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[boss32178]

So I got everything working great and the I added a 2nd wemos controller. Every thing but the 2nd wemos controller is working. When you first start a pinball table all LED lights flash red green blue. After that and you start to play the game the 2nd controller led light up. I think it is my cabinet.xml file. Does any one know where I can find an example or know what might be the issue?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Cabinet xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Name>Pinball of the death that kills</Name>
  <OutputControllers>
    <WemosD1MPStripController>
      <Name>Boognish</Name>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip1>100</NumberOfLedsStrip1>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip2>100</NumberOfLedsStrip2>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip3>140</NumberOfLedsStrip3>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip4>40</NumberOfLedsStrip4>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip5>87</NumberOfLedsStrip5>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip6>40</NumberOfLedsStrip6>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip7>58</NumberOfLedsStrip7>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip8>1024</NumberOfLedsStrip8>
      <ComPortName>COM3</ComPortName>
      <ComPortTimeOutMs>300</ComPortTimeOutMs>
      <ComPortBaudRate>2000000</ComPortBaudRate>
      <ComPortOpenWaitMs>300</ComPortOpenWaitMs>
      <ComPortHandshakeStartWaitMs>100</ComPortHandshakeStartWaitMs>
      <ComPortHandshakeEndWaitMs>100</ComPortHandshakeEndWaitMs>
      <SendPerLedstripLength>true</SendPerLedstripLength>
      <UseCompression>true</UseCompression>
      <TestOnConnect>true</TestOnConnect>
    </WemosD1MPStripController>
    <WemosD1MPStripController>
      <Name>Speakers</Name>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip1>24</NumberOfLedsStrip1>
      <NumberOfLedsStrip2>24</NumberOfLedsStrip2>
      <ComPortName>COM6</ComPortName>
      <ComPortTimeOutMs>300</ComPortTimeOutMs>
      <ComPortBaudRate>2000000</ComPortBaudRate>
      <ComPortOpenWaitMs>300</ComPortOpenWaitMs>
      <ComPortHandshakeStartWaitMs>100</ComPortHandshakeStartWaitMs>
      <ComPortHandshakeEndWaitMs>100</ComPortHandshakeEndWaitMs>
      <SendPerLedstripLength>true</SendPerLedstripLength>
      <UseCompression>true</UseCompression>
      <TestOnConnect>true</TestOnConnect>
    </WemosD1MPStripController>
  </OutputControllers>
  <Toys>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>left pf</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>100</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>BottomUpRightLeft</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>1</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <Brightness>100</Brightness>
      <OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>right pf</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>100</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>BottomUpLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>101</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <Brightness>100</Brightness>
      <OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>under cab</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>140</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>TopDownLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>201</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <Brightness>100</Brightness>
      <OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>left speaker</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>40</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>LeftRightTopDown</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>341</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <Brightness>100</Brightness>
      <OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>back</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>87</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>TopDownLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>381</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <Brightness>100</Brightness>
      <OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>right speaker</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>40</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>LeftRightTopDown</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>468</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <Brightness>100</Brightness>
      <OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>topper</Name>
      <Width>1</Width>
      <Height>58</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>RightLeftBottomUp</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>508</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <Brightness>100</Brightness>
      <OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
      <Name>New adressable toy 0</Name>
      <Width>64</Width>
      <Height>16</Height>
      <LedStripArrangement>BottomUpAlternateRightLeft</LedStripArrangement>
      <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
      <FirstLedNumber>566</FirstLedNumber>
      <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
      <Brightness>100</Brightness>
      <OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
        <Name>right speaker</Name>
        <Width>24</Width>
        <Height>1</Height>
        <LedStripArrangement>TopDownLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
        <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
        <FirstLedNumber>1</FirstLedNumber>
        <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
        <Brightness>100</Brightness>
        <OutputControllerName>Speakers</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedStrip>
        <Name>left speaker</Name>
        <Width>24</Width>
        <Height>1</Height>
        <LedStripArrangement>TopDownLeftRight</LedStripArrangement>
        <ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
        <FirstLedNumber>25</FirstLedNumber>
        <FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
        <Brightness>100</Brightness>
        <OutputControllerName>Speakers</OutputControllerName>
    </LedStrip>
    <LedWizEquivalent>
      <Name>LedWizEquivalent 30</Name>
      <Outputs>
        <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
          <OutputName>left pf</OutputName>
          <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>1</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
        </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
        <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
          <OutputName>right pf</OutputName>
          <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>4</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
        </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
        <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
          <OutputName>under cab</OutputName>
          <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>7</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
        </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
        <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
          <OutputName>left speaker</OutputName>
          <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>10</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
        </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
        <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
          <OutputName>back</OutputName>
          <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>13</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
        </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
        <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
          <OutputName>right speaker</OutputName>
          <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>16</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
        </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
        <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
          <OutputName>topper</OutputName>
          <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>19</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
        </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
        <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
          <OutputName>New adressable toy 0</OutputName>
          <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>22</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
        </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
      </Outputs>
      <LedWizNumber>30</LedWizNumber>
    </LedWizEquivalent>
    <LedWizEquivalent>
        <Name>LedWizEquivalent 31</Name>
        <Outputs>
            <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
                <OutputName>right speaker</OutputName>
                <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>1</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
            </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
            <LedWizEquivalentOutput>
                <OutputName>left speaker</OutputName>
                <LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>4</LedWizEquivalentOutputNumber>
            </LedWizEquivalentOutput>
        </Outputs>
        <LedWizNumber>31</LedWizNumber>
    </LedWizEquivalent>
  </Toys>
</Cabinet>

[zebulon]

No idea why you would want a second controller when you could just add the speaker rings to the data out side of something like the playfield strips, increase the number of the playfield strip leds by 24 per strip and then create the ledstrip object for the speaker immediately after the ledstrip for the playfield strip.

 

<NumberOfLedsStrip1>124</NumberOfLedsStrip1>

 

 

<LedStrip>
<Name>left pf</Name>
<Width>1</Width>
<Height>100</Height>
<LedStripArrangement>BottomUpRightLeft</LedStripArrangement>
<ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
<FirstLedNumber>1</FirstLedNumber>
<FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
<Brightness>100</Brightness>
<OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
</LedStrip>

<LedStrip>
<Name>left speaker</Name>
<Width>1</Width>
<Height>24</Height>
<LedStripArrangement>BottomUpRightLeft</LedStripArrangement>
<ColorOrder>RGB</ColorOrder>
<FirstLedNumber>101</FirstLedNumber>
<FadingCurveName>SwissLizardsLedCurve</FadingCurveName>
<Brightness>100</Brightness>
<OutputControllerName>Boognish</OutputControllerName>
</LedStrip>

[boss32178]

i know I am setting up special effect for my speakers. I have some custom LED effect for some games. Plus in the future i would like to add flipper button LED.

[zebulon]

I'm sure that you know this already but I'll post it here for posterity.

 

The 'serial' in serial addressable means that the leds follow the logical progression in the entire chain, not just the string.

 

Whether you have 1 string of 144 leds or 13 strings of 144 leds it's all the same result at the end.  When you break it up into chunks by using a multi-output board you are still assembling a chain of leds that starts at the very 1st led and ends at the very last.  All DOF does is manipulate the position of those chunks in the chain on the fly.  It send the strip ID (ledstrip1, ledstrip2, etc ... whatever you have assigned) along with the info for that chunk (light every other led in blue on ledstrip 3 for example) but at the end of the day it is still defining that position in the entire chain.

 

Since you can run thousands of leds in a single chain, I'm struggling to see why there would ever be a need for a second controller, but hey, it's not my cab and you do you.

[boss32178]

I found what your talking about and If I cant find a way to install the 2nd controller I might have to give that a try but the LEDs I am use are very hard to solder on the leads and not all of my LEDs can. I don't believe I am able to do that.(not that good at soldering and wasted some LEDs already) Thank you for the help it did give me a back up plan.