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BETABRITE SCROLL SIGN IN ARCADE OS
Chazz:
I've got my sign all set up now and I can send messages using the AlphaNet software it came with, but I can't send any messages in DOS or Mamewah. Anyone have any tips on what I could be missing?
Thanks a million!!
Silver:
There settings in the ini files in mamewah where you can specify the directory of all your LCD files, as well as the com port settings you are using.
Check earlier in this post/other post I think it was mentioned.
mccoy178:
Has anyone had the opportunity to see if the betabrites are working properly in the new mamewah 1.62? I have set up the program to an extent, but I keep waiting out the betas as there are new ones often. I just wanted to make sure that the sign is changing when the emulator was changed. Thanks fellas.
Chazz:
This is how I have my COM1 set in DOS:
Status for device COM1:
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Baud: 9600
Parity: None
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 1
Timeout: OFF
XON/XOFF: OFF
CTS handshaking: OFF
DSR handshaking: OFF
DSR sensitivity: OFF
DTR circuit: ON
RTS circuit: ON
I've added these lines to my MAMEWAH.INI file
lcd_com_port 1
lcd_settings 9600,n,8,1
And these lines in my MAME.INI file in the INI folder in MAMEWAH:
lcd_display_file_path d:\neogeo\mameplus\lcd
lcd_fe_text GAME OVER
am I on the right track?
Silver:
Looks promising. If you mean "pure" dos rather than a dos box, then I'm not sure exactly what you need - for example I know that in XP it is possible to just wire up the 'send' wire on the com port and it will still send it. I suspect that in DOS the rs232 connector would have to be fully wired, but I'm not completely sure.
The lcd_fe_text may not work as you have it, as you will probably have to send 'control characters' along with the text for the sign to understand. This can be done - there is a post somewhere in here or the other thread about someone having success with this. Newer versions of Mamewah (the current beta's) have changed so that the lcd_fe_text can be kept in a seperate file like all the others (this is useful as it can be tricky to include control characters inside mamewah's ini file. However, as mentioned, it can be done for betabrites)
If you open a dosbox, can you copy a text file (or lcd file from my program) to the sign? eg "copy test.lcd com1:".
I presume you are using the right settings as the alpha software works.
Make sure you can get it working just by copying a text file to the com port before you try with mamewah (where there is more to go wrong!)
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