Can anyone help me figure out the rest of why the pinone mini wont do bumper/target/knocker feedback thru solenoid in VPX?

[Sarvets]

            Recently I grabbed a controller called the pinone mini machine https://www.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/pinball-parts/p/virtual-pinball-pinone-mini-machine . At this point It is being recognized by the majority of related programs that interpret and interact with it. I get live readings from:

 

1.The CSD controller application

 

2.The b2s server- which is connected and says  I have a plugin enabled and working- backglass is up and can place elements of multi or single backglass

 

3.the DOFLINX in two ways:

 

new setup with no .ini and the prompt to create a raw config that i can enter into and build from scratch  and

ALSO

 acknowledgement of The new ini I compiled and built with   the DOF config tool:

 

http://configtool.vpuniverse.com/combo.php

 

Both run fine, the ini config tool version from what i can tell is:

 

 

1. pathed correctly= unique elements of the ini i generated DO seem to be at work, but

 

2.Does not connect the COMBO1 and COMBO2 elements in the following guide

 

https://pinball-docs.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/docs/DOF/configuring

 

so im not sure at this point which elements are not linked:

 

If the solenoids are not yet binded

 

or if they are and interacting with vpx -and not working after THAT on some level

 

they are binded according to the guide

and the ini was made with making sure to save and rename it to defaultconfig11

 

it loads and does everything i think its supposed to do except have the 2 solenoids (binded too the two only solenoids that exsist)

interacting in VPX with targets. if anyone from this point has any idea what i should do let me know big thanks!

 

 

 

[Sarvets]

heres the line of steps That would help get the pinone mini working on VPX that worked for me-

 

1. confirm it is working thru the CSD controller which can be grabbed here

 

https://pinball-docs.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/docs/PinOne/Configuring/

 

2. make sure b2s is setup which i grabbed from this quide - https://github.com/vpinball/b2s-backglass/wiki/64bit-VPX-Pincab-Setup-Guide

 

if you wanna follow the full guide it may help to ensure we are all doing the same thing- if you would like a video companion to this process watch marty do his thing here

 

now FOR ME there is an exception to this process:  I keep hitting a wall so INSTEAD my B2S extraction and setup is in - vPinball\Visualpinball\Tables

this is ALSO where I put \plugins and \plugins64

 

FROM HERE YOU CAN USE EITHER THE ABOVE GUIDE OR THE ONE BELOW- I found no important difference between either

 

 

3. following the above guide or this here- install DOF https://pinball-docs.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/docs/DOF/

do what it says

 

4.install DOFLINX- https://pinball-docs.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/docs/DOFLinx/

 

once DOFLINX is  downloaded and unblocked= I put it in \Directoutput-x86 which i have in my C drive

 

you can run DOFLINX and see if it is communicating with the device at this point. For VPX as i understand it= doflinx is only required for external programs that are seperate from VPX and need a link to interact with them. might as well check it is working  anyway but if not, save it for later.

 

so after all this- read the above post and youll see where i ended up at that point.

 

 

 

 

 

 problem is solved and it had two elements

 

1. there were two plugin instances occouring at the same time during b2s

 

I deleted the shortcuts alltogether in vPinball\visualpinball\tables\plugins64

and left the other plugin in vpinball\visualpinball\tables\directoutput-x86 active which eliminated the redundancy

 

2. the ini generation for the guide on the documentation wasnt clear enough about what needs to be generated with the DOF config tool for the pinone mini.

 

since this all just took place id be happy to try and help anyone who is trying to configure the pinone mini. this should take you there once you arrive at this point

directoutputconfig11.ini DOFLinx.INI