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I'm slyfox04 @ DIYC forums. Just FYI, didn't steal this post 
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I've recently made the switch to xLights for my scheduling after 2 horror years of Vixen 2.1 program scheduling dramas (the ol' com port X denied issue).
The current version 3.2.9 is quite cool, I like how playlists can be randomized . I Last used 2012c.
Anyway, I use a LedTriks board powered by a Triks-C. In Vixen I use the launcher to run a basic loop of "Tune to XX.X FM" and display the currently playing track of each sequence.
I needed to be able to do this under xLights also, so I dug around the documentation for the Scripting and come up with a relatively easy way to do it.
Hopefully this is of use to someone in the future.
Your batch files (I recommend using these to launch LTC and supply the LED file argument),
* should have a filename that's the same as your xLight sequence minus the '.xseq' extension
* optionally have _LTC in the filename.
eg. 2013-TSO_Siberian_Sleigh_Ride_LTC.bat
Which has this inside it, paths are as example only (I run everything from C:\ root to avoid issues), tskill part of windows (XP and Win 7, AFIAK) and is used to kill of existing LTC processes so the new one we launch
can get the com port.
The entire script is below for your perusal, line 500 onwards just works out the filename of the batch file, then jumps back to the main block (line 200) to execute the sequence and EXEC the batch file
Most of this is auto generated by xLights (if you go Playlists -> Custom Script), I've marked the blocks where possible with 'GENERATED'
I've highlights my modifications so you can see them.
NOTE: This script repeats, randomizes, and skips first item in the playlist
Lines modified:
221 -> print out what batch file we'll launch
223 -> EXEC batch file, modify path as necessary to suite your environment
370 -> jump to line 500 to work out batch file name
371 -> just a remark to remind me what the old code was
500 -> onwards works out the batch file name
.I've recently made the switch to xLights for my scheduling after 2 horror years of Vixen 2.1 program scheduling dramas (the ol' com port X denied issue).
The current version 3.2.9 is quite cool, I like how playlists can be randomized
. I Last used 2012c.Anyway, I use a LedTriks board powered by a Triks-C. In Vixen I use the launcher to run a basic loop of "Tune to XX.X FM" and display the currently playing track of each sequence.
I needed to be able to do this under xLights also, so I dug around the documentation for the Scripting and come up with a relatively easy way to do it.
Hopefully this is of use to someone in the future
.Your batch files (I recommend using these to launch LTC and supply the LED file argument),
* should have a filename that's the same as your xLight sequence minus the '.xseq' extension
* optionally have _LTC in the filename.
eg. 2013-TSO_Siberian_Sleigh_Ride_LTC.bat
Which has this inside it, paths are as example only (I run everything from C:\ root to avoid issues), tskill part of windows (XP and Win 7, AFIAK) and is used to kill of existing LTC processes so the new one we launch
can get the com port.
Code:
tskill LTC
tskill LTC
c:\LTC\LTC.exe c:\LTC\2013-TSO_Siberian_Sleigh_Ride_LTC.led <any additional arguments here>The entire script is below for your perusal, line 500 onwards just works out the filename of the batch file, then jumps back to the main block (line 200) to execute the sequence and EXEC the batch file
Most of this is auto generated by xLights (if you go Playlists -> Custom Script), I've marked the blocks where possible with 'GENERATED'
I've highlights my modifications so you can see them.
NOTE: This script repeats, randomizes, and skips first item in the playlist
Lines modified:
221 -> print out what batch file we'll launch
223 -> EXEC batch file, modify path as necessary to suite your environment
370 -> jump to line 500 to work out batch file name
371 -> just a remark to remind me what the old code was
500 -> onwards works out the batch file name
Code:
100 REM *
101 REM * Created: 11/29/13 14:23:41
102 REM * Random: on
103 REM * Repeat: on
104 REM * First Item Once: on
105 REM * Last Item Once: off
106 REM * Launches LTC for the current playing item
107 REM *
110 LET ListName$="xseq_set_1"
120 SETPLAYLIST ListName$
130 ONPLAYBACKEND 140
131 PRINT "At:", FORMATDATETIME$(NOW,5)
132 PRINT "Playing:",ITEMNAME$(1)
133 PLAYITEM 1
134 WAIT
140 ONPLAYBACKEND 300
170 IF PLAYLISTSIZE-1>1 THEN 176
172 PRINT "ERROR: not enough items in playlist to support random playback"
174 GOTO 400
176 LET LastItemPlayed=-1
178 DIM PLAYED(PLAYLISTSIZE)
180 FOR I=1 TO PLAYLISTSIZE
182 LET PLAYED(I)=0
184 NEXT I
186 LET PlayCount=0
188 GOTO 300
200 REM * GENERATED - MODIFIED
201 REM * Play item NextItem
202 REM *
210 LET LastItemPlayed=NextItem
211 PRINT STRING$(5,"*")
215 PRINT "At:", FORMATDATETIME$(NOW,5)
220 PRINT "Playing:",ITEMNAME$(NextItem)
221 PRINT "LTC Launch:","C:\LTC\"+LtcBatchList$(NextItem)+".bat"
222 PRINT STRING$(10,"*")
223 EXEC "CMD /C ""C:\LTC\"+LtcBatchList$(NextItem)+".bat"""
230 PLAYITEM NextItem
240 WAIT
300 REM * GENERATED
301 REM * Jump here at end of song or sequence
302 REM *
310 IF SECONDSREMAINING <= 0 THEN 400
320 IF PlayCount>=PLAYLISTSIZE-1 THEN 180
330 LET NextItem=RND(PLAYLISTSIZE-1)+2
340 IF PLAYED(NextItem)>0 THEN 330
345 IF LastItemPlayed=NextItem THEN 330
350 LET PLAYED(NextItem)=1
360 LET PlayCount=PlayCount+1
361 PRINT STRING$(10,"*")
370 GOTO 500
371 REM GOTO 200 - Orignial statement
400 REM * GENERATED
401 REM Reached scheduled end time, goodnight
402 REM *
490 LIGHTSOFF
500 REM * JARED - Custom
501 REM * Work out what LTC batch file to exec
502 REM * Your LED batch filenames should be <sequence name>_LTC.bat
503 REM *
504 DIM LtcBatchList$(PLAYLISTSIZE)
505 LET LtcItemName$=ITEMNAME$(NextItem)
506 PRINT "LTCItemName: ",LtcItemName$
540 LET LtcNameOffset=INSTR(LtcItemName$,".xseq",1)-1
541 PRINT "LTC_OFFSET:",LtcNameOffset
550 LET LtcBatchList$(NextItem)=LEFT$(LtcItemName$, LtcNameOffset) + "_LTC"
561 PRINT "BatchName:",LtcBatchList$(NextItem)
580 REM Jump back to line 200 to play item and exec ltc batch
590 GOTO 200