Mini Display Plugin (1 Viewer)

[g0rsq]

Ian

Are you using FTR (For The record)?

I have the same issue, but it only appeared after changing to FTR (I think). Would be interested to see if you are, or are not using FTR.

this only affects live TV.

I am hopefully waiting for the "native support" plugin to see if this problem is resolved, before trying to identify where the problem is. Maybe then we will not need the soundgraph drivers.

Using StreamedMP, but dont think the problem is there!

regards

peter

 

[IanJ]

Peter,

No I'm not using FTR.

Using graphical text only, the other thing I notice is that the display will resort back to the current TIME as if it times out.
Other times it will stay showing the current channel. I think, if the channel name is long enough causing the display to scroll then it doesn't go back to TIME.

My opinion - It's Alpha code and it needs looked at.

Ian.

 

[g0rsq]

Ian

Interesting and thanks.

Will still wait for next version of Minidisplay that uses the soundgraph API, and see if this resolves problem.

At least it rules out a FTR problem which is where my suspisions pointed.

regards

peter

 

[mcrob83]

AW: Re: Mini Display Plugin

Thanks!...........I downgraded to iMON_7_77_1022_01 and now have it working with MP.

Update: Seems to be a bug though, if I change channel then the mini-display seems to remain at the previous channel. Press INFO button seems to force a refresh though.

Hmmm, I'm starting to get a bit peeved at this whole MP/Soundgraph issue......why can't it just be fixed once and for all. Imagine having to roll back to old drivers just to get it working!

Ian.

same here with the mediaportal tv client. Currently testing around with 4TR(great tuner, but other issues), there the minidisplay plugin doesn't work correctly, so I disabled the plugin.

 

[netexplorer]

AW: Mini Display Plugin

chemelli
Hi, i have found a behaviour the display switches on while a scheduled recording is running. When i move the mouse around, the display switches on. Normally i use the remote with iMon software to control the HTPC. iMon sends the keypresses to MP but it is a HID one, so not all buttons are handled through iMon. Maybe that is helpful finding the bug in detecting user actions.

 

[grandalf]

Perhaps someone can throw some light on this one. I am not really bothered about the imon VFD display, as I cannot read it across the room anyway. Rather than use the ugly external MCE receiver, it would be nice to just use the MCE remote with the inbuilt IR and Imon running. I had assumed that if I setup mepo to use the MCE remote and disabled minidisplay it would just be seen as an MCE remote on the usb port. I realise that it would need settinig up for the key translation in Imon, but I am not sure if these need to be mapped to windows rather than mepo. Having a little difficulty with this, any comments would be most appreciated.

 

[g0rsq]

Grandalf

First you need to set up Imon to be compatible with MCE remote, as by default it is set for Imon remotes.

You also need to configure it for use with media portal, there are a few sources for the settings around including the Imon website, I could send my settings, but I am away from home for a few days.

Finaly Imon does not send "remote" signals to media portal, but rather "Key strokes". You need to map the MCE remote commands to Media Portal key strokes inside Imon.

Imon will also send the key stroke to the "active " window, or to "Windows", so make sure you disable all windows mapping in Imon if they are also used in MediaPortal, and keep MediaPortal "always on top".

regards

Peter

 

[chemelli]

guys, try IRSS that will work out of the box for nearly all imon users !

Simone

 

[grandalf]

Thanks for the advice guys,

Have decided to use the MCE receiver after all, it just works. May try something like frontview at some point, but it is only a case of having the display and putting it to some use. Will also check out IRSS, sounds useful.

Just been checking out IRSS, not too clear if it is supposed to work with the with built in vfd ir receiver, or does it need the imon device driver installing as well. If it will not work with the built in receiver, there seems little point in using it as the standard MCE remote and receiver does a great job. I suppose it would be useful to make use of the display, even if only to show the time. Could it be that if I only installed the device driver through windows that mepo's minidisplay would be able to operate it, or is that expecting too much. I guess if that would work, the standard MCE remote and usb rx could be used alongside. I had thought of using just the driver and frontview, but I think that this only works in WMC. I seem to be reading more and more conflicting views and am now thoroughly confused on the whole issue. I guess suck it and see is probably the best approach, although I wont be able to fiddle around until the weekend.

 

[disaster123]

AW: Mini Display Plugin

chemelli
reinstalled my media PC today and installed latest imon instead of 7.7X - but now my display isn't working anymore.

See:

2010-11-27 22:46:47.687135 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: MiniDisplayPlugin.DisplayHandler.Start(): Called
2010-11-27 22:46:47.687135 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: MiniDisplayPlugin.DisplayHandler.Start(): Calling driver Setup() function
2010-11-27 22:46:47.692136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Setup(): called
2010-11-27 22:46:47.698136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): started.
2010-11-27 22:46:47.698136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): iMONLCDg Driver - SoundGraph iMON USB VFD/LCD Plugin v29_11_2009
2010-11-27 22:46:47.698136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Called by "MediaPortal, Version=1.1.5.30050, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null".
2010-11-27 22:46:47.701136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.AdvancedSettings.Load(): started
2010-11-27 22:46:47.701136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.AdvancedSettings.Load(): Loading settings from XML file
2010-11-27 22:46:47.701136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.AdvancedSettings.Load(): completed
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Idle Message: MediaPortal
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Delay driver startup: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Ensure Antec/iMON Manager is running before driver startup: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Force Antec/iMON Manager Restart after driver startup: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Force Antec/iMON Manager Reload during driver startup: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Restart Antec/iMON Manager FrontView on exit: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Leave Antec/iMON Manager FrontView active: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Force Manager to use KeyBoard mode for iMON PAD: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.702136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Force Display Type: AutoDetect
2010-11-27 22:46:47.703136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Blank display on MediaPortal exit: True
2010-11-27 22:46:47.703136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Control Brightness: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.703136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Control Contrast: True
2010-11-27 22:46:47.703136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Force Graphic Text: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.703136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Use Disk Icon: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.703136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Progress Bar: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.704136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Use Disk Icon For Media Status: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.704136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Use Disk Icon For CD/DVD device status: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.704136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Custom Font: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.704136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Large Icons: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.704136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Custom Large Icons: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.704136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Equalizer Display: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.704136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - EQMode: 0
2010-11-27 22:46:47.704136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Normal Equalizer Display: True
2010-11-27 22:46:47.705136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Stereo Equalizer Display: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.705136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - VU Meter Display: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.705136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - VU Meter Style 2 Display: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.705136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Use VU Channel indicators: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.705136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Restrict EQ Update Rate: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.705136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Restricted EQ Update Rate: 10 updates per second
2010-11-27 22:46:47.705136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Delay EQ Startup: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.705136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Delay EQ Startup Time: 10 seconds
2010-11-27 22:46:47.706136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Smooth EQ Amplitude Decay: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.706136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Show Track Info with EQ display: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.706136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Show Track Info Interval: 10 seconds
2010-11-27 22:46:47.706136 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Show Track Info duration: 2 seconds
2010-11-27 22:46:47.707137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Blank display with video: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.707137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Enable Display on Action: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.707137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Enable display for: 5 seconds
2010-11-27 22:46:47.707137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Monitor PowerState Events: True
2010-11-27 22:46:47.707137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Blank display when idle: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.707137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - blank display after: 300 seconds
2010-11-27 22:46:47.707137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Shutdown Message - Line 1: 
2010-11-27 22:46:47.708137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Advanced options - Shutdown Message - Line 2: 
2010-11-27 22:46:47.708137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Setting - Audio using ASIO: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.708137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Setting - Audio using Mixer: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.708137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Extensive logging: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.708137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Use V3 DLL for VFD: False
2010-11-27 22:46:47.708137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Display Type: AutoDetect
2010-11-27 22:46:47.710137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.InitializeDriver(): Failed - installed sg_vfd.dll not found - driver disabled
2010-11-27 22:46:47.716137 [Debug][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Check_iMON_Manager_Status(): Checking SOUNDGRAPH iMON Manager registry subkey.
2010-11-27 22:46:47.716137 [Debug][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Check_iMON_Manager_Status(): The SOUNDGRAPH iMON Manager registry subkey found.
2010-11-27 22:46:47.716137 [Debug][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Check_iMON_Manager_Status(): The SOUNDGRAPH iMON Manager registry entries are correct.
2010-11-27 22:46:47.717137 [Debug][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Check_iMON_Manager_Status(): Found 0 instances of SOUNDGRAPH iMON Manager
2010-11-27 22:46:47.717137 [Debug][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Check_iMON_Manager_Status(): Checking Antec VFD Manager registry subkey.
2010-11-27 22:46:47.718137 [Debug][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Check_iMON_Manager_Status(): The Antec VFD Manager registry subkey NOT FOUND.
2010-11-27 22:46:47.718137 [Debug][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Check_iMON_Manager_Status(): state check: Found 0 instances of Antec VFD Manager
2010-11-27 22:46:47.719137 [Debug][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Check_iMON_Manager_Status(): iMON/VFD Manager configuration check completed
2010-11-27 22:46:47.722137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.AdvancedSettings.Load(): started
2010-11-27 22:46:47.722137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.AdvancedSettings.Load(): Loading settings from XML file
2010-11-27 22:46:47.723137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.AdvancedSettings.Load(): completed
2010-11-27 22:46:47.723137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Setup(): Autodetecting iMON Display device
2010-11-27 22:46:47.723137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Setup(): attempting hardware information test
2010-11-27 22:46:47.723137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Setup(): Hardware AutoDetect not available
2010-11-27 22:46:47.723137 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Setup(): checking registry for SOUNDGRAPH entries
2010-11-27 22:46:47.724138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: iMONLCDg.Setup(): SOUNDGRAPH registry entries NOT found
2010-11-27 22:46:47.724138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Setup(): Display Type could not be determined
2010-11-27 22:46:47.724138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Setup(): Display Type is NOT SUPPORTED - Plugin disabled
2010-11-27 22:46:47.724138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Setup(): current module = Startbildschirm
2010-11-27 22:46:47.724138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Setup(): Completed
2010-11-27 22:46:47.724138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: MiniDisplayPlugin.DisplayHandler.Start(): Calling driver Initialize() function
2010-11-27 22:46:47.725138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Initialize(): called
2010-11-27 22:46:47.725138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: (IDisplay) iMONLCDg.Initialize(): completed

 iMONLCDg DRIVER DISABLED


2010-11-27 22:46:47.725138 [Info.][MiniDisplay(36)]: MiniDisplayPlugin.DisplayHandler.Start(): Completed
2010-11-27 22:46:47.783141 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MiniDisplay.DoStart(): Completed
2010-11-27 22:46:47.783141 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: MiniDisplay.Start(): completed

Do i also have ot install OLD imon to let the display work?