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SimTools v2 - Game Dash v2.3

Format and Send Game Dash data to a device/program.

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  1. yobuddy

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    yobuddy submitted a new resource:

    Game Dash - Format and Send Game Dash data to a device/program.

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    Action is in GTR2 using Speed,Rpm,Gear. Detailed post to come.

    Using a Ardunio and some leds and a pot, we can create a setable shift light.
    Thanks @bsft Sorry video no real good, need to do a new one for V2.

    ShiftLight Box.png
    One that I have been helping @Ministrinity with is a wind generator that takes the Speed value and turns it into a Speed to control the a fan with, faster you drive the harder it blows at you. Sorry no Vid , project belongs to Ministrinity as I only built the Ard code for his idea to work correctly in SimTools.

    Another earlier project before the application become the great program that it is , was to wire a Porsche Dashboard and make it move with 6 Analog Gauges and 11 different light, as you can see we can push a lot of data out the app to control a very complicated Dashboard, the potential is endless.
    Video provided by @ITman496 Thanks.
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    there is any way to convert decimal number in "IN" of DashXX to BIN like "TOHEX" command ?
    thanks
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    "toBin" command added
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    Thanks for this some existing codes for the TM1638 use binary, I rewrote my code so it doesnt but this will be handy for others to use.
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    test TOBIN, but I would like to convert decimal value to 16bit binary ( 0 - 65535 ) for send in two byte to my arduino code.

    thanks
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    Use the "bin" type output setting at 16bit for either SER or NET output and you will get what you want.

    have you tried the toChr command?
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    i don't know how to use tochr, but i understand that output type setting in game engine is the same for game dash (if you can add a separate setting for game dash is a great plus).
    at this point decide to use output at 16bit hex.
    my hardware is a single pc with a single arduino for motor and TM1638. in my test sometimes work motor, sometimes work TM1638.
    is provided this configuration or i must use separate arduino for motor and dashboard ?

    thanks
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    Both Game Engine and Game Dash have their own output settings.
    I thought you were talking about the scripting language that configures your dash output?

    A com port can only be used by one program at a time, Game Engine or Game Dash.
    both programs can't use the same com port at the same time.
    so yes, In your case you would need 2.
    One is the Simulator Interface.
    The other is a Dash interface.

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    correct need to seperate the Tm1638 mate.
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    Well done @soraz more different code we have the better for all, look into mine and you can see how you can use buttons to form pages for extra data and options for your TM1638 code, some of the game like Rfactor and rfactor mods like formula truck give us a lot more varaibles, after Christmas I will show people how to create a flag indicator for a couple of the games. Be nice to have a led board showing me what flag is flying. Feel free to use any of the code I have posted in any way mate.
    Thanks for the contribution.
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    Wow, this is very cool. Thank you.
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    This is awesome. Well done guys. I hope to have a setup similar to this soon.
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    Hi,

    I love this tool. Super nice and "simple". I got it to work the first time I tried it on my computer at work and in a matter of minutes I had Speed showing up on a tiny 7-segment display hooked to an Arduino.

    But now I can't get it to work at all here at home. Just to make sure I had a clean install I removed everything: rFactor, SimTools and GameDash. Then I installed everything again and went through the configuration as I had done at work - but there is still a problem. I actually don't think the problem is with Game Dash - but rather with the rFactor2 plugin.

    Here is a snapshot of my screen where Game Dash is running as well as rFactor. You can see that all the game dash fields are still just showing Dash1, Dash2, Dash3 and so on - instead of Speed, RPM .....

    I do notice that when I run the game there is no "icon" top left for the plugin. Isn't that the reason? It is as if the plugin is not working at all - and therefor not sending anything Game Dash.

    What could I try to get this to work again? I have disable UAC and double check every setting. I installed the rFactor2 plugin with the SimTools plugin updater.

    Attached Files:

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    Not sure need to reload rfactor2 in order to check. May on plugin update the dashdata was not included.
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