The DMD no working when i launch with Pinballx

[Benoit33]

hi

 

picab 43, 32, zedmd, dof ok, ssf V2, Wemos

i use dmdext, doflinx, PUplayer

Trouble with VPX

all tables

 when launching the game via PBX ? ZeDMD no working for VPX black screen with 3.6.0

i use the last version of vpx an pinballx 6.0.7

 

here is my problem when I launch a table directly by VPX no problem ZEDMD works. when I run a table by pinballx it doesn't work the zedmd remains black with marked 3.6.0 no problem with pinballx the image and video are displayed on the ZeDMD.

 

 

[zedrummer]

Perhaps post an issue on the github

[Ziggy]

This sounds like a similar issue, help me confirm the behavior if you can.

If you run VPX and the ZeDMD works, and then you close VPX and run a different table does it still work?

For me I have to turn the ZeDMD off and then back on for it to work again.

But if I keep VPX running and just close the table and open a new one the ZeDMD will continue to work.
Once the first instance using ZeDMD, in your case PBX, runs on the ZeDMD nothing else will run until it is power cycled.

[mk47]

I created an issue on github:
https://github.com/freezy/dmd-extensions/issues/474

There's a small bug in the ZeDMD driver in DMDext which keeps the serial port blocked when launching a table from a frontend.

@Benoit33 @Ziggy could you test the DLLs I uploaded there?

https://github.com/freezy/dmd-extensions/files/15282601/DmdDevice.zip


Pinball Y uses DLLs. But I'm not sure about PinUp Popper. It might use the exe.

[Ziggy]

Here are some results/observations from testing. The results from dmddevice64.dll 2.2.2 will hopefully explain the behavior experienced with 2.2.3 

 

When using dmddevice64.dll 2.2.2
The DMD works when launching VPX directly. If VPX is left open and just the table is closed and a new one is opened (regardless of the altcolor file type (.pal, .vni, .cRZ, .pac) the DMD will work. Once VPX is closed and reopened the DMD needs to be power cycled, or the subsequent table only displays black. 
If PinballY is utilized it will launch and close VPX for each table, which requires a power cycle each time for the DMD to work.

 

There is an odd thing. If the FlexDMD add-on in PinballY has the first instance, the DMD works. The DMD will go black when a table is launched but closing the table and returning to PinballY the FlexDMD add-on will return to operating.

 

When using dmddevice64.dll 2.2.3 from the file you attached.
It had nearly identical behaviour. The difference was that in the scenario where VPX is left open and tables are loaded, the DMD only worked for the first table loaded, each subsequent table had a black DMD. The 2.2.2 version allowed multiple table DMD's to operate if VPX wasn't closed.

 

I hope this helps, let me know if I can provide any additional information.