Help! Cannot get addressable LED’s to work.

[mazzaneo]

Hi all,

 

I have set almost everything up on my newly built cabinet but cannot get my LED’s to work, if I had any hair I would have pulled it out!

Here’s a quick overview of what I have in my machine…

I have an EZ Installer Kit from Zeb (Brilliant!) Connected to this is a teensy controller.

Running on DATA1: 2 x 144 pixel Led Strips running from Top Left down to Bottom Left across to Bottom Right then up to Top Right.

Running on DATA2: An LED Matrix for back effects. 32 x 8 pixels.

I have spoken to Zeb about my issue but neither of us seems to have a solution at this point.

 

THE ISSUE:

Basically the issue is that when i load a table the LED’s don’t work. I have downloaded the Arduino software with teensy support and run a simple test and can confirm that the LED’s are functioning.

I will run you through the steps I have taken thus far:-

1. Created a cabinet file that looks like this:

<?xml version=”1.0″?>
<Cabinet xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&#8221; xmlns:xsd=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”&gt;
<Name>Virtual Pinball</Name>
<OutputControllers>
<TeensyStripController>
<Name>LEDStripController</Name>
<NumberOfLedsStrip1>288/NumberOfLedsStrip1>
<NumberOfLedsStrip2>256</NumberOfLedsStrip2>
<NumberOfLedsStrip3>0</NumberOfLedsStrip3>
<NumberOfLedsStrip4>0</NumberOfLedsStrip4>
<NumberOfLedsStrip5>0</NumberOfLedsStrip5>
<NumberOfLedsStrip6>0</NumberOfLedsStrip6>
<NumberOfLedsStrip7>0</NumberOfLedsStrip7>
<NumberOfLedsStrip8>0</NumberOfLedsStrip8>
<ComPortName>COM10</ComPortName>

</OutputControllers>

<Toys>

<LedStrip>
<Name>PF Left</Name>
<Width>144</Width>
<Height>1</Height>
<LedStripArrangement>TopDownRightLeft</LedStripArrangement>
<ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
<FirstLedNumber>1</FirstLedNumber>
<FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
<OutputControllerName>LEDStripController</OutputControllerName>
</LedStrip>

<LedStrip>
<Name>PF Right</Name>
<Width>144</Width>
<Height>11</Height>
<LedStripArrangement>TopDownRightLeft</LedStripArrangement>
<ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
<FirstLedNumber>145</FirstLedNumber>
<FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
<OutputControllerName>LEDStripController</OutputControllerName>
</LedStrip>

<LedStrip>
<Name>Matrix</Name>
<Width>32</Width>
<Height>8</Height>
<LedStripArrangement>TopDownAlternateLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
<ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
<FirstLedNumber>289</FirstLedNumber>
<FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
<OutputControllerName>LEDStripController</OutputControllerName>
</LedStrip>

<Outputs>

<LedWizEquivalentOutput>
<OutputName>PF Left</OutputName>
<LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>1</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
</LedWizEquivalentOutput>

<LedWizEquivalentOutput>
<OutputName>PF Right</OutputName>
<LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>4</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
</LedWizEquivalentOutput>

<LedWizEquivalentOutput>
<OutputName>Matrix</OutputName>
<LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>7</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
</LedWizEquivalentOutput>

</Outputs>

 

</Toys>

<AutoConfigEnabled>true</AutoConfigEnabled>

</Cabinet>

 

2. Used the globalconfigeditor and pointed it to my cabinet file. Saved as both globalconfig.xml and GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml

3.  Excecuted RegisterDirectOutputComObject.exe

Note: All files saved into my config folder.

I have a suspicion that it is pulling the info from the GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml instead of the globalconfig.xml. Maybe that’s the problem? (no idea how to fix that)

See a portion log Below:-

DirectOutput Version 3.1.7527.20768, built 2020.08.10 11:32
MJR Grander Unified DOF R3++ edition feat. Djrobx, Rambo3, and Freezy
DOF created by SwissLizard | https://github.com/mjrgh/DirectOutput
2021.01.05 07:18:52.238 DirectOutput Logger initialized
2021.01.05 07:18:52.222 Global config filename is “C:\DIRECTOUTPUT\config\GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml”
2021.01.05 07:18:52.238 Global config loaded from: C:\DIRECTOUTPUT\config\GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml
2021.01.05 07:18:52.238 Loading Pinball parts
2021.01.05 07:18:52.238 Loading cabinet
2021.01.05 07:18:52.239 Will load cabinet config file: C:\DirectOutput\Config\Cabinet.xml
2021.01.05 07:18:52.275 EXCEPTION: Could not load cabinet config from XML data.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.275 EXCEPTION: Thread:
2021.01.05 07:18:52.275 EXCEPTION: Message: Exception –> Could not deserialize the cabinet config from XML data.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.275 EXCEPTION: A exception occured when loading cabinet config file: C:\DirectOutput\Config\Cabinet.xml
2021.01.05 07:18:52.275 EXCEPTION: Thread:
2021.01.05 07:18:52.275 EXCEPTION: Message: NullReferenceException –> Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.277 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Log.Exception(String Message, Exception E)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.277 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Cab.Cabinet.GetCabinetFromConfigXml(String ConfigXml)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.277 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Cab.Cabinet.GetCabinetFromConfigXmlFile(String FileName)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.277 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Cab.Cabinet.GetCabinetFromConfigXmlFile(FileInfo CabinetConfigFile)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.277 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Pinball.Setup(String GlobalConfigFilename, String TableFilename, String RomName)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.277 EXCEPTION: Targetsite: Void Exception(System.String, System.Exception)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.277 No cabinet config file loaded. Will use AutoConfig.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.278 Cabinet auto configuration started
2021.01.05 07:18:52.385 PhilipsHueAutoConfigurator.AutoConfig started…note, actual connection detection will happen asynchronously, and device disabled if not succesfull (check further down in the log)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.403 LedWiz-like device at VID=10462, PID=4418, product string=Steam Controller, manufacturer string=Valve Software
2021.01.05 07:18:52.403 LedWiz-like device at VID=1256, PID=40961, product string=Broadcom Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard , manufacturer string=Broadcom Corp.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.415 LedWiz-like device at VID=10462, PID=4418, product string=Steam Controller, manufacturer string=Valve Software
2021.01.05 07:18:52.427 LedWiz-like device at VID=10462, PID=4418, product string=Steam Controller, manufacturer string=Valve Software
2021.01.05 07:18:52.427 LedWiz-like device at VID=1256, PID=40961, product string=Broadcom Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard , manufacturer string=Broadcom Corp.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.432 LedWiz-like device at VID=8352, PID=241, product string=ZB 24Port DEV2, manufacturer string=Zebsboards.com
2021.01.05 07:18:52.432 HID caps: usage page=65280, usage=1, number of link collection nodes=1, output report byte length=9
2021.01.05 07:18:52.433 LedWiz-like device at VID=1256, PID=40961, product string=Broadcom Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard , manufacturer string=Broadcom Corp.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.445 LedWiz-like device at VID=10462, PID=4418, product string=Steam Controller, manufacturer string=Valve Software
2021.01.05 07:18:52.451 LedWiz-like device at VID=8352, PID=16822, product string=Zebsboards Plunger, manufacturer string=Zebsboards
2021.01.05 07:18:52.451 LedWiz-like device at VID=1256, PID=40961, product string=Broadcom Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard , manufacturer string=Broadcom Corp.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.452 LedWiz-like device at VID=1118, PID=2052, product string=, manufacturer string=
2021.01.05 07:18:52.453 LedWiz-like device at VID=3468, PID=258, product string=USB Sound Device , manufacturer string=<not available>
2021.01.05 07:18:52.453 LedWiz-like device at VID=1256, PID=40961, product string=Broadcom Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard , manufacturer string=Broadcom Corp.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.456 Opening 32-bit LedWiz driver…
2021.01.05 07:18:52.457 Detected and added LedWiz Nr. 2 with name LedWiz 02
2021.01.05 07:18:52.458 Added LedwizEquivalent Nr. 2 with name LedWiz 02 Equivalent for Ledwiz Nr. 2
2021.01.05 07:18:52.460 Cabinet auto configuration finished
2021.01.05 07:18:52.460 Cabinet loaded
2021.01.05 07:18:52.460 Loading table config
2021.01.05 07:18:52.460 Warning: No table config file found. Will try to load config from LedControl file(s).
2021.01.05 07:18:52.460 Will try to load configs from DirectOutput.ini or LedControl.ini file(s) for RomName cp_16
2021.01.05 07:18:52.462 Loading LedControl file C:\DIRECTOUTPUT\config\directoutputconfig.ini
2021.01.05 07:18:52.469 Min DOF Version is 0.8 for file directoutputconfig.ini
2021.01.05 07:18:52.469 Resolving Tables Variables
2021.01.05 07:18:52.470 Resolving Global Variables
2021.01.05 07:18:52.526 Failed: CE150
2021.01.05 07:18:52.526 Warning: Cant parse the trigger part CE150 of the ledcontrol table config setting CE150 White.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.526 EXCEPTION: Could not parse setting CE150 White in column data E130 CYellow/ CE150 White/E151 CWhite.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.526 EXCEPTION: Thread:
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 EXCEPTION: Message: Exception –> Cant parse the part CE150 of the ledcontrol table config setting CE150 White.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.LedControl.Loader.TableConfigSetting.ParseSettingData(String SettingData)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.LedControl.Loader.TableConfigSetting..ctor(String SettingData)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.LedControl.Loader.TableConfigColumn.ParseColumnData(String ColumnData, Boolean ThrowExceptions)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 EXCEPTION: Targetsite: Void ParseSettingData(System.String)
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 Warning: Previous exceptions occured in the line airaces_1974,E130 CYellow/ CE150 White/E151 CWhite,E123 CRed/ CE131 Red/E152 CWhite/E153 CWhite/E105 CBlue,E154 CWhite,E122 CBlue/ CE132 Red/E155 CWhite/E156 CWhite/E106 CBlue,E133 CYellow,E128,On Yellow of the ledcontrol file
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 Failed: CE131
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 Warning: Cant parse the trigger part CE131 of the ledcontrol table config setting CE131 Red.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 EXCEPTION: Could not parse setting CE131 Red in column data E123 CRed/ CE131 Red/E152 CWhite/E153 CWhite/E105 CBlue.
2021.01.05 07:18:52.527 EXCEPTION: Thread:

Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.

Mario

 

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[outhere]

Fix these Lines
See Attach Example

<NumberOfLedsStrip1>288/NumberOfLedsStrip1>

<Width>144</Width>
<Height>1</Height>

<Width>144</Width>
<Height>11</Height>

Attachments:

1. cabinet.zip

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[mazzaneo]

Good catch!

still no change to the issue however.

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Zip up and Attach Cabinet and log file

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[mazzaneo]

Thanks in advance

Attachments:

1. Cabinet.zip

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mazzaneo wrote:

Thanks in advance

Per that cabinet File nothing is changed / Fixed

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[mazzaneo]

I changed the height from 11 to 1.

 

Am I supposed to do something with this line too:

<NumberOfLedsStrip1>288/NumberOfLedsStrip1>

Should I have had NumberOfLedsStrip set to something else?

Sorry, this is my first build.

 

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mazzaneo wrote:

I changed the height from 11 to 1.
Am I supposed to do something with this line too:
<NumberOfLedsStrip1>288/NumberOfLedsStrip1>
Should I have had NumberOfLedsStrip set to something else?
Sorry, this is my first build.

See Attach Example above
This line you are missing <
<NumberOfLedsStrip1>288/NumberOfLedsStrip1>

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Doh! Ok i fixed that too. See below…

 

<?xml version=”1.0″?>
<Cabinet xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&#8221; xmlns:xsd=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”&gt;
<Name>Virtual Pinball</Name>
<OutputControllers>

<TeensyStripController>
<Name>LEDStripController</Name>
<NumberOfLedsStrip1>288</NumberOfLedsStrip1>
<NumberOfLedsStrip2>256</NumberOfLedsStrip2>
<NumberOfLedsStrip3>0</NumberOfLedsStrip3>
<NumberOfLedsStrip4>0</NumberOfLedsStrip4>
<NumberOfLedsStrip5>0</NumberOfLedsStrip5>
<NumberOfLedsStrip6>0</NumberOfLedsStrip6>
<NumberOfLedsStrip7>0</NumberOfLedsStrip7>
<NumberOfLedsStrip8>0</NumberOfLedsStrip8>
<ComPortName>COM10</ComPortName>

Still not working however.

 

BTW I can confirm that com10 is correct

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See Attach Example above
Numbers are backwards

<Width>144</Width>
<Height>1</Height>

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[outhere]

You are also missing

<LedWizEquivalent>
<Name>LedWizEquivalent 30</Name>

And

<LedWizNumber>30</LedWizNumber>
</LedWizEquivalent>

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[mazzaneo]

Based on your suggestions my cabinet.xml now looks like this:-

<?xml version=”1.0″?>
<Cabinet xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&#8221; xmlns:xsd=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”&gt;
<Name>Virtual Pinball</Name>
<OutputControllers>

<TeensyStripController>
<Name>LEDStripController</Name>
<NumberOfLedsStrip1>288</NumberOfLedsStrip1>
<NumberOfLedsStrip2>256</NumberOfLedsStrip2>
<NumberOfLedsStrip3>0</NumberOfLedsStrip3>
<NumberOfLedsStrip4>0</NumberOfLedsStrip4>
<NumberOfLedsStrip5>0</NumberOfLedsStrip5>
<NumberOfLedsStrip6>0</NumberOfLedsStrip6>
<NumberOfLedsStrip7>0</NumberOfLedsStrip7>
<NumberOfLedsStrip8>0</NumberOfLedsStrip8>
<ComPortName>COM10</ComPortName>

</OutputControllers>

<Toys>

<LedStrip>
<Name>PF Left</Name>
<Width>1</Width>
<Height>144</Height>
<LedStripArrangement>TopDownRightLeft</LedStripArrangement>
<ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
<FirstLedNumber>1</FirstLedNumber>
<FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
<OutputControllerName>LEDStripController</OutputControllerName>
</LedStrip>

<LedStrip>
<Name>PF Right</Name>
<Width>1</Width>
<Height>144</Height>
<LedStripArrangement>TopDownRightLeft</LedStripArrangement>
<ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
<FirstLedNumber>145</FirstLedNumber>
<FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
<OutputControllerName>LEDStripController</OutputControllerName>
</LedStrip>

<LedStrip>
<Name>Matrix</Name>
<Width>32</Width>
<Height>8</Height>
<LedStripArrangement>TopDownAlternateLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
<ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
<FirstLedNumber>289</FirstLedNumber>
<FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
<OutputControllerName>LEDStripController</OutputControllerName>
</LedStrip>

<LedWizEquivalent>
<Name>LedWizEquivalent 30</Name>
<Outputs>
<LedWizEquivalentOutput>
<OutputName>PF Left</OutputName>
<LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>1</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
</LedWizEquivalentOutput>

<LedWizEquivalentOutput>
<OutputName>PF Right</OutputName>
<LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>4</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
</LedWizEquivalentOutput>

<LedWizEquivalentOutput>
<OutputName>Matrix</OutputName>
<LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>7</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
</LedWizEquivalentOutput>

</Outputs>
<LedWizNumber>30</LedWizNumber>
</LedWizEquivalent>
</Toys>
<AutoConfigEnabled>true</AutoConfigEnabled>
</Cabinet>

 

Sadly, still not working.

 

Here is a portion of the log:-

DirectOutput Version 3.1.7527.20768, built 2020.08.10 11:32
MJR Grander Unified DOF R3++ edition feat. Djrobx, Rambo3, and Freezy
DOF created by SwissLizard | https://github.com/mjrgh/DirectOutput
2021.01.05 09:07:11.078 DirectOutput Logger initialized
2021.01.05 09:07:11.062 Global config filename is “C:\DIRECTOUTPUT\config\GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml”
2021.01.05 09:07:11.079 Global config loaded from: C:\DIRECTOUTPUT\config\GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml
2021.01.05 09:07:11.079 Loading Pinball parts
2021.01.05 09:07:11.079 Loading cabinet
2021.01.05 09:07:11.080 Will load cabinet config file: C:\DirectOutput\Config\Cabinet.xml
2021.01.05 09:07:11.289 EXCEPTION: Could not load cabinet config from XML data.
2021.01.05 09:07:11.289 EXCEPTION: Thread:
2021.01.05 09:07:11.289 EXCEPTION: Message: Exception –> Could not deserialize the cabinet config from XML data.
2021.01.05 09:07:11.289 EXCEPTION: A exception occured when loading cabinet config file: C:\DirectOutput\Config\Cabinet.xml
2021.01.05 09:07:11.289 EXCEPTION: Thread:
2021.01.05 09:07:11.289 EXCEPTION: Message: NullReferenceException –> Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2021.01.05 09:07:11.293 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Log.Exception(String Message, Exception E)
2021.01.05 09:07:11.293 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Cab.Cabinet.GetCabinetFromConfigXml(String ConfigXml)
2021.01.05 09:07:11.293 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Cab.Cabinet.GetCabinetFromConfigXmlFile(String FileName)
2021.01.05 09:07:11.293 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Cab.Cabinet.GetCabinetFromConfigXmlFile(FileInfo CabinetConfigFile)
2021.01.05 09:07:11.293 EXCEPTION: Stacktrace: at DirectOutput.Pinball.Setup(String GlobalConfigFilename, String TableFilename, String RomName)
2021.01.05 09:07:11.293 EXCEPTION: Targetsite: Void Exception(System.String, System.Exception)
2021.01.05 09:07:11.293 No cabinet config file loaded. Will use AutoConfig.
2021.01.05 09:07:11.293 Cabinet auto configuration started

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[mazzaneo]

Why is it loading the GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml and not the globalconfig.xml?

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mazzaneo wrote:

Why is it loading the GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml and not the globalconfig.xml?

This is the file it’s supposed to use
GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml

I have no idea what this file Does,  I know I don’t have it
globalconfig.xml

Try the Attach Cabinet file

Attachments:

1. cabinet-1.zip

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[mazzaneo]

Thanks outhere, you are amazing!

Tried the file but it didn’t show any led’s, resided that the teensy wasn’t blinking. Wasn’t sure how to get it blinking again so I opened the arduino software and sent it instruction and it started again.

tried again and now it works!

I’m not sure if the cabinet file is 100% correct because the led show seemed a bit random in Champions Pub.

Regardless,  I’m much closer now and will report more tomorrow after I have tested more machines.

thanks again for everything!

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[mazzaneo]

Side Led are functioning correctly now, had to tweak the cabinet file.

I have come to the conclusion that my Matrix board is broken, led’s will only light to 1/3 of the way down. Have tried a basic test in arduino and it gives me the same conclusion.
Will likely need to purchase another.

Thanks for all your help outhere.

 

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