Some of the highlights of our 2012 Halloween installation:
- Custom-written C# controller on PC
- Network Audio Player using managed DirectX (XAudio2)
- Propeller/Spin IO Expander (handles all IO including DMX)
- Custom SPIN application with support for DMX, Relay, Inputs, Motor PWN and Quadrature Encoder
- Pneumatic lifter for spider, triggered by solenoid valve
- DMX lights: 4x LED RGB-lights, 1x LED strobe light, 1x dimmer pack 4chn
- Skeleton on track in ceiling, controlled by motor and quadrature encoder (built in lego)
- DIY pressure mat in stairs
- Background music and multi-channel sound effects
More details to come soon!
Hakan's coding and stuff 
#1 by Lee Alder on December 5, 2013 - 8:32 am
I like your project idea, I dl the VS and installed it, but I can’t get it to run
I’m lost on the “SIM” area.
I have never used VS ever before so I’m sure I’m lost somewhere
Thanks in advance
Lee
#2 by hakanl on December 5, 2013 - 9:24 am
I should probably write some tutorials/howtos 🙂
Do properties on SceneRunner and under debug command line arguments you should enter
SIM SCENE=DEMO1That should start a simple demo scene using the simulator. That’s a good start. Then you can extend with other ports like DMX, sACN, etc, depending on what you have.
#3 by Lee Alder on December 5, 2013 - 9:48 am
Thanks that got me further along.