English topic: AmbiBox (Server IR х.х.х Ambilight Edition). Updated 12.01.2015

[HansDampf]

Oh, i thought the SEDU is implemented in AmbiBox?
The SEDU is allready set to 250000 Baud. I am writing with the Editor of the SEDU article.
So i think everything seems okay. But why the lights are off?

Finish: SEDU-Box is to old !
So no matching Hardware.

[demmax2004]

AmbiBox set baud rate 256000

[gtr]

Hello,

I would like to report a little bug with Ambibox.
There is a little keyboard lag occurring when Ambibox is running.

I noticed it in Game (Battlefield 4).
Sometimes keystroke would be delayed (Lag/stutter).
For Example: When you double tap a key (W key) to run forward, sometimes the character would not run.
The second keystroke would be delayed (slightly enough to make the run not working), so the character would end up just walking.

I tried to get it on video (It is much easier to see it live)
Bug happen at:
0:08-0:09
0:12-0:13
0:37-0:38

I would advise to watch the video entirely from the beginning without skipping forward (it mess up with the speed)
and focus on the screen when those time comes (8-9, 12-13, 37-38)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHAvK9W-MY

It is very difficult to show on a video, but in live it is very apparent

I tried another way to show this better with a text document

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgCEJrmFnyE

It is difficult to see on video, but if you try to do a repro with the text document live, i'm sure you will see the lag in keystroke.
This lag seems to happen at some interval
when you play game, if you double tap the key at the specific timing (when the lag occur) then the second key stroke will be delayed (preventing your player to run for example).

Turning off the light icon doesn't fix it


Only closing Ambibox fix the problem.
This problem occur regardless of the screen capture method.
Even thought i bought playclaw to try with Ambibox, i realized that it would slow down my fps too much.
So i decided to play games only with static background, but unfortunately,
this keyboard lag happen with all light mode (static background, dynamic background, music plugin, all screen capture)

Only closing ambibox fix it.
If you do the text document repro, i think you can see that this lag happen at specific intervals
I don't know how the software works, or if there is some kind of polling or if the software engine request something from the computer at specific interval.

I tried different USB port, PS/2 port, 3 different keyboard.
I'm using lightpack, but even when if i select paintpack (i don't have a paintpack so it says device not connected), the problem still happen.

This is not a problem on desktop for watching Tv show or movie.
But it would be great if for games only we could have "Static background" working without this lag, so we could games properly.

Unfortunately i don't have another computer to try this on.
It may be a problem on my setup.
If someone else can have a repro of the problem we could know for sure.


Thanks

My system spec:
Asus Rampage III extreme
intel i7 980x
8gb ram
Geforce GTX Titan SLI
Creative X-Fi
Seasonic X-Series 1250W

[demmax2004]

Write me to E-mail

[gtr]

Write me to E-mail

Sent an e-mail to AmbiBox@mail.ru

also i tried a brand new formated drive with just Windows 8.1 and ambibox.
The delay still happen, if i close ambibox it's fixed.
I think we can rule out conflicting software.
I will try different Bios setting with my motherboard and try see if there is something there, but, by the look of it, it seems that the software create this behavior.

I will try a formated drive with windows 7 this afternoon and see if the bug is there
I will report back with my finding


UPDATE:

I tried windows 7 x64 clean install and the problem is not there (perfectly smooth, no delay with keystroke)
I think the problem is related to Ambibox and windows 8 (8.1) only (the lag is very easy to spot with text document).

[mntorankusu]

Hello. Could you tell me the data format or protocol that is used for Atmoduino mode in AmbiBox? I am unable to get AmbiBox to work with my Atmoduino, and after checking around for problems it seems like the data I'm getting from AmbiBox is not what I am expecting. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but if you could tell me what data is being sent from the program maybe I can figure it out.

[demmax2004]

https://bitbucket.org/RickDB/atmoduino/src/b08c9195928ede9e5a861aa1de988f7fb2bed0d1/AtmoDuino.ino?at=default

Packet:
0xFF
0x00
0x00
Leds count = (Zones * 3)
R0
G0
B0
...
...
Rn (n = Leds count - 1)
Gn
Bn

[mntorankusu]

Thanks for the reply. I'm running that exact code on my Arduino and it isn't working. I wonder why?

I don't seem to ever receive a 0xFF. It never gets past that first if statement.

[demmax2004]

[mntorankusu]

Have you tested it yourself? Can anyone confirm that it works correctly for them?

[demmax2004]

Official protocol of Atmolight
http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin#Serielles_Protokoll

Atmolight maximum support number of R, G, B LEDs: 15 = 5(zones) * 3 (R, G, B)

Atmoduino - it Atmolight, only the maximum support number of  R, G, B LEDs: 255 = 85(zones) * 3 (R, G, B)



1. Download Portmon
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/en-en/sysinternals/bb896644.aspx
2. Run
3. Select COM Port: Capture->Port
4. Set Options->Show Hex
5. Run AmbiBox

Result, first byte = 0xFF

[mntorankusu]

I found the problem! The demonstration app and other things I've seen use a baud rate of 115200, so that's what I was using on my Arduino, without thinking about it. But I saw in your screenshot that you were using 38400, so I tried that and it works perfectly, but it's very slow. Is there any way to increase the rate?

[demmax2004]

For AmbiBox 2.1.6
Download BaudRate.zip  http://www.ir-max.ru/test/BaudRate.zip


BaudRate_110, Registry value = 0 (HEX = 0)
BaudRate_300, Registry value = 1 (HEX = 1)
BaudRate_600, Registry value = 2 (HEX = 2)
BaudRate_1200, Registry value = 3 (HEX = 3)
BaudRate_2400, Registry value = 4 (HEX = 4)
BaudRate_4800, Registry value = 5 (HEX = 5)
BaudRate_9600, Registry value = 6 (HEX = 6)
BaudRate_14400, Registry value = 7 (HEX = 7)
BaudRate_19200, Registry value = 8 (HEX =
BaudRate_38400, Registry value = 9 (HEX = 9)
BaudRate_56000, Registry value = 10 (HEX = a)
BaudRate_57600, Registry value = 11 (HEX = b)
BaudRate_115200, Registry value = 12 (HEX = c)
BaudRate_128000, Registry value = 13 (HEX = d)
BaudRate_256000, Registry value = 14 (HEX = e)

Edit BaudRate.reg - change value BaudRate (HEX)   
Add BaudRate.reg to registry.

For future version of AmbiBox, edit SerialPortConfig.ini

[Kepe]

Hello, and thank you for the AmbiBox software, it seems to be the only way for me to get my MadCatz Gaming Lights to work. The problem is, I have Windows 8.1 and the lights turn off automatically after about 1 second if nothing changes the color of the lights.
So when I'm using the Windows 8 capture mode, if nothing happens on the screen, the lights go out and then come back on when something happens. The same goes for PlayClaw 5. If I'm playing something and the screen stays static for ~1 second, the lights turn off. They turn on when something happens. 

Is there a way you could change the code of AmbiBox so that it keeps sending signals to the lights even if the color of the lights stays the same? That way the lights should stay on all the time.

[demmax2004]

This device turns off the LEDs.  AmbiBox can not correct this situation.

[intz111]

I have Ambibox working with my WS2801 100 LED strip but the only problem is that instead of Red, Green, Blue, I get the reverse order: Blue, Green, Red. Is there a way to add a function into the Ambibox program so it allows user to reverse the order of the colors?

The code I'm running on Arduino UNO 3 is this http://pastebin.com/TAZMD8qV. I'm sure that the color order can be changed inside the program as well but I'm confused about all those "high" and "low" etc values. So if you could maybe even just help me edit the code to get it working, that would be great. Thanks!

[demmax2004]

, I get the reverse order: Blue, Green, Red. Is there a way to add a function into the Ambibox program so it allows user to reverse the order of the colors?

change.

[intz111]

, I get the reverse order: Blue, Green, Red. Is there a way to add a function into the Ambibox program so it allows user to reverse the order of the colors?

change.

Oh dear, there's already an option under "Show more settings". I feel so dumb, but thanks!

[Marcalie]

I have a tricky problem and hope that someone can help me:
 
I'm running adalight with an arduino uno. For games and other fullscreen applications I need to activate Playclaw combinded with Ambibox.
It works on all input devices (DVD, Movie files, games, etc.) except with Blu-Ray Discs.
 
When I open PowerDVD with a BluRay Disc Playclaw doesn't seem to work and Ambibox doesn't get a signal. Without a Blu-Ray Disc it works fine in PowerDVD.
 
Can anyone help me or at least tell me where the problem is?

[demmax2004]

When I open PowerDVD with a BluRay Disc Playclaw doesn't seem to work and Ambibox doesn't get a signal. Without a Blu-Ray Disc it works fine in PowerDVD.

http://capturegamevideo.com/index.php?/forum/3-english-forum/