_Modules=false
7z_Enabled=true
7z_Extract_Dir=use_global
7z_Delete_Temp=use_global
Keymapper_Enabled=use_global
Keymapper=use_global
MultiGame_Enabled=use_global
MultiGame_Background_Color=use_global
MultiGame_Side_Padding=use_global
MultiGame_Y_Offset=use_global
MultiGame_Image_Adjust=use_global
MultiGame_Font=use_global
MultiGame_Text_1_Options=use_global
MultiGame_Text_1_Text=use_global
MultiGame_Text_2_Options=use_global
MultiGame_Text_2_Offset=use_global
MultiGame_Use_Sound=use_global
MultiGame_Sound_Frequency=use_global
MultiGame_Exit_Effect=use_global
MultiGame_Selected_Effect=use_global
MultiGame_Use_Game_Art=use_global
MultiGame_Art_Folder=use_global
Hide_Desktop=false
Hide_Taskbar=false
CPWizard_Enabled=false
CPWizard_Delay=use_global
CPWizard_Params=use_global


[video defaults]
path=D:\Hyperspin\Media\MAME\Video\


[sounds]
game_sounds=true
wheel_click=true


[Special Art C]
active=false


[Special Art B]
default=true
active=true


[Special Art A]
default=true
active=true


[filters]
themes_only=false
wheels_only=false
parents_only=false
[pointer]
animated=true
x=975
y=384
[wheel]
alpha=0
text_color1=0x006666
text_color2=0x33CC00
text_color3=0x00FF00
text_stroke_color=0x000NAN
shadow_color=0x000NAN
style=normal
speed=high
vert_large=400
vert_small=240
horz_wheel_y=512
y_rotation=left
color_ratio=155
shadow_alpha=0.8
shadow_blur=5
text_stroke_size=4
shadow_distance=2
shadow_angle=1
text_font=Style5
large_text_width=100
text_width=500
[themes]
reload_backgrounds=true
use_parent_vids=true
animate_out_default=false
use_parent_themes=true

[arzoo]

The timeout errors in the LEDBlinky log are more likely a symptom of the problem, not the cause. It’s possible the CPU is maxed out causing everything to slow down. Something is definitely not right if you’re hearing audio from a different game (which I would guess is a front-end or emulator configuration issue). You could try disabling/removing LEDBlinky from the Hyperspin configuration and see what happens – that would help determine if it’s blinky (or your LED hardware) that’s causing the slow down.

[Jumpstile]

I am thinking that this may have something to do with a bug in HyperSpin. If I have the trackball enabled in the front end, the errors occur (as well as the music playing in the background thing). When I disable that, everything works OK. No need to have it on anyway as I have two joysticks.

I'll post back if I have any more issues. Thank you, Arzoo! LEDBlinky is an essential part of my cabinet and I greatly appreciate the time and effort you have put into it. Kudos!

 - J*

[Trnzaddict]

I am thinking that this may have something to do with a bug in HyperSpin. If I have the trackball enabled in the front end, the errors occur (as well as the music playing in the background thing). When I disable that, everything works OK. No need to have it on anyway as I have two joysticks.

I'll post back if I have any more issues. Thank you, Arzoo! LEDBlinky is an essential part of my cabinet and I greatly appreciate the time and effort you have put into it. Kudos!

 - J*

Jump, it is a bug. I too ran into this bug a couple of weeks ago with the wheel jumping up a game when starting a game and ledblinky got all screwed up. It was the trackball being enabled. I hope Bill fixes this.