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#1281 russdx

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Posted 10 June 2012 - 11:22 AM

hehe saves u sending the board back smile.gif
not sure why its unhappy on your other pc though?

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Posted 10 June 2012 - 04:09 PM

QUOTE (Snotz @ Jun 8 2012, 08:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
VpinMAME 2.5 with pinDMD support has been uploaded and accessible from russdx and my signatures smile.gif Enjoy


Thanks for the updated version, you guys don't hang about dblthumb.gif

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Posted 16 June 2012 - 06:17 AM

Is there a source for the 5v DMD's out there anywhere? Any links appreciated! drinks.gif

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Posted 16 June 2012 - 12:05 PM

at the moment i think pinLED are the only ones with displays in stock
http://www.pinled.de...85sbpa5vbbjsfc7

they have 8x8matrix orange versions and run off 5/12v

vishay are just completely sold out every where!! sad.gif


Noah will be getting his boards in from vishay soon though


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Posted 16 June 2012 - 04:59 PM

Yes, the Vishay's are coming soon. There is a lead time, as they are building orange units just for us.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 06:20 PM

Hi Russdx

check this link below
do you think these are plasma vishays and/or will work with your board ???

http://www.pinballli...o...64&parent=0

Terry@ pinlife thought not due to power needed???

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QUOTE (russdx @ Jun 16 2012, 08:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
at the moment i think pinLED are the only ones with displays in stock
http://www.pinled.de...85sbpa5vbbjsfc7

they have 8x8matrix orange versions and run off 5/12v

vishay are just completely sold out every where!! sad.gif


Noah will be getting his boards in from vishay soon though



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Posted 18 June 2012 - 06:28 PM

thats the standard plasma dot matrix, my board will interface to this display just fine BUT you will need to power it your self smile.gif, it needs some nasty voltages that normally come from the pinballs transformer + some sort of power board with smoothing caps and stuff.

long as you can supply the correct voltages it will work fine! smile.gif


QUOTE (pinballarcade @ Jun 18 2012, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi Russdx

check this link below
do you think these are plasma vishays and/or will work with your board ???

http://www.pinballli...o...64&parent=0

Terry@ pinlife thought not due to power needed???

Thanks
(ordering your board right now)



QUOTE (russdx @ Jun 16 2012, 08:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
at the moment i think pinLED are the only ones with displays in stock
http://www.pinled.de...85sbpa5vbbjsfc7

they have 8x8matrix orange versions and run off 5/12v

vishay are just completely sold out every where!! sad.gif


Noah will be getting his boards in from vishay soon though




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Posted 18 June 2012 - 09:12 PM

Thanks
ill wait for vishays



QUOTE (russdx @ Jun 18 2012, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
thats the standard plasma dot matrix, my board will interface to this display just fine BUT you will need to power it your self smile.gif, it needs some nasty voltages that normally come from the pinballs transformer + some sort of power board with smoothing caps and stuff.

long as you can supply the correct voltages it will work fine! smile.gif


QUOTE (pinballarcade @ Jun 18 2012, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi Russdx

check this link below
do you think these are plasma vishays and/or will work with your board ???

http://www.pinballli...o...64&parent=0

Terry@ pinlife thought not due to power needed???

Thanks
(ordering your board right now)



QUOTE (russdx @ Jun 16 2012, 08:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
at the moment i think pinLED are the only ones with displays in stock
http://www.pinled.de...85sbpa5vbbjsfc7

they have 8x8matrix orange versions and run off 5/12v

vishay are just completely sold out every where!! sad.gif


Noah will be getting his boards in from vishay soon though





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Posted 22 June 2012 - 09:40 AM

How is it going with the displays?


QUOTE (Noah Fentz @ Jun 6 2012, 07:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm scheduled to receive my Vishay LED DMD tomorrow, after which I will run it through some testing.

Once complete, I will start taking pre-orders for the displays on the VirtuaPin.net website.

Stay tuned ...



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Posted 22 June 2012 - 11:28 AM

I got the board, then ordered a PSU and molex connectors to make proper connections.

Will have more soon ...

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Posted 22 June 2012 - 02:51 PM

Don't forget the recommended fuse!

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 02:30 AM

OK, I got a PinLed DMD in and set up with my board from Russ and have been working with it all evening. It looks so much better than an LCD and the board works great. However, I can't get the ShowPinDMD command to work on any table to hide the PinDMD information. I've tried it with almost every UVP table I run, as well as alphanumeric tables I'm not running UVP on, and I get an unsupported property error every time I add the text. I was thinking with it using the UVP server it would bypass the PinDMD anyway, but obviously not.
The only solution I can come up with at this point is a physical switch between the DMD and the power source but I'm not really excited about the prospect. Does this command work for anyone? Am I using the wrong dll file or something??

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 08:55 AM

me and snots have no control over the UVP server as we did not write this sad.gif it does not know what ShowPinDMD is. i think snots has tried contacting the author so we can integrate it in but has had no response yet. sad.gif

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:46 AM

Can you give me an example of a table that the ShowPinDMD works with? I'd like to see if it works for me. So far I can't get it to work on anything and I'm wondering if it's just something I'm doing, something in my setup, or just the tables I've tried it on. Thanks.

QUOTE (russdx @ Jun 29 2012, 04:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
me and snots have no control over the UVP server as we did not write this sad.gif it does not know what ShowPinDMD is. i think snots has tried contacting the author so we can integrate it in but has had no response yet. sad.gif



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Posted 29 June 2012 - 11:24 AM

as far as im aware (i dont use it my self) any thing not using a uvp server. so just the table by it self should be cool

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 08:49 PM

QUOTE (Wm29671 @ Jun 29 2012, 05:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Can you give me an example of a table that the ShowPinDMD works with? I'd like to see if it works for me. So far I can't get it to work on anything and I'm wondering if it's just something I'm doing, something in my setup, or just the tables I've tried it on. Thanks.

QUOTE (russdx @ Jun 29 2012, 04:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
me and snots have no control over the UVP server as we did not write this sad.gif it does not know what ShowPinDMD is. i think snots has tried contacting the author so we can integrate it in but has had no response yet. sad.gif



If you have any B2S games installed it will work on those.

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 09:13 PM

My testing of the Vishay LED is complete! Everything is awesome.

I'll be setting up for pre-orders this evening! Pre-ordering will guarantee a display from our first run and save $20.00 USD per display!

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:14 PM

I tried Diner, Spirit, Bad Cats and BTTF B2S tables and couldn't get the command to work?? I still get the information on the BG and in the PinDMD every time.

QUOTE (Zablon @ Jun 29 2012, 04:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Wm29671 @ Jun 29 2012, 05:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Can you give me an example of a table that the ShowPinDMD works with? I'd like to see if it works for me. So far I can't get it to work on anything and I'm wondering if it's just something I'm doing, something in my setup, or just the tables I've tried it on. Thanks.

QUOTE (russdx @ Jun 29 2012, 04:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
me and snots have no control over the UVP server as we did not write this sad.gif it does not know what ShowPinDMD is. i think snots has tried contacting the author so we can integrate it in but has had no response yet. sad.gif



If you have any B2S games installed it will work on those.



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Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:18 PM

I want to order one, where do i do it? I was thinking of ordering a cabbuilderkit wide and some other stuff at the same time.

QUOTE (Noah Fentz @ Jun 29 2012, 11:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My testing of the Vishay LED is complete! Everything is awesome.

I'll be setting up for pre-orders this evening! Pre-ordering will guarantee a display from our first run and save $20.00 USD per display!

smile.gif



#1300 Noah Fentz

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 11:11 PM

I'm working on it right now, and will post an announcement when it's up and available.

These displays are going to take some time to manufacture, as we are having them custom-built to be orange, not red, like Stern's.

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QUOTE (AndersE @ Jun 29 2012, 06:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I want to order one, where do i do it? I was thinking of ordering a cabbuilderkit wide and some other stuff at the same time.

QUOTE (Noah Fentz @ Jun 29 2012, 11:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My testing of the Vishay LED is complete! Everything is awesome.

I'll be setting up for pre-orders this evening! Pre-ordering will guarantee a display from our first run and save $20.00 USD per display!

smile.gif



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