HyperSpin Event Dispatch System (EDS)

[Inquisitom]

Hello,

I tested the features of EDS, and I have some questions :

- like the event n°9 (game select - when the game's wheel gets focus), is it possible to have the same event for a system ? (I mean strictly)

Indeed, the event n°8 (List change) is fired only when we leave a system for another one (in terms of wheel focus), and the parameter [system] is the name of the system which was selected previously, and not the new one ... could the new "selected" system be retrieved in any manner ?

Thanks for your answers.

[sevenseal]

when using the system wild card it present the current select system, you might have interference from another program if it function like that and makes delays

[xavielson]

could the new "selected" system be retrieved in any manner ?

Hi Inquisitom, do u mean when u are on the Main Menu, or do u actually have a system selected and its showing the old one? If u want EDS to know where u are on the main menu, thats HSFileWatcher´s job. It kind of makes the Main Menu a System. To test u can put something like this as ur Artwork: D:\Hyperspin\Media\[system]\Images\Wheel\[Filename].png. Then lets say u have MAME selected on the Main Menu Wheel, it will look for D:\Hyperspin\Media\Main Menu\Images\Wheel\MAME.png

Hope it helps.

X

[Inquisitom]

Thanks xavielson,

Indeed, I tried with HSFileWatcher, and I get better results.

[Xtra9268]

I'm really lost.

Inside HS File Watcher HQ I tried:

Launch on Item Change: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe

Parameters: c:\Hyperspin\media\mame\video\[MenuItem]

File Format: .flv, .mp4

Event: 9

HS Menu: Main Menu

Nothing happens...

I simply need to launch vlc c:\Hyperspin\Media\MAME\Video\[MenuItem].mp4 after a game launches. For the life of me I can't figure out how to do it in EDS.

Edit: I just noticed there's a pdf file in the EDS folder. I'm going to go read that but feel free to reply with information on how to accomplish what I would like to do.

[sevenseal]

hi hydra,

you would need to use hypermarquee to do this along with EDS.

EDS is a communication proxy server which send detail information from the frontend to another program.

Hsfilewatcher is a program that explained in post #173

this program requires eds to recieve it information which is why it require you direct it to eds'S module.

sevenseal

[sevenseal]

if you like me to help you setup this, I can help, if you would like to do a remote desktop session or teamviewer session that is available for you, provided by my assistance

[Xtra9268]

Yay! I have successfully configured the HS Event Dispatcher System to launch VLC based on what ever game I put into the rom field.

http://i.imgur.com/O8brKY3.png (apologies for the width; posting this on a nw system that only has Microsoft Paint)

Unfortunately when I launch a MAME game inside Hyperspin the video doesn't play. Here's what I added:

Application: vlc

IPC Method: CLI

CBR: unchecked

Parameters: c:\Hyperspin\Media\MAME\Video\[game].mp4

Pipe ID: MAME-Marquee_Video

Event Filter: 3

Close Filter: (empty)

System Filter: Mame

Does anyone know what I am missing?

[sevenseal]

I really think you are making things hard on yourself unnecessary, you could just use hypermarquee to make it plain easy. just look like you are kicking yourself....

inorder to fix your issue in it configuration setup.. you need change your parameters to this

c:\hyperspin\media\mame\video\ "[game]".mp4

make sure is a space before the "[game]".mp4

next to change to

event filter: 3,9

make sure cbr is checked

sevenseal

[Xtra9268]

I really think you are making things hard on yourself unnecessary, you could just use hypermarquee to make it plain easy. just look like you are kicking yourself....

Thank you. I'll try HM.

[Antos]

Please note that HyperMarquee can play videos under artworks section or under the Theme section. See artworks supported format for more details. Quickly, it supports flv and mp4 amongst others.

In conjunctions with EDS, HyperMarquee also propose video shaders et transitions for a better gaming immersion experience.

Good luck. By the way, Sevenseal is an excellent resource to help you setup things properly.

PS: For those who wonder what I am doing lately, I am currently developing a control viewer. Expecting to have something beta in April 2015.

[Antos]

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[sevenseal]

this is a very sloppy instruction due for updates:

requirements:Install .Net framework 4.5.1

1.: Rename EDS_LaunchModule.exe application to Ledblinky.exe ( Only for HS users)

2.: Run HyperSpinEventIntegrator.exe (EDS GUI) to configure your apps that you would like to use.

2.1: Application : Specifying application .exe directory location

2.1.1: example path for Application

LEDBlinky - C:\Hyperspin\LEDBlinky\LEDBlinky.exe

HS FileWatcher - C:\Hyperspin\EDS\HSfileWatcher\HSFileWatcher.exe

HyperMarquee - C:\Hyperspin\HyperMarquee\Hyper Marquee.exe

2.2: IPC Methods :

2.3: CBR : Close Before Rerun, avoid using with IPC Methods: Pipe or Pipe (cli)

2.4: Parameters :input are place in this order [event], [system], [game] or [ledblinky] or blank for no parameters used.

2.4.1: Front-End Start (1)

Front-End Stop (2)

Game Launch (3)

Game Stop (4)

Screensaver Start (5)

Screensaver Stop (6)

System Select (7)

List Change (8)

Game Select (9)

Animation Stop (11)

Load MAME Controller File (12)

Reset Ultrastik 360 (13)

2.5: Pipe ID : This is the name title of the Pipe to send the message between EDS and the remote application.

2.6: Event Filter : The specified events list accepted parameters to launch the application. input table refer to 2.4.1

2.7: Close Filter : This feature allows closing the application using its Process ID (PID) for application that does not manage closing by themselves. input table refer to 2.4.1

2.8: System Filter : This feature allows restricting the remote application from being launched by all System (emulator) but the defined ones.

the remaining setting are self-explain

3.: Configure and enable EDS within your favorite Front End. Within HyperHQ, set the path for EventDispatchSystem root folder and enable LEDBlinky.

4.: setup up HSfileWatcher by clicking the button label "HS FileWatcher" on EDS menu at the bottom right side

4.1: Dowload Handle 4.0: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx

4.2: Copy Handle.exe into HSFileWatcher folder

4.3: Set Handle.exe to run as adminstrator

4.3.1: right mouse click handle.exe

4.3.2: select the "Compatibility" tab on top

4.3.3: checkbox "Run this program as an adminstrator"

4.3.4: click "ok" button

4.4: Open Handle.exe remove Handle.exe disclaimer.

4.4: Launch and configure HSFileWatcherHQ.exe

4.4.1: Browse for EDS module in the "launch on item change"

example path: C:\Hyperspin\EDS\LEDBlinky.exe

[gooch]

File Watcher is great, it's allowing me to make console graphics for the Main Menu.

I'm having one problem though. I have my power button on my HyperSpin PC set to quickly soft-shutdown Windows, and this has always worked with very little issue until I started using File Watcher. Now if I hit the power button when HyperSpin is in the Main Menu it gives the error message below. It eventually shuts down, but it's kinda messy. Shutting down from System Menus do not cause any problem.

[sevenseal]

have you set handle.ex as admin, mean8ng with admin rights?

[gooch]

have you set handle.ex as admin, mean8ng with admin rights?

Well that fixed it. If that's in the doc I skimmed over it.

[Antos]

Hi Gooch :-) no worries.

No it is not in the docs, they are outdated. But see post #188.

Sevenseal is kindly preparing a quick and simple setup guide.

[sevenseal]

[gooch]

Having a weird problem that I'm not sure when it started. My HiToText marquee stopped triggering with EDS. Everything about the marquee seems to work, and if I load it manually then EDS is able to trigger wheel changes and such. But EDS will not trigger it.

To troubleshoot, I changed the CLI argument to 'true' in EDS so it would generate a log I could look at. But what's weird is it started to work again. I changed it back to false and the HiToText marquee then broke again.

I've got it set to true now so it works - any thoughts?

[gooch]

Oh yeah - low priority feature request. Is it possible to add into the GUI the ability to move the EDS items up and down? I have found that when layering multiple HyperMarquee windows it matters where they are in the list. I've been editing the text file directly to fix but it would be nice to point and click.

[Antos]

Having a weird problem that I'm not sure when it started. My HiToText marquee stopped triggering with EDS. Everything about the marquee seems to work, and if I load it manually then EDS is able to trigger wheel changes and such. But EDS will not trigger it.

To troubleshoot, I changed the CLI argument to 'true' in EDS so it would generate a log I could look at. But what's weird is it started to work again. I changed it back to false and the HiToText marquee then broke again.

I've got it set to true now so it works - any thoughts?

Maybe, which HyperMarquee version are-you using please?

[Antos]

Oh yeah - low priority feature request. Is it possible to add into the GUI the ability to move the EDS items up and down? I have found that when layering multiple HyperMarquee windows it matters where they are in the list. I've been editing the text file directly to fix but it would be nice to point and click.

Good one, I will put this in the ToDo list for further consideration.

Thanks.

[lyonbar]

Good one, I will put this in the ToDo list for further consideration.

Thanks.

I have winxp sp3 when I try to run hypermarquee it says it is not a valid win32 application any help would be appreciated...

[sevenseal]

I have winxp sp3 when I try to run hypermarquee it says it is not a valid win32 application any help would be appreciated...

have you installed .net framework?

[lyonbar]

Yep installed latest one?