computergeek1507/colorlightplugin

Colorlight Plugin for xSchedule

Colorlight Plugin

This allows xSchedule to output to a Colorlight card straight from xSchedule without addition harware. The Matrix must be first configured in xSchedule.

Trouble Shooting the Colorlight Plugin

This Plugin uses Pcap.Net, Verify these packages are installed:

• Install WinPcap 4.1.3 (available at http://www.winpcap.org).
• Install .NET Framework 4.5 (available at Microsoft Download Center).
• Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (available at Microsoft Download Center: x86 version, x64 version). If you have troubles on Windows x64 versions, try installing the x86 version of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package.
• Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (available at Microsoft Download Center).

colorlightplugin's Issues

v6 DLL Doesn't Load

I was able to get the release file form here and the .DLLs files into the c:\program files\xLights folder. When I load xSchedule and select Plugins, Colorlight Plugin, I get the error "Could not load file or assembly PcapDotNet.Core.dll or one of it's dependencies. The specified module could not be found." The file PcapDotNet.Core.dll is in the Program Files xLights folder I am using xLights ver is 2022.16, Win 10
on an I5 w/ 12 G of ram. Thanks in advance for the reply.

xSchedule lights stuttering

I am having an issue where my lights are kind of stuttering. They will play fine for a few seconds then pause then continue and so on. If I restart the Colorlight plugin it seems to resolve it for a while. It may be fine the rest of the night but I have to restart it pretty much every night sometimes more than once. In talking with a couple of other people we had a question about the P5 matrix setup in xLights. Mine was setup to work with a Pi during my COVID show and when I moved back to xSchedule I set it up based on the video I found about the plugin and it worked. My P5 Matrix however is still setup with the address of the Pi as it was never mentioned in the video aside from using the absolute addressing. What address should the P5 controller be setup as on the controllers tab? Here is how I am currently configured:

Crash on Enabling Plugin (v2)

I installed xLights64 v2021.38 and the ColorlightPlugin v5 on 2 Windows 10 machines. One works fine: xSchedule can enable the plugin. No issues.

The other one however crashes when the plugin is enabled.
I tried to reinstall anything Colorlight related. I re-created the configuration from scratch. I added the very same USB-Gigabit adapter to the 2nd PC.

Different to the previous issue with the same title, I do have the MS Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable, and also WinPcap 4.1.3

The log shows:

2021-12-05 17:33:47,839 7680 log_base [DEBUG] Starting plugin ColorlightPlugin
2021-12-05 17:33:47,846 7680 log_base [CRIT] Crash handler called.
2021-12-05 17:33:47,848 7680 log_base [DEBUG] Loading map file C:\Program Files\xLights\xSchedule.map
2021-12-05 17:33:47,848 7680 log_base [DEBUG] Base module handle: 0x00007ff636e90000
2021-12-05 17:33:47,854 7680 log_base [DEBUG]     File open.
2021-12-05 17:33:48,901 7680 log_base [DEBUG]     Map file loaded.
2021-12-05 17:33:48,901 7680 log_base [DEBUG] Preferred load address: 0x0000000140000000
2021-12-05 17:33:48,901 7680 log_base [DEBUG] Exception address: 0x00007ffc8be04f69
2021-12-05 17:33:48,947 7680 log_base [CRIT] xSchedule version 2021.38 64bit

0x0000000654f74f69			RaiseException	0
0x000000063d912a86			_FrameUnwindFilter	0
0x00000006573a1456			RtlCaptureContext2	0
0x000000063d9e524d			DllRegisterServerInternal	0
0x000000063d9de92b			DllRegisterServerInternal	0
0x000000063d9de06c			DllRegisterServerInternal	0
000000063d9d4895
00000005de4a0afd
ffff828dae7020e8
ffff828dae702188
0x00000000001d053f			pcre2_jit_free_unused_memory_16	0

Crashed thread id: 0x1E00 or 7680

(crash log here)

I am mildly confused as there was zero problems on the other PC.

standalone Color light Card & panel testing

right now this plugin works only with external .EXE, how to use that dll to make standalone test unit to test matrix without XSchedule

Crash on Enabling Plugin

.net 4.8
Open xSchedule, enable plugin, boom.
xSchedule_dbgrpt-8512-20200822T195032.zip