Updated iMON (Soundgraph) LCD Driver (4 Viewers)

[chemelli]

Here is a version with an attempt at a proper fix for Vista...

3) delete the SG_VFD.dll that is in the MediaPortal\plugins directory, if it exists.

This will give an exception during plugin configuration under Vista. Log attached.

Simone

 

[iSP]

I tried it with Vista x64 and seems to work well, no crashes or errors, just no output to the LCD.

 

[mmf]

Ok, I just tried the new driver 11/03 (I was curious about the EQ-Feature ), I tested it once, the EQ hang...
and my Imon LCD stopped working.

Not just in MediaPortal, also the IMon-Software isn't able to display anything. Backlight is working, but that's it.



Only a complete power-off worked, now the display is back to normal. Sorry no logs.

Feature Request: Option to disable display while hibernating.

 

[cybrmage]

This will give an exception during plugin configuration under Vista. Log attached.

Yep... That idea didn't work too well... I have gone in a different direction... Please try the new driver (see below)...

Hi cybrmage,my LCD still crash(XP SP2&Vista tested)if not using extensive logging,very strange,and increasing scroll delay like you said don't work,this way the crash it's instantly.

Unfortunately... without logs... I can't help figure out whats wrong.... and I can't duplicate the problem...

Feature Request: Option to disable display while hibernating.

The driver already does a shutdown on sleep/hibernate... select the "backlight" option in ExternalDisplay configuration




OK! Here is another experimental version of the iMON driver...

Changed: Dynamic DLL linking... links directly to the DLLs installed by the Antec or SoundGraph software.. This should solve the problems encountered when running on Vista, and the problems with the driver running but not displaying anything on an LCD.


Instructions:
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1) install the current (or very recent) SVN snapshot.
2) extract the ProcessPlugins.dll to your MediaPortal\plugins\process directory.
3) run configure.exe, enable the ExternalDisplay plugin.
4) Select the "SoundGraph iMON Integrated USB VFD/LCD Driver V11_04_2007" driver.
5) configure the text and/or graphics parameters for the display.
6) Click on "advanced" and select the advanced options you desire to use.
7) do whatever other configuration tasks are required for your setup.
8) Exit configure.exe and save your changed.
9) run mediaportal.

IF you need to use the V3 SG_VFD.dll:
1) delete the SG_VFD.dll that is in the MediaPortal directory.
2) rename the SG_VFDv3.dll in the MediaPortal directory to SG_VFD.dll.

Regards,
CybrMage

 

[mmf]

In my case, the display is not disabled while hibernating. It's a difference if I stop MP (display is completely black) or just hibernate (display is bright(er), but without text).

I want the "Complete Black" while hibernating, if possible.

I'll test the new version asap.

Best regards

 

[iSP]

New version does give output (!)
However I still have a bug on Vista, not sure if it's related to this plugin, did get introduced with either a svn or plugin.
As soon as I leave mp on my Vista workstation, I'm not able to get any sound out of the pc till I restart.

 

[Pretoriano]

This "extensive logging thing is driving me crazy,tested the last driver and for me the LCD it's working great in MP only tha EQ still crash my LCD.
Cybrmage i don't know how can i help you because with "extensive logging" lcd it's not crashing so the logs seems ok for me ,but take a look yourself.

 

[cybrmage]

In my case, the display is not disabled while hibernating. It's a difference if I stop MP (display is completely black) or just hibernate (display is bright(er), but without text).

When the computer hibernates, does the display go blank then turn back on?
I suspect that it does... and it's a problem with the USB bus (the driver, or USB hardware sends a bus reset when it shuts down)...
See the post https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showpost.php?p=200237&postcount=335 for things you can try...

As soon as I leave mp on my Vista workstation, I'm not able to get any sound out of the pc till I restart.

I'm glad your getting output on the display... Is the output correct? does the EQ work? any anomolies?
As far as the sound problem... The display driver shouldn't be causing any issues... It does not make any changes to the audio hardware... it just grabs audio data from the MediaPortal audio engine...
Try running MediaPortal without the display driver... see if the problem persists (eliminating the display driver as the culprit... or exposing it so the problem can be remedied)
Also... After MediaPortal is shut down (and you get no further sound), go into the volume control settings and see if any of the channels have been muted... I have seen instances where programs (granted, not MediaPortal specifically) would mute the wave channel when they terminated, causing it to appear that the audio hardware was inoperative...

This "extensive logging thing is driving me crazy,tested the last driver and for me the LCD it's working great in MP only tha EQ still crash my LCD.

Does the driver crash if you don't enable the EQ??

Cybrmage i don't know how can i help you because with "extensive logging" lcd it's not crashing so the logs seems ok for me ,but take a look yourself.

I'll look over the log now... If you can, please post the log with "extensive logging" turned off... It may expose something... Update: Your logs look fine (except for some exceptions thrown by the TVPlugin, which are mostly harmless and are unrelated to the display)... nothing looks amiss... but maybe the logs from a crash will show something...

Regards,
CybrMage

 

[chemelli]

Hi cybrmage,

new version can be configured without any issue, but blocks my remote operation. I cannot work with it any more.
Any idea ?

Simone

BTW, the only params changed from the defaults are : backlight and V3 dll usage I think. Can you add a reset default values button please ?

EDIT:

It seems to happen only when MP is starting with windows. If I exit MP using a keyboard then I'm able to launch it again and have VFD, EQ and remote all working fine...

 

[Pretoriano]

cybrmage the driver works good if i'm not using the equalizer(btw i'm not using v3.dll version)
I've did the test without using "extensive logging" LCD crashed,but here are the logs(maybe you will find something cause i didn't)