LEDSpicer Trigger action help.

[hopwon]

hopwon 2 minutes ago
Hi
I am trying to configure the action that, once a game is selected the coin button flashes until pressed, then light up the P1/P2 button.
I am still a bit of a noob to LEDSpicer. I am using craft profiles and my profile_arcade, and input xml files are included.
Using inputseeker I have identified the keypress code I need to trigger.
I feel I am missing something but do not know what.
Basically I am using a fairly vanilla install of LEDSpicer with craftprofiles and this aspect works. i.e. the correct buttons light up for whichever ROM is loaded. My knowledge is falling down in enabling the triggers.

Can some give me a copy of their working triggers xml etc. or walk me through some steps to troubleshoot?

RP4, Retropie v4.8. LEDSpicer 0.5.6
Ultimarc_IPAC Ultimate controller.

profile_arcade.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LEDSpicer
    version="1.0"
    type="Profile"
    backgroundColor="Off"

        <alwaysOnGroups>
                 <group name="HK" color="On" />
       </alwaysOnGroups>
       <inputs>
                <input name="startgame"/>
       </inputs>
</LEDSpicer>

startgame.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LEDSpicer
        version="1.0"
        type="Input"
        name="Actions"
        speed="Normal"
        linkedElements="P1_CREDIT,P1_START"
        listenEvents="usb-Ultimarc_I-PAC_Ultimate_I_O_4-event-kbd code"

<!-- linking two elements together -->
    <map
        type="Element"
        target="P1_CREDIT"
        trigger="6"
        color="Off"
        filter="Normal"
    />
    <map
        type="Element"
        target="P1_START"
        trigger="2"
        color="Off"
        filter="Normal"
    />
</LEDSpicer>

[MeduZaPaT]

@hopwon sorry the late response, I missed this message :(
you are doing excellent actually!!

So basically you are setting the color to white on the group HK, and then you want it to do Off blinking.
The way you did it, should work.
Here is my two players interaction doing exactly what you want:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LEDSpicer
	version="1.0"
	type="Input"
	name="Actions"
	speed="Normal"
	linkedElements="P1_CREDIT,P1_START|P2_CREDIT,P2_START"      <<<<< PLAYER 1 and PLAYER 2
	listenEvents="event5"                                       <<<< for you this is usb-Ultimarc_I-PAC_Ultimate_I_O_4-event-kbd code but check the log for errors.
>
	<map
		type="Element"
		target="P1_CREDIT"
		trigger="2"
		color="White"
		filter="Normal"
	/>
	<map
		type="Element"
		target="P1_START"
		trigger="6"
		color="Blue"
		filter="Normal"
	/>
	<map
		type="Element"
		target="P2_CREDIT"
		trigger="3"
		color="White"
		filter="Normal"
	/>
	<map
		type="Element"
		target="P2_START"
		trigger="9"
		color="Red"
		filter="Normal"
	/>
    <map
        type="Element"
        target="CONTROL1"
        trigger="25"
        color="White"
        filter="Normal"
    />
</LEDSpicer>

I never did the opposite (color white then subtract Off, you can try color white with filter INVERSE! (filter="Invert")
With a working system try this:

emitter LoadProfileByEmulator tetris arcade

This is just a test, will attempt to load the game Tetris and will display something like this:

emitter LoadProfileByEmulator tetris arcade 
Running: sed -n '/tetris/,$p' /home/meduza/workspaces/C++/LEDSpicer/deleteMe/share/ledspicer/controls.ini
Reading color profile: sed -n '/tetris/,$p' /home/meduza/workspaces/C++/LEDSpicer/deleteMe/share/ledspicer/colors.ini
Found color Red for button P1_COIN
Found color Red for button P1_START
Found color Red for button P1_BUTTON1
Found color Black for controller P1_JOYSTICK1
Found color Blue for button P2_COIN
Found color Blue for button P2_START
Found color Blue for button P2_BUTTON1
Found color Black for controller P2_JOYSTICK1
Running: rotator 2 1 '4' 1 1 '4' 
Connecting to 127.0.0.1 port 16161
Message sent successfully: arcade/tetrisP2_JOYSTICK1BlackP2_BUTTON1BlueP2_STARTBlueP2_COINBlueP1_JOYSTICK1BlackP1_BUTTON1RedP1_STARTRedP1_COINRedPLAYER1PLAYER22_COINS2_PLAYERSarcade11
Closing network connection

These are the extra profiles that will be loaded:

• PLAYER1
• PLAYER2
• 2_COINS
• 2_PLAYER

---

Now... I have another recommendation for you, this is what I do:
When you use crafted profiles, ledspicer also attempts to load profiles based on the number of players
so you can do this (example for two players, but can be 4 or whatever you want:
profile name: PLAYER1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LEDSpicer
	version="1.0"
	type="Profile"
	backgroundColor="Black"
>
<!-- some stuff here for PLAYER 1 -->
    <inputs>
        <input name="P1_credit_interaction" />
    </inputs>
</LEDSpicer>

profile name: PLAYER2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LEDSpicer
	version="1.0"
	type="Profile"
	backgroundColor="Black"
>
<!-- some stuff here  for PLAYER 2-->
    <inputs>
        <input name="P2_credit_interaction" />
    </inputs>
</LEDSpicer>

input plugin name: P1_credit_interaction

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LEDSpicer
	version="1.0"
	type="Input"
	name="Actions"
	speed="Normal"
	linkedElements="P1_CREDIT,P1_START"
	listenEvents="event5"
>
	<map
		type="Element"
		target="P1_CREDIT"
		trigger="2"
		color="White"
		filter="Normal"
	/>
	<map
		type="Element"
		target="P1_START"
		trigger="6"
		color="Blue"
		filter="Normal"
	/>
</LEDSpicer>

input plugin name: P2_credit_interaction

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LEDSpicer
	version="1.0"
	type="Input"
	name="Actions"
	speed="Normal"
	linkedElements="P2_CREDIT,P2_START"
	listenEvents="event5"
>
	<map
		type="Element"
		target="P2_CREDIT"
		trigger="3"
		color="White"
		filter="Normal"
	/>
	<map
		type="Element"
		target="P2_START"
		trigger="9"
		color="Red"
		filter="Normal"
	/>
</LEDSpicer>

I wrote this out of my head, please fix any error, and adapt the names to your system. :)

[wtstreetglow1]

@MeduZaPaT Thank you for responding here! And thank you for being so helpful to others. I know it takes time.

This will also be very helpful to me when I get started on getting my PACLED64 going throughout the week this week and the weekend.

I couldn't get RGB Commander going so I hope I have better luck with LEDSpicer.

Thank you again for what you have created for everyone!!

[MeduZaPaT]

@wtstreetglow1 any update?