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SOLVED :

not sure what i did, removed everything that had to do with the addressable leds 

reinstalled it right down to the teensy firmware and bam it worked!!

 

Hello guys

I am hoping someone can help me with this. I have  a cab with led buttons that are working just fine with the Ledwiz.

I also have a teensy3.2with octo board hooked to  sw2812b leds  wired to the orange wire for data and white for ground. with pins 15 and 16 soldiered together. 

the 144  leds  have 62 on the right side and 62 on left side of play field. I have configured the teensy with all three of the TeensyStripController firmware's at different times on com 3 which is where the teensy is connected.

I have tried 3 different usb ports and 2 different cables. when I test it DOF configuration tester all the leds turn on red.

I even bought new leds in the last week hoping they where bad but no luck.

I have followed mame in a boxes addressable led video and read just about every post on the forums about this and I cant figure it out.  I have been trying to get these to work for about 6 months now.

please ,please. please can someone give me some suggestions.
I am attaching my cabinet, config file and dof report here also.

 

thank you in advance.

 

GolbalConfig.xml DirectOutput.log Cabinet.xml

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Do you have this file? -->  GlobalConfig_B2SServer

You have Power going to the lights?

Remove item in red

<Cabinet>
  <Name>Brent Pin</Name>

  <OutputControllers>
    <TeensyStripController>
      <Name>TeensyStripController</Name>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip1>144</NumberOfLedsStrip1>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip2>0</NumberOfLedsStrip2>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip3>0</NumberOfLedsStrip3>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip4>0</NumberOfLedsStrip4>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip5>0</NumberOfLedsStrip5>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip6>0</NumberOfLedsStrip6>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip7>0</NumberOfLedsStrip7>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip8>0</NumberOfLedsStrip8>
      <ComPortName>COM3</ComPortName>
    </TeensyStripController>
  </OutputControllers>

  <Toys>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>PF Left</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>62</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>BottomUpLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>1</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <OutputControllerName>TeensyStripController</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>PF Right</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>62</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>BottomUpLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>63</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <OutputControllerName>TeensyStripController</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>
    
    </Outputs>
    <LedWizNumber>30</LedWizNumber>
    </LedWizEquivalent>
  </Toys>
 <AutoConfigEnabled>true</AutoConfigEnabled>
</Cabinet>

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On 1/30/2020 at 7:52 AM, outhere said:

Do you have this file? -->  GlobalConfig_B2SServer

You have Power going to the lights?

Remove item in red

<Cabinet>
  <Name>Brent Pin</Name>

  <OutputControllers>
    <TeensyStripController>
      <Name>TeensyStripController</Name>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip1>144</NumberOfLedsStrip1>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip2>0</NumberOfLedsStrip2>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip3>0</NumberOfLedsStrip3>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip4>0</NumberOfLedsStrip4>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip5>0</NumberOfLedsStrip5>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip6>0</NumberOfLedsStrip6>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip7>0</NumberOfLedsStrip7>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip8>0</NumberOfLedsStrip8>
      <ComPortName>COM3</ComPortName>
    </TeensyStripController>
  </OutputControllers>

  <Toys>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>PF Left</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>62</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>BottomUpLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>1</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <OutputControllerName>TeensyStripController</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>PF Right</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>62</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>BottomUpLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>GRB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>63</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <OutputControllerName>TeensyStripController</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>
    
    </Outputs>
    <LedWizNumber>30</LedWizNumber>
    </LedWizEquivalent>
  </Toys>
 <AutoConfigEnabled>true</AutoConfigEnabled>
</Cabinet>

sorry I tried to answer you 4 days ago but the site went down.

yes, power from a 60 amp 5 volt power supply,  sorry I thought that was a giving when is said it lit up red.

and I do have the GlobalConfig_B2SServer.xml file on it. here is a copy.

sense then I found a post where someone posted there globalconfig30 file and I tried it. and I got all the leds to light up when I used the directoutputconfigtesterexe and I didn't get and errors when I ran the led tester either.

but I still can not get it to work with any tables. last night I even thought I might have a bad cat5 cable so I cut a new one and put orange to data and orange/white to ground and got botching new.

this is the second roll of leds BTW. so I know its not those. tonight I am going to change the leds to the blue wire. I wil change the cabinet.xml file to match and see if that helps.

oh, I also used a different browser and redid my setup in DOF config tool and tried the new .ini files and no joy.

Im at my wits end on this.  any help from you or anyone else is greatly appreciated!!  


 

Cabinet.xml DirectOutput.log GolbalConfig.xml GolbalConfig_B2SServer.xml

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The Cabinet file that you posted, The amount of lights and starting number don't make any sense
What hardware are you all using for DOF?
Whatever hardware you have set up on the DOF config tool website are the files you should download and use
Other files from the  net Won't exactly match your set up

 
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yeah sorry posted the wrong file.

I get that im grasping at strays here just trying to get it figured out.

I removed everything in the DOF config tool and reset it up with my Ledwiz and my addressable leds right PF and left PF put those files in the config folder.

tonight I changed the leds to the blue pair on the cat5 and reconfigured the cab file. still no luck.

the led wiz works fine so I know DOF is working. last night I reinstalled DOF and DOFlinx . to make sure they where the newest ones.Cabinet.xml

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For the hell of it - Post a picture of your DirectOutputdirect output folder and config folder

This is what used when I first set mine up  ----  https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=36156

I believe this is the one I am using -- TeensyStripController Firmware Beta V1.02 2.1.16 13:51
You tried both sides of the OCTO2811 board?
The light on the teensy board does it blink real fast when it should be doing something or is it pretty much a slow blink

 

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12 hours ago, outhere said:

For the hell of it - Post a picture of your DirectOutputdirect output folder and config folder

This is what used when I first set mine up  ----  https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=36156


I believe this is the one I am using -- TeensyStripController Firmware Beta V1.02 2.1.16 13:51
You tried both sides of the OCTO2811 board?

The light on the teensy board does it blink real fast when it should be doing something or is it pretty much a slow blink

 

here are the pictures I think you wanted.

that is the same one I used and every other one I have found.

I have not try the other side of the octo board yet but I will tonight.

when I run the directoutputconfigtester the light flashes very fast. but blinks slow when I try to run a table.

 

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I looked at everything again I really don't see any think wrong


I see this - Should that be 122  --- Fix this then post a new log

<Name>TeensyStripController</Name>

      <NumberOfLedsStrip1>0</NumberOfLedsStrip1>

      <NumberOfLedsStrip2>144</NumberOfLedsStrip2>

      <NumberOfLedsStrip3>0</NumberOfLedsStrip3>

      <NumberOfLedsStrip4>0</NumberOfLedsStrip4>

      <NumberOfLedsStrip5>0</NumberOfLedsStrip5>

      <NumberOfLedsStrip6>0</NumberOfLedsStrip6>

      <NumberOfLedsStrip7>0</NumberOfLedsStrip7>

      <NumberOfLedsStrip8>0</NumberOfLedsStrip8>

      <ComPortName>COM3</ComPortName>

 

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OMG... i finally got it!!!!
After 8 months. I don’t know what i did different this time, out of the 50 times i changed things.

i deleted all the config files and cabinet. Removed everything from DOF config.

rebuilt everything. Put in it place And bam it worked!

thanks you trying to help!

Im so happy right now!

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