Content Provider arngrim Posted July 14, 2014 Content Provider Share Posted July 14, 2014 Hello Guys, As you may have seen, DOF R2 is out since yesterday, it has been prepared in coordination with the extension of the Config Tool that can use new functionalities of DOF R2, with a lot of changes, some visible for end users, a lot of for admins to manage a lot of key elements used in the tool, and a redesign of the data model. Basically, the new Config Tool is multi controller based, you can currently have a maximum of 16 Ledwiz 1 Pacdrive 4 Pacled 4 Ledstrip board (made by Swisslizard) for adressable ledstrips (these have a lot of new effects around, check the DOF manual for details) 10 SainSmart 16 Artnet controllers configurable in the same time on the tool, and manageable by DOF as well. To be able to do that, in DOF and configtool we have defined numbers of devices so DOF can easily know what device is used Like Ledwiz can have directoutput.ini from 1 to 16 Pacdrive is ini 19 Sainwmart from 40 to 49 Artnet is from 100 to 116 We can add as many as controllers thanks to the controller management tools by admin. Let's have a review of all the current and new functionalities of the tool. HOME at the home page, you can find the latest DOF, latest B2S.Server and a DOF package ready which can be useful for newcomers ***these files will be updated tonight MY ACCOUNT 1* The API Key, for those who don't know what is the usage, this is used by the excellent tool of Zarquon, which allows you to download latest ini files without the need to log into the website, essential! check here : http://vpuniverse.com/forums/topic/332-ledwiz-configtool-downloader/ you can put the bat file at the start of Windows in your cab for example 2* You can define the number of the devices you have, most of you will have one ledwiz but who knows in 6 months 3* An option to define the brightness of the flashers (only), on request by users that have their flashers too bright, we can now diminish the intensity, without altering the colorr, FF is the more bright, 00 is off, you need to be near 00 to see a big difference 4* Allows you to not generate nofeedback files, when you download ini files you have directoutputconfig.ini and directouptutconfignofeedback.ini this nofeedback shuts down the noisy toys that you defined on your setup, there are not used as such, because we will need an update from the frontend and dof to use them, so they can deactivated (they are by default) 5* You need to define Directoutput framework to benefit for all the DOF options and config files, or you will be stuck with legacy configs, outdated, not optimized, missing a LOT of tables, i know that quite some users are still in Legacy... PORT ASSIGNMENT 1* So, you will see all your devices on the device frame, with the ini file that will be generated, and the number associated 2* Devices have a custom range of outputs, from 1 to 512, depending on how the admins have defined the controller of the tool, but don't worry, if you can see 512 outputs for Artnet, the ini files will only create the necessary outputs based on the higher output number configured for your device. In this example, the directoutputconfig 100 ini will have only 11 outputs on each rom lines, like bighit,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 3* That is not new but you can define the shaker min and max intensity, so if you define I36 as max and I12 as min, I8 in the files will become I12 and I48 will become I36 4* Same as 3* but remove the fadings, which is very cool to not stop the fan brutally, if your hardware setup can handle it 5* This option can define the effect of contactors when they are triggered for a target or a drop target, like i set up my latest configs at s** 300 I32 for targets and s** 150 I40 for drop targets, you can now define the settings yourself, if you don't want any cange of intensity or duration, leave it to 60 and 48 for both. My recommandation is 300 32 for target and 180 40 for drop target it will appear like this in your ini files at the top [Variables DOF] t = 180 I40 dt = 300 I32 *** Database needs to be adapted tonight, no config is using these variables for the moment, and it will be only valid for the configs stamped DOF Revision 1.7 TABLE CONFIG 1* the table details have additional info, the history of the table configs 2* table variables are available, this is useful for DOF specialists, it allows you to define a table variable that can be replaced when the ini file is used by DOF this is visible like this in the ini file on top of the script [TableVariables] simpprtf,Test=(S48=1)/Test2={(S46=1/S22 <> 0)} twenty4,test3=(S21=1) antar2,test3=(S21=1) Bottom of the table config the table colors, to easily see how the color looks and by clicking on a color, it will paste the color name where the cursor was, if you were on a output line on the left, quite useful imho And you can see in the new ini files that all these color are hexadecimal [Colors DOF] White=#FFFFFFFF Red=#FF0000FF Lime=#00FF00FF Blue=#0000FFFF Yellow=#FFFF00FF Cyan=#00FFFFFF Magenta=#FF00FFFF Silver=#C0C0C0FF Gray=#808080FF Brown=#800000FF Olive=#808080FF Green=#008000FF Purple=#800080FF Teal=#008080FF Navy=#000080FF Dark_red=#8B0000FF Black=#000000FF Firebrick=#B22222FF Crimson=#DC143CFF Tomato=#FF6347FF Coral=#FFFFEFFF Indian_red=#CD5C5CFF Light_coral=#F08080FF Dark_salmon=#E9967AFF Salmon=#FA8072FF Light_salmon=#FFA07AFF Orange_red=#FF4500FF Dark_orange=#FF8C00FF Orange=#FFA500FF Gold=#FFD700FF Dark_golden_rod=#B8860BFF Golden_rod=#DAA520FF Pale_golden_rod=#EEE8AAFF Dark_khaki=#BDB76BFF Khaki=#F0E68CFF Yellow_green=#9ACD32FF Dark_olive_green=#556B2FFF Olive_drab=#6B8E23FF Lawn_green=#7CFC00FF Chart_reuse=#7FFF00FF Green_yellow=#ADFF2FFF Dark_green=#006400FF Forest_green=#228B22FF Lime_green=#32CD32FF Light_green=#90EE90FF Pale_green=#98FB98FF Dark_sea_green=#8FBC8FFF Medium_spring_green=#00FA9AFF Spring_green=#00FF7FFF Sea_green=#2E8B57FF Medium_aqua_marine=#66CDAAFF Medium_sea_green=#3CB371FF Light_sea_green=#20B2AAFF Dark_slate_gray=#2F4F4FFF Dark_cyan=#008B8BFF Aqua=#00FFFFFF Light_cyan=#E0FFFFFF Dark_turquoise=#00CED1FF Turquoise=#40E0D0FF Medium_turquoise=#48D1CCFF Pale_turquoise=#AFEEEEFF Aqua_marine=#7FFFD4FF Powder_blue=#B0E0E6FF Cadet_blue=#5F9EA0FF Steel_blue=#4682B4FF Corn_flower_blue=#6495EDFF Deep_sky_blue=#00BFFFFF Dodger_blue=#1E90FFFF Light_blue=#ADD8E6FF Sky_blue=#87CEEBFF Light_sky_blue=#87CEFAFF Midnight_blue=#191970FF Dark_blue=#00008BFF Medium_blue=#0000CDFF Royal_blue=#4169E1FF Blue_violet=#8A2BE2FF Indigo=#4B0082FF Dark_slate_blue=#483D8BFF Slate_blue=#6A5ACDFF Medium_slate_blue=#7B68EEFF Medium_purple=#9370DBFF Dark_magenta=#8B008BFF Dark_violet=#9400D3FF Dark_orchid=#9932CCFF Medium_orchid=#BA55D3FF Thistle=#D8BFD8FF Plum=#DDA0DDFF Violet=#EE82EEFF Orchid=#DA70D6FF Medium_violet_red=#C71585FF Pale_violet_red=#DB7094FF Deep_pink=#FF1493FF Light_pink=#FFB6C1FF Pink=#FFC0CBFF Antique_white=#FAEBD7FF Beige=#F5F5DCFF Bisque=#FFE4C4FF Corn_silk=#FFF8DCFF Lemon_chiffon=#FFFACDFF Light_golden_rod=#FAFAD2FF Light_yellow=#FFFFE0FF Saddle_brown=#8B4513FF Sienna=#A0522DFF Chocolate=#D2691EFF Peru=#CD853FFF Sandy_brown=#F4A460FF Burly_wood=#DEB887FF Tan=#D2B48CFF Rosy_brown=#BC8F8FFF Moccasin=#FFE4B5FF Navajo_white=#FFDEADFF Peach_puff=#FFDAB9FF Misty_rose=#FFE4E1FF Lavender_blush=#FFF0F5FF Linen=#FAF0E6FF Papaya_whip=#FFEFD5FF Slate_gray=#708090FF Light_slate_gray=#778899FF Light_steel_blue=#B0C4DEFF Lavender=#E6E6FAFF Dim_gray=#696969FF Dark_gray=#A9A9A9FF STATS you want to know if a toy is used a lot? for which tables? i made it for you I think I didn't forgot anything, just that the moment you generate new files with the DOF Config Tool, you MUST have DOF R2 installed, or it won't work good and you will have a big popup on your backglass screen saying you need to update your DOF Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gStAv Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 A M A Z I N G !!!! Hail to the DOF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider DeeGor Posted July 14, 2014 Content Provider Share Posted July 14, 2014 Kudos to Arngrim for this great release. He put a lot of hard work into it, and it turned out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slydog43 Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thanks so much for all your efforts with this release, really amazing stuff. Could never go back to no toys again, really make VP shine bright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dup3d Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 BIG THX for the updated tool with all the new nice features. Yesterday i was shocked shortly when the RGB Complex feature was gone in the beta Tool but today it all went out good Ugrading and using the new ini´s beside my xml config files without any issues. really awesome how simple updating can be keep your great work up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted July 14, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thanks guys quote : keep your great work up i didn't implement all the things that i had in mind, but there was so many changes, mostly in the db that we needed to release that first, next release will be easier but now i need a break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randr Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Great work tom! And Arngrim! Without you guys I would not be so interested in visual pinball. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmagic Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hi all, As some of you may know a few years back I made a small tool for the LEDwiz that made configuring a little more easy to do. After being away from the scene some time I came back to see that the pinball world has changed a lot, but there was something very nice, the new DOF config tool. Since my little tool has been broke on some points and there is allready too much different places to get stuff in the virtual pinball world it seems best to keep the config dedicated on one great place, he one Arngrim created for us. Therefor i have placed a direct link on the old tool site redirecting it to the new tool. Directly @ Arngrim: you have done some great work and spend many, many hours in creating it. I take my hat off to you !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted October 8, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted October 8, 2014 thanh you pixel, glad to see compliments from the originators i have to say i invested my time on configtool because when i came your tool was not supported anymore, couldn't save configs or something like that, that was long time ago now, like 2 years but you, numiah, manofwar, chriz99, and many more, you inspired me and i reviewed all the legacy configs to find a pattern that can mostly be applied to all tables. then came dof, and swisslizard opened the gates to a 4d dimension feedback system and i improved the pattern to the 2.0 config revisions, which i'm still busy with, there is still a lot of work to have a max of tables to the latest standards, but slowly i am reaching my goal, to force feedback all tables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigalula Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Thank you so much guys and especially you Arngrim I`m really impress by all your work on DOF and beleive me it`s really apreciate at home a BIG thanks from all familly members, They really enjoy tables with feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted October 11, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted October 11, 2014 so happy that what i like to do please so many people in the world, we have now 615 users in the tool, and it keeps on growing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted October 11, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted October 11, 2014 be my guest if you want to donate, that's the best way to thank, my wife just said, always listen the wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circo Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Question, i'm using a pacdrive 64 to run my new cab but when I select it as my controller is seems I can't set any port assignments. Granted I am new to this but am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spektre Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Verified here also. Looks like a bug. Arngrim will squash it quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted October 12, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted October 12, 2014 strange, just tested and works perfect for me, can you try to refresh the page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circo Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 The last screenshot was on my laptop yesterday, so today I tried on my desktop in both IE and Chrome to see if the browser was the problem. Here is what I get if I choose pacdrive: Now if I choose LEDWIZ, I get this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted October 12, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted October 12, 2014 the ledwiz screen is fine, the problem you mention is with the pacdrive, still the same today and after refreshing the page? i tried myself, with 2 different browsers and it is fine for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randr Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Pick ledwiZ as first device then pac drive. I think same thing happens with sainsmart. Save and then change it should work then. I think Or just leave ledwiz as first but just leave it blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted October 12, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted October 12, 2014 ok thanks r i can reproduce the issue, yeah r solution is working fine and that's how i couldn't see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigalula Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 be my guest if you want to donate, that's the best way to thank, my wife just said, always listen the wife Done! Small but better then nothing ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circo Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Pick ledwiZ as first device then pac drive. I think same thing happens with sainsmart. Save and then change it should work then. I think Or just leave ledwiz as first but just leave it blank This worked perfectly, thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted October 13, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted October 13, 2014 thanks gig i will that issue anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spektre Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Angrim, Now that the DOF config tool can use the full range on the LEDWiz 0 to 49, will the Config tool be updated to support this? I noticed it still list 48 as the maximum value you can select. Also, throughout the profiles are many I48's (presumably to turn the item completely on) Do you plan to do a global find and replace to update them to I49? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted November 4, 2014 Author Content Provider Share Posted November 4, 2014 probably after the 18th when my internet connection will be restored at my new house, where i move end of this week, i have quite some things to update in the tool pending already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randr Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 After the 18th!?!? good luck with the move and congrats! Enjoy your break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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